GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
AQUATIC ORGANISMS AND WATER POLLUTION/4310009
Course Title: AQUATIC ORGANISMS AND WATER POLLUTION
Credits 3 ECTS 7
Course Semester 2 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this course, students could recognize aquatic ecosystems and aquatic organisms.
After completing this course, students could understand the relationship between water pollution and aquatic organisms.
After completing this course, students could learn that aquatic pollution is one of the major environmental problems that adversely affect all living things through the food chain.
After completing this course, students could gain environmental awareness to also their own students.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Aquatic ecosystems (Lakes)
2. Week  Aquatic ecosystems (Streams)
3. Week  Aquatic ecosystems (wetlands9
4. Week  Aquatic organisms and habitats (unicellular organisms)
5. Week  Aquatic organisms and habitats (aquatic invertebrates)
6. Week  Aquatic organisms and habitats (aquatic invertebrates)
7. Week  Aquatic organisms and habitats (aquatic vertebrates)
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Aquatic organisms and habitats (aquatic plants)
10. Week  Examination of some aquatic organisms in the laboratory
11. Week  Water pollution and types of water pollution
12. Week  Water quality criteria
13. Week  The relationship between aquatic organisms and water pollution (BMWP index)
14. Week  The relationship between aquatic organisms and water pollution (Other biotic indices)
15. Week  Some aquatic conservation areas and their importance
16. Week  Final exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
1
60
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
6
3
18
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
3
18
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
14
3
42
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
25
25
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
30
30
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
175
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12
13X
14X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Sönmez GİRGİN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sgirgin)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ( sgirgin@gazi.edu.tr sonmez.girgin@gmail.com)