1	Course Title:	HERPETOLOGY
2	Course Code:	BYL4071
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Hikmet Sami Yıldırımhan
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Hikmet S. YILDIRIMHAN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer/BURSA 16059 e-posta: yhikmet@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 294 17 90 Uludag University Faculty of Arts and Science Department of Biology Gorukle Campus, Nilufer/BURSA 16059 e-mail: yhikmet@uludag.edu.tr Phone: 0 224 294 17 90
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of the course is to demostrate the importance of the biological diversity and the status of systematics among the other biology branches. To state the general properties and morphologies of amphibians and reptiles, systematic status and relationship between people.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To have knowledge about history of herpetology; 2 Can be known the general characters of amphibia; 3 To know the amphibians, live in Tukey; 4 To comprehend the reletionship between amphibians and human; 5 Learning of the general characters of reptiles; 6 To know the reptiles, living in Turkey; 7 To comprehend the reletionship between reptiles and human; 8 To describe the amphibians and reptiles, living in Turkey, in laboratory personally.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	History of herpetology.
2	General characteristics of Amphibia.
3	General characteristics of frogs.
4	Properties and classification of Urodelas.
5	Properties and classification of Anuras.
6	Properties and classification of Anuras.
7	Repeating courses and midterm exam
8	Properties and classification of Apodas.
9	General characteristics of Reptilia.
10	General characteristics of Reptilia.
11	Properties and classification of Rhynchocephalia and Crocodilia
12	Properties and classification of Testudines.
13	Properties and classification of Lizards.
14	Properties and classification of snakes.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	İ. H. UĞURTAŞ, Herpetoloji Ders Notları. İ. BARAN, M.K.ATATÜR, Türkiye Herpetofaunası Türkiye Amfibileri, Necla Özeti, İrfan Yılmaz, Ege Üniv. Fen Fak. 1994. Türkiye Sürüngenleri kısım I, Muhtar Başoğlu, İbrahim baran, Ege Üniv. Fen Fak. 1977. Türkiye Sürüngenleri kısım II, Muhtar Başoğlu, İbrahim Baran, Ege Üniv. Fen Fak. 1980.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	3	8	24
Midtermexams	1	20	20
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			140
Total workload/ 30 hr			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 4 1 4 5 3 5 4 5 3 4 5 5 LO2 3 2 4 5 3 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 LO3 5 1 4 5 2 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 LO4 4 3 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 LO5 5 1 5 5 3 5 4 4 3 4 5 5 LO6 5 2 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 LO7 4 3 4 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 LO8 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 5 5 5

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High