GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY/5651301

Course Title:	ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
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

Learning interractions between microorganisms and environment

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to Environmental Microbiology, Interactions between microorganisms in environmental
2. Week	Microbial interactions with human and animal
3. Week	Factors affecting the development of microorganisms in the environment, Responses to environmental stress factors of microorganisms
4. Week	Microbial adaptations to different environmental conditions
5. Week	Microbial environments (Soil Microbiology)
6. Week	Microbial interactions with plants (Rhizosphere, Mycorrhiza)
7. Week	Microbial interactions with plants (Agrobacterium, Rhizobium)
8. Week	Presentation
9. Week	Microbial environments (Aero-microbiology, Aquatic microbiology)
10. Week	Biofilm and bioluminescence in environment, Luminescent bacteria
11. Week	Biogeochemical cycles
12. Week	Environmental genomics/metagenomics, bioinformatic
13. Week	Extreme Environments and Extremophiles
14. Week	Presentation
15. Week	Final Examination
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	0	0
Assignment	2	40
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	0	0
Reading Tasks	14	2	28
Searching in Internet and Library	14	2	28
Material Design and Implementation	0	0	0
Report Preparing	3	3	9
Preparing a Presentation	7	2	14
Presentation	4	2	8
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	7	3	21
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	14	2	28
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			178
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.12
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. Belma ASLIM)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(websitem.gazi.edu.tr/baslim)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(baslim@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University