GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
FRESH WATER BIOLOGY/4310010
Course Title: FRESH WATER BIOLOGY
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
By the end of this course students will be able to learn freshwater resources of Türkiye and living organisms and species within these resources.
Students will be able to learn the relationships of the freshwater species with their environments and their biology by concept oriented approach.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  First meeting, course content, resourse materials and literature refernces, a short evaluation of the course.
2. Week  Classification of freshwater systems.
3. Week  Physical and chemical properties of water.
4. Week  Properties of running waters.
5. Week  Classification of running waters.
6. Week  Introduction of a running water example and its properties.
7. Week  Properties of stagnant waters.
8. Week  Mid-term exam.
9. Week  Classification of stagnant waters (lake, dam lake, lagoon, etc.).
10. Week  Introduction of a stagnant water example and its properties.
11. Week  Properties of freshwater species.
12. Week  Taxonomy of freshwater species and introduction to their basic properties.
13. Week  Taxonomy of freshwater species and introduction to their basic properties.
14. Week  Research techniques in freshwater biology.
15. Week  Survey a freshwater ecosystem and its properties.
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
0
0
 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
 Reading Tasks
13
3
39
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
6
12
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
3
6
18
 Preparing a Presentation
3
6
18
 Presentation
3
6
18
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
12
12
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
12
12
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
171
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6.84
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc. Prof. Ömer Saylar)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/osaylar)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (osaylar@gazi.edu.tr)