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PEM1004 | Landscape Ecology | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nilgün GÜNEROĞLU | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. Dr. Murat YILMAZ | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | Objectives of the CourseTo enable students to understand the principal workings of the environment through acquainting them with general ecology and climate terms and to enable students to understand the mutual relationships of all ecosystem components |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | learn general soil structure
a)solid part (inorganic and organic matter)
b) space part (soil air and soil water)
c) living part (soil flora and fauna) | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1, 4 | LO - 2 : | survey etudes (studies) and surveys in afforestation areas and according to these results, apply relations about convent species on site | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1, 4 | LO - 3 : | make site ma | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | 1, 4 | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
The objectives of the Course is to enable students, Natural ecological and biological factors. Artificial ecological factors. The use of fundamental principles for natural environments and research methodologies in landscape ecology. Environmental elements of landscape ecology. Definition of model in landscape ecology and model of general land types, homogeneous and heterogeneous. .
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Introduction to landscape ecology and its historical development | | Week 2 | Basic concepts regarding landscape ecology | | Week 3 | Natural ecological factors constituting landscape structure and relations between them | | Week 4 | Climatic factors; its introduction, ecological importance and functions at the landscape | | Week 5 | Edaphic factor; its introduction, ecological importance and function at landscape | | Week 6 | Relief; its introduction, ecological importance and function at landscape | | Week 7 | Biological factors and ecological importance of them | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | Harmful ecological factors resulted from human impact and their pressure on landscape | | Week 10 | Air pollution; its introduction, ecological importance and reciprocal relations with landscape elements | | Week 11 | Water pollution; its introduction, ecological importance and reciprocal relations with landscape elements | | Week 12 | Homework handing, Soil pollution; its introduction, ecological importance and reciprocal relations with landscape elements | | Week 13 | Radioctive pollution; its introduction, ecological importance and reciprocal relations with landscape elements | | Week 14 | Student presentation, Noise pollution; its introduction, ecological importance and reciprocal relations with landscape elements | | Week 15 | Basic information relating ecological requirements of plants, An evaluation about landscape ecology course | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Çepel, N., 1988, Peyzaj Ekolojisi, İstanbu Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul. | | 2 | Irmak, A., 1966. Orman Ekolojisi, İ.Ü. Orman Fakültesi Yayınları, İ.Ü. Yayın No: 1187, Orman Fak. Yayın No: 104, Kutulmuş Matbaası, İstanbul. | | 3 | Çepel, N., 1978. Orman Ekolojisi, İ.Ü. Orman Fakültesi Yayınları, İ.Ü. Yayın No: 2479, Orman Fak. Yayın No: 257, Taş Matbaası, İstanbul. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 8 | 31/03/2011 | 1 | 30 | Presentation | 14 | 27/04/2011 | 1,5 | 10 | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | | 1,5 | 10 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 27/05/2011 | 1,25 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 1 | 2 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Uygulama | 2 | 14 | 28 | Ödev | 4 | 2 | 8 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.25 | 1 | 1.25 | Total work load | | | 103.25 |
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