1	Course Title:	MYCOLOGY
2	Course Code:	BYL4110
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:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç.Dr. C.CEM ERGÜL
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. C. Cem ERGÜL, ergul@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0 (224) 294 1781 Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi B Blok Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer/BURSA 16059
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To teach the biological importance of fungal organisms, important characters of fungal taxa and fungal taxonomy. Fungal morphology, cytology, metabolism (fermentation, biosynthesis, degradation) and reproductive characteristics, life cycles of fungal taxa. Fungal parasites and symbiotically relationships.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To defines the general properties of fungal organism.; 2 To defines taxonomic position of fungal groups.; 3 To explains life cycles of fungal organism.; 4 To discusses the importance of fungal organism on ecological, pathological and economical aspects.; 5 To explain the methods of utilization of fungal organisms.; 6 To discuse ecological effects of the fungi in the biosphere.; 7 To define toxic and non-toxic fungi;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The importance of fungi in the living world, general structural (morphological, cytological etc.) and physiological characteristics of fungi
2	Fungal taxonomy and classification of organisms
3	Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota and related classes: Zygomycetes, Trichomycetes.
4	The general characters of Ascomycota and Deuteromycetes classes
5	Saccharomycetales order
6	Archiascomycetes, Filamentous Ascomycetes, I.
7	Archiascomycetes, Filamentous Ascomycetes, II.
8	Plecto-/Pyreno/Discomycetes classes
9	Lichenised Fungi
10	Loculoascomycetes class
11	Basidiomycota orders: Agaricales, Aphyllophorales, Uredinales, Ustilaginales
12	Stramenophila groups: Oomycota, Hyphochytriomycota, Labyrinthulomycota
13	Slime fungi: Myxomycota, Plasmodiophoromycota, Acrasiomycota, Dictyosteliomycota
14	Fungal Ecology and the possibilities of benefiting fungi, harmful fungi and toxins

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	-J. DEACON, Fungal Biology, Blackwell Publishing USA, 4 th. 2006 -A.Ü. TAMER, F. GÜCİN, H. SOLAK, Mikolojiye Giriş, Manisa,2006. -G. M. MUELLER, G. F. BILLS, M. S. FOSTER, Biodiversity of Fungi, Elsevier Academic Press. 2004 -İ. ŞAHİN, M. KORUKLUOĞLU, Küf-Gıda İnsan, Vipaş AŞ. Bursa 2000 -D. H. JENINGS, G. LYSEK, Fungal Biology, Bios Scientific Publ. Germany. 1996 -E. MOORE-LANDECKER, Fundamental of the Fungi, Prentice Hall Upper saddle River, N.J. USA. 1996
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	50
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	50
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
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	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	14	14
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	22	22
Total WorkLoad			120
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 0 LO6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO7 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