1	Course Title:	FIRE ECOLOGY
2	Course Code:	AYHS232
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
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:	Öğr.Gör. ÖMER GÜNTAN
16	Course Lecturers:	MYO’ların Yönetim kurullarının görevlendirdiği Öğretim Elemanları
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	omerguntan@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: +90 (224) 841 24 39 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi Büyükorhan Meslek Yüksekokulu, Orhan Mah., Dr. İbrahim Öktem Cad., No: 28, 16990 Büyükorhan/Bursa Telefon : +90 (224) 8412439
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To provide understanding behavior and progress of wildfires in ecological aspect
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To teach the effects of fires on ecosystems.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To be able to describe wildfire ecology and its importance as a science branch; 2 To know and evaluate effects of wildfire in wildlife; 3 To be able to overview environmental effects of wildfire; 4 To be able to assess and theoratically explain regeneration process in wild areas after wildfires; 5 To know how to apply fire in planning of natural resources; 6 To be understood the relation between fire and habitats;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Wildfire ecology
2	Factors affecting wildfires
3	Sensitive and resistant species to fire
4	Inflammable materials
5	Forestry and wildfire
6	Plant sensitivity
7	Wildfires and vegetation
8	Repeating courses and midterm exam
9	Wildfires and wildlife elements
10	Wildfires and natural resource management
11	Risk levels
12	Fire observation places
13	Fighting with wildfire
14	Some factors affecting wildfire progress

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Çanakçıoğlu, H., 1993. Orman Koruma, İ.Ü. Orman Fakültesi Yayınları, İ.Ü. Yayın No: 3624, Fakülte Yayın No: 411, İstanbul, XV+633 s
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	Measurement and evaluation is carried out according to the principles of Bursa Uludağ University Associate and Undergraduate Education Regulation
Information	Results are determined with the letter grade determined by the student automation system

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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	14	14
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	7	7
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	14	14
Total WorkLoad			91
Total workload/ 30 hr			3,03
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 LO1 4 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 LO2 4 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 LO3 4 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 LO4 4 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 LO5 4 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 LO6 4 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High