GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

INSECT ULTRASTRUCTURE 2/5461301

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc.Prof. Selami CANDAN

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

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/scandan

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

scandan@gazi.edu.tr, selamicandan@gmail.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Teaching of fine structure of insect

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Fine structure of the cuticle of insect and other Arthropods
2. Week	Pore canals
3. Week	Chitinous cuticle and vax
4. Week	The structure and development of insect connective tissue
5. Week	The types of connective tissue
6. Week	Distribution of connective tissue
7. Week	The structure and development of tracheal system
8. Week	The molt cycle and the formation of new cuticle
9. Week	Fat body
10. Week	The fine structure of vax gland cells of insect
11. Week	Ultrastructure of digestive organs
12. Week	Salivary gland
13. Week	Ultrastructure of excretory organs
14. Week	Pericardial cells
15. Week
16. Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

King, R.C., Akai, H. 1982. Insect Ultrastructure. Plenum Press, New York. Volume 1 and 2.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

None

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	14	3	42
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation	7	3	21
Presentation	7	3	21
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	4	4	16
Final and Studying for Final	4	4	16
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			200
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			8
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

Gazi University