COURSE SYLLABUS

ICHTYOLOGY

1	Course Title:	ICHTYOLOGY
2	Course Code:	BYL4033
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) :	2
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 Sami 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
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19	Objective of the Course:	To teach the students details of systematic and some techniques used in biology. To give lecture and to do practical studies to the students on macroscopic and microscopic features of the fish. Morphological features of jawless, cartilaginous and bony fishes, body shapes, fins, scales, skeleton systems, muscles, digestive system, respiration system, nervous system, endocrine system, sense and light organs. The habitat of fish, reproduction in fish, growth, diet, adaptation and migration.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	The students learn characteristics of systematic.;
2	They learn fish situation among other animals.;
3	They learn fishes which distributed in the world especially in Turkey. ;
4	They learn detail knowledges as to basic characteristics of fishes. ;
5	They learn some methods which are used for biology. ;
6	They learn knowledges about classification of fishes.;
7	Taxonomic, ecologic and geographic distrubution ;
8	They descripe basic concepts about ichthyology.;
9	They determine adaptations to enviroment in fish.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The students learn style of the course programme. The students are iluminated about midterm and final exams. Adaptations to water life, fish morphology.
2	Giving detail knowledges about morphologic, systematic characteristics of fishes. Mouth, nasal organ, eye in fishes.
3	Giving knowledges about fishes in our country and world. Fins and caudal fin types in fishes.
4	The types of dorsal and anal fins.
5	The types of paired and anal fins.
6	Skin and scale types of fish.
7	Colors, skeleton and axis skeloton in fishes.
8	Skeleton of organs, muscle system.
9	Midterm exam and subject repetition
10	Nervous system in fish, hearing organ, tasting organ.
11	Digestive system, swim bladder, respiratory system.
12	Digestive system, swim bladder, respiratory system.
13	Reproduction hormones, reproduction, copulation.
14	Social behaviours in fishes, larval development.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Zoologie , publiee sous la direction de M. Albert OBBE Tome II, fase 2 Nouvelle histoire naturelle pes poissons, Traduıte et annotee par ed. Le danois, J. R. NORMAN Ecology of teleost fishes, Chapman and hall, Robert J. WOOTTON Marine life , Burke London, Werner de HASS and Fredy KNOR Developmental Biology, Sinaeur Associates, Inc., Publishers, Scott F. GILBERT Arıncı, K. ve Elhan, A. 1983. Anatomi Terimleri Klavuzu. 5. baskı, Hacettepe Taş Kitapçılık Ltd. Şti., 148 s. Baran, İ. ve Timur, M. 1983. İchthyologie; Balık Bilimi. Anakara Üniv. Basımevi, Ankara, 174 s. Çelikkale, M.S. 1986. Balık Biyolojisi. Karadeniz Üniversitesi Sürmene Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Yüksek Okulu. Genel Yayın No:101, Yüksek Okul Yayın No: 1, Trabzon, 387 s. Demir. N. 2006. İhtiyoloji. (Ed., Karataş, M.), Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 423 s. Geldiay, R. ve Balık, S. 1999. Türkiye Tatlısu Balıkları. 3. baskı, Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, 532 s.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	25
Quiz	1	15
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	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

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High