GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
POPULATION DYNAMICS/1410228
Course Title: POPULATION DYNAMICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 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
At the end of the this course the students will be able to perceive the factors effecting the structure and density of the population, population man
Explain the distribution patterns of populations.
Understands the supervision and management of populations
Understands the characteristics of human populations.
Describes the life history characteristics of populations.
Explain the concept of ecological footprint.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Population concept
2. Week  Population development
3. Week  Population growth models
4. Week  Environmental reaction, capacity of the medium, population balance
5. Week  Investigation of the population growth models in nature and in the lab
6. Week  Variation in population density
7. Week  Intra-species and interspecific relationships
8. Week  Midtern exam
9. Week  The importance of population dynamics in the utilization of the potential living species
10. Week  Mortality rate and the estimation of the mortality rate
11. Week  Selectivity of the hunting tools
12. Week  Addition of the new individuals, production and yield
13. Week  Addition of the new individuals, production and yield
14. Week  Density dependent population regulation mechanisms
15. Week  Final exam
16. Week  
 -- 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
10
3
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
2
24
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
5
4
20
 Preparing a Presentation
8
4
32
 Presentation
4
2
8
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
4
8
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
3
5
15
 Other (should be emphasized)
1
9
9
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- 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
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Mehmet YILMAZ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/myilmaz)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (myilmaz@gazi.edu.tr)