COURSE SYLLABUS

ANIMAL ECOLOGY

1	Course Title:	ANIMAL ECOLOGY
2	Course Code:	BYL4034
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
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:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	yhikmet@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The Animal Ecology course covers the differences between native and introduced animal species, how animals interact with each other. To teach the students how ecological events occur. To remind the benefits of ecologic cycle for all of organisms. To bring consciousness about negative fact as to the environment.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Get information about the characteristics of life habitats;
2	Get information about the effects of ecologic factors on animals ;
3	Apply these knowledges agriculture and cultivation;
4	Get information about environment factors;
5	The course teach that being more conscious in struggle pollution.;
6	Get information about relationship between intraspesiec and interspecies.;
7	Learning the reaction of animals against biotic and abiotic factors.;
8	Learning animal-anvironment relationship which is important in ecologic cycle;
9	Get information about getting more efficiency methods to reactions ecologic factors.;
10	Enhancing the reaction of student against negative events.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The description and history of ecology. The groups of ecology. The relationship with other science branches. The basic concepts in Ecology
2	The tolerance regulation in Ecology. Homeostasis. The classification of organisms to tolerance ecological factors
3	Abiotic factors, Climatic, abiotic factors, Temperature, water-temparature. Soil-temperature.
4	The classification of organism to tolerance temperature. The effect of temperature on animals. The effect of distribution on organisms. The reaction of animals against abnormal temperature conditions.
5	The ecologic importance of light. The stratification in water depend on light. The effect of light on animals. The effect of light intensity and wave length on organisms.
6	The raining and ıts ecologic importance. The relationship between temperature and rain and climatograms. The importance of water for life. The water statement of animals. The classification of animals to water demand.
7	Midterm exam and review.
8	The effect of moisture on animals, egg laying, growth rate and time, behaviour, localization and geographic distribution.
9	The pressure as an ecologic factor. The atmospheric pressure and ecologic effect. Hydrostatic pressure and ecologic effect.
10	Hydrostatic pressure. The ecologic role of gravitation. The gravity and morphology of organisms.
11	Abiotic factors. Salinity, The rates of salinity. Oxygen and its ecologic role. CO2 and ıts ecologic role.
12	Sulphur and hydrogene sulphur, pH, nitrogene, potassium, silisium and trace element.
13	Edafic factors. Land, fire, substrate, turbidity, pollution and their effects.
14	Air pollution and ıts effects, water pollution and ıts effects, radioactive pollution and ıts effects.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Kocataş, A., Ekoloji ve Çevre Biyolojisi, İzmir, 1994; Şişli, M. N. Ekoloji Ankara, 1999 Gökmen S. Genel Ekoloji Ankara 2007
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
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	3	9	27
Homeworks, Performances	0	15	15
Projects	1	6	6
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	19	19
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	25	25
Total WorkLoad			139
Total workload/ 30 hr			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

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	4	5	4	4	5	5	5
LO3	5	1	4	5	2	5	0	4	4	3	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	4	3	4	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	4	5	5
LO9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High