Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FBT665AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATESCompulsory116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
It is to learn what is macroinvertebrates living in fresh and salt waters and to learn the general characteristics and systematics.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ali MİROĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1to have knowledge about aquatic macroinvertebrates
2to have knowledge about their taxonomy and systematics
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The importance of aquatic invertebrates in invertebrates, the characteristics and systematics of invertebrates living in fresh and salt waters such as Porifera, Cnidaria, Mollusca and Arthropoda.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Classification of invertebrates
2Classification of aquatic invertebrates
3General characteristics of aquatic invertebrates
4Porifera and their features and hydrostatic skeleton system
5Porifera and their features and hydrostatic skeleton system
6Cnidaria and Ctenophora and their characteristics
7Cnidaria and Ctenophora and their characteristics
8Mid-term exam
9Platyhelminthes and their characteristics
10Mollusca and their characteristics
11Mollusca and their characteristics
12Annelida and their characteristics
13Arthropoda and their characteristics
14Arthropoda and their characteristics
15Echinodermata and their characteristics
16End-of-term exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1-Pechenik, J.A. 2005. Biology of the Invertebrates, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, New York. 2-Demirsoy, A.2001. Yaşamın Temel Kuralları, Omurgasızlar-İnvertebrata, Cilt-II/Kısım-I, Dördüncü Baskı, Meteksan, Ankara.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14342
Laboratory5315
Discussion7321
Team/Group Work6318
Brain Storming6318
Self Study6318
Individual Study for Mid term Examination5420
Individual Study for Final Examination6424
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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