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| BIY7301 | Protozoology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Çağrı BEKİRCAN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course is to get the students acquainted with the biologies, systematics, morphologies and ecologies of the unicellular organisms known as Protist. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Become familiar with protistology terminology | 1 - 2 - 3 | 1,3, | | PO - 2 : | Describe the morphology and life cycle of protist of pathogenic and parasitic importance. | 1 - 2 - 3 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | Know the basic structural, biological and ecological features that distinguish the major groups of entomopathogenic protists present in insects. | 1 - 2 - 3 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | Document the methods and results each laboratory exercise and organize laboratory data. | 1 - 2 - 3 | 1,3 | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction, overview of Protists, characteristic features of Rhizopoda, Sporozoa, Mastigophora and Ciliophora, some important protozoa (genus and species level) , entomopathogenic protozoa, ultrastructural characteristics based on electron microscopy and cytology, life cycles of some parasitic forms and host-relationship, ecology of Protozoa and some experimental course |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Protistology | | | Week 2 | Rhizopoda | | | Week 3 | Rhizopoda | | | Week 4 | Sporozoa | | | Week 5 | Sporozoa | | | Week 6 | Mastigophora | | | Week 7 | Mastigophora | | | Week 8 | Calliphora | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Calliphora | | | Week 11 | Entomopathogenic protist | | | Week 12 | Parasitic protist | | | Week 13 | Parasitic protist | | | Week 14 | Parasitic protist | | | Week 15 | Methods for protist classification | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Hausmann K. Hülsmann, N., Radek, R. 2003; Protistology. E. Schweizerrbarrt'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin, Stuttgart. | | | |
| 1 | Göçmen, B. 1998; Genel Parazitoloji, Ege Üniv. Yay. İzmir. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 01,00 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 13 | | 01,00 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 01,00 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 8 | 32 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 4 | 13 | 52 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 6 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 228 |
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