GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TAXONOMIC AND ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE/5021301
Course Title: TAXONOMIC AND ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE
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
Learn and apply application of rules of systematic, taxonomic and nomenclatural studies.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Basic concepts used in Taxonomy, current situation of Animal systematics, history of Taxonomy
2. Week  Works of a Taxonomist, Taxonomic Categories
3. Week  What is the meaning of species concept? How was the historical development became?
4. Week  Infraspecific categories, variety, subspecies and concepts of race
5. Week  What is the meaning of taxonomic characters? and its kinds
6. Week  What is the meaning of taxonomic characters? What is its' kinds
7. Week  Position and importance of variation in taxonomy
8. Week  Position and importance of variation in taxonomy. Midterm
9. Week  Taxonomic studies, publishing and nomenclature
10. Week  What is the Code of International Zoological Nomenclature? What are the types used in Taxonomy
11. Week  Putting names of family, genus and species groups and noticing subjects
12. Week  What is the meaning of synonymy and homonymy and how to evaluate according to the rules
13. Week  Applying of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and explication and evaluation of example problems
14. Week  Applying of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and explication and evaluation of example problems
15. Week  Applying of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and explication and evaluation of example problems
16. Week  Final
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
10
 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
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
3
6
18
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
3
10
30
 Preparing a Presentation
2
10
20
 Presentation
2
5
10
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
15
30
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
19
38
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 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
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Abdullah HASBENLİ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/~hasbenli/projeler.html)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (hasbenli@gazi.edu.tr)