1	Course Title:	PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY
2	Course Code:	BYL0519
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
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. HÜLYA ARSLAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Hülya ARSLAN U.Ü. Fen-Edebiyat Fak., Biyoloji Bölümü Görükle Kampüsü, BURSA Tel: 0224 2941799 arslanh@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of the course is to make the students introduce the ecology. The goals are to teach the basic concepts and principles of ecology
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Explaining the definition of ecology and it’s position in life science.; 2 Listing the main terms of ecology.; 3 Listing the rules of ecology.; 4 Explaining the relationship between organisms and climatic and edaphic factors.; 5 Explaining the relationship between organisms and biotic factors.; 6 Understanding the population term and their characteristics.; 7 Understanding the community term and their characteristics.; 8 Understanding the ecosystem term and their characteristics.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition, history and parts of ecology.
2	Spatial and biological concepts of ecology.
3	Law of the minimum, Shelford’s law of the tolerance, optimum and limiting factor.
4	Ecological interactions,ecological factors and classification of ecological factors.
5	Climatic factors (light and temperature) and their effects on organisms.
6	Climatic factors (humidity, precipitation and wind) and their effects on organisms.
7	Edaphic factors and their effects on organisms.
8	Repeating courses and midterm exam
9	Biotic factors (competation, feeding, simbiozis, ) and their effects on organisms.
10	Population ecology (structural properties of population).
11	Population growth and population regulation.
12	Community ecology: community concept and characteristics of the species.
13	Structural and functional properties of communities.
14	Components and functional properties of ecosystems.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	E.P. ODUM, G.W. BARRET (Çeviri Ed. K, IŞIK). Ekolojinin Temel İlkeleri, Palme Yayıncılık, 2008. A. KOCATAŞ. Ekoloji-Çevre Biyolojisi, Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, 1999.
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	11	2	22
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	20	20
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			90
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 LO4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 LO5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 LO6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 LO7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 LO8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High