Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SEÇ4222018139FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGYElective483
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Objective of this course is introduce to biology, behavior and ecology of insects in forensic investigation and guessing the elapsed time between finding the corpse and the death.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Hasan SEVGİLİ
Learning Outcomes
1Know the insect groups which fed on corpses and their life cycle
2Know how to sampling on the corpse and laboratory processes of these samples.
3Know the Equipment used at the fields of crime and get ability of using them.
4Know to calculate the elapsed time after death.
5Know basic ecology of insect groups used in forensic entomology.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
No
Recommended Optional Programme Components
No
Course Contents
Fast population growth, urbanization, increasing of economic expectations and dramatic contradiction in living standards bring with the increasing crime rates in resulting murder between people.The people whose relative were murdered, want to know the relatives’ time of death and at the same time, this is both social and judicial requirement including probate lawsuits. Forensic entomology, utilizes entomological evidences and guesses the time of death; 1. The decedent was replaced or not; 2. İdentifying processes of death-causing toxic material’s by larvae; 3. Experimental studies of forensic insect fauna comprises.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1History of forensic entomology
2Indicators of time of death
3Stages of decomposition of a body
4Insect larvae
5Important families of flies which used in forensic entomology
6DNA diagnosis of Insects used in forensic entomology
7Life cycles of flies and beetles used in forensic
8Succession of insect species on a corpse
9Midterm Exam
10Entomological equipments for sampling from the corpes
11Sampling methods on the corpe according to different organism
12Breeding and cultivation of entomological examples taken from the fields of crime
13Determination of the time after death
14Ecology of flies and beetles which are important for forensic
15Future of forensic entomology
16Final Examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Açıkgöz, H. N. 2010. Adli Entomoloji. Türkiye parazitoloji Dergisi, 34(3): 216-221. Byrd, J. H. and Castner, J.L. 2009. Forensic Entomology. The Utility of Arthropods in Legal investigations.Taylor&Franchis, 2nd revised edition. Gennard, D. 2007. Forensic Entomology: An Introduction, Wiley, 244 pp.
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)
No
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Field Trip236
Self Study11010
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination12020
5210
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)86
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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