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| BTM1006 | Marine Biology | 2+0+1 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Lab work , Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of laboratory per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ali Muzaffer FEYZİOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on marine biology and organisms living in marine environment. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Understand the systematic of organisms. | 3,9 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Identify living areas. | 3,9 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | Distinguish systematic groups and define the relationship between organisms | 3,6,9 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | Describe the characteristics of organisms. | 12 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | Obtain working discipline in the laboratory. | 8 | 1 | | 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 history of marine biology, Classification of marine environment, basic systematic concept, Introduction to kingdom, unicellular protista, morphology, biology and distribution of marine algae (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta) marine angiosperms and their role in marine environmentsystematic, biology, morphology and distribution of kingdom Metazoa. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to marine biology and marine environment | | | Week 2 | Classification of marine environment and the promotion of living space | | | Week 3 | Introduction to systematic, basic methods used for classification of the living organisms and intoduction to the systematic category. | | | Week 4 | General chacteristics of procaryota, systematic and distribution of bacteria and cyanophyta | | | Week 5 | General chacteristics of eucaryota; introduction to systematic and biology of unicellular algae and diatom | | | Week 6 | Biology and systematic of dinoflagellates, unicellular and macroscopic green algae (Chlorophyta) | | | Week 7 | Biology, distribition and systematics of brawn algae (Phaeophyta, red algae (Rhodophyta and marine phaenorogam (Plante) | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | General chacteristics of Protozoa, ecology and biology of cilliata, oraminifera and radiolaria. General characteristics of meta zoa, biology, ecology and common species of sphonges (Porifera), cnicaria, ctenophora | | | Week 10 | Biology, ecology and common species of Platyhelmintes, Nemertea, Nematoda and Mollusca | | | Week 11 | Biology, ecology and common species of Citons, Plecypod and Gastrops | | | Week 12 | Biology, ecology and common species of Cephalopoda and Polychaeta | | | Week 13 | Practical exam, Biology, ecology and common species of Cephalopoda and Polychaeta | | | Week 14 | Introduction to Custaceae, biology, ecology and common species of Branchiopods, Ostrocods, Cirripeds, Copepods and Euphausiids | | | Week 15 | Biology, ecology and common species of Decapoda, Isopda, Amphipoda, Chaetogmatha, Echinodermata and Appendicularia | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Feyzioglu A.M. Basılmamış ders notları | | | |
| 1 | Sumich, James L.,2009. Laboratuary and Field Investigation in Marine Life,Jones and Bartlett Publishers | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 31/03/13 | 2 | 30 | | Laboratory exam | 13 | 17/05/13 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 27/06/13 | 2 | 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 | 4 | 13 | 52 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 13 | 13 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 165 |
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