Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | FBİ644 | PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMATIC ZOOLOGY | Compulsory | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Level of Course Unit |
Second Cycle |
Objectives of the Course |
To teach to the students how can (a)provide scientific names for organisms, (b)describe them, (c)preserve collections of them, (d)provide classifications for the organisms, keys for their identification, and data on their distributions, (e)investigate their evolutionary histories, and (f)consider their environmental adaptations. |
Name of Lecturer(s) |
Prof. Dr. Hasan SEVGİLİ |
Learning Outcomes |
1 | Knows history of taxonomy, species and species concepts. | 2 | Knows taxonomic categories and characters. | 3 | Know simple nomenclature and its practice. |
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Mode of Delivery |
Formal Education |
Prerequisites and co-requisities |
No |
Recommended Optional Programme Components |
No |
Course Contents |
For centuries, organisms have been studied by scientists: their structures, niches, processes and relationships. One major problem is simply the identification and classification of millions of species. To that end, biologists have organized living things into related groups. Though this is the case, a huge area of the biosphere remains mysterious to the scientific world. Biologists estimate that only a quarter of the total species in the planet are known, still some of these poorly studied. From all of these, systematics has emerged as an important branch of biology. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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1 | The contribution of systematics to biology | Theoretical | No | 2 | History of taxonomy | Theoretical | No | 3 | Microtaxonomy: Taxon, category, species and classification | Theoretical | No | 4 | The Species taxon and its category | Theoretical | No | 5 | The variation types | Theoretical | No | 6 | Taxonomic decisions in different organism groups | Theoretical | No | 7 | Theory and practice of biological classification | Theoretical | No | 8 | Taxonomic characters | Theoretical | No | 9 | Midterm Exam | Theoretical | No | 10 | Phylogeny and evolutionary classification | Theoretical | No | 11 | Taxonomic collections | Theoretical | NO | 12 | Schools of Systematic | Theoretical | No | 13 | Taxonomic publications | Theoretical | No | 14 | Fauna of Anatolia and systematics puzzle | Theoretical | No | 15 | Systematic approaches to fauna of Anatolia | Theoretical | No | 16 | Final Exam | Theoretical | No |
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Recommended or Required Reading |
Mayr, E., and Ashlock, P. D. 1991. Principles of Systematic Zoology (2nd edition), Mc Graw-Hill, Inc.,
Lodos, N., 1979. Sistematik Zoolojinin Prensipleri, Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Çeşitli internet kaynakları |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
SUM | 0 | |
SUM | 0 | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | SUM | 100 |
| Language of Instruction | | Work Placement(s) | No |
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Workload Calculation |
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Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Self Study | 1 | 45 | 45 |
Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 45 | 45 |
Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 45 | 45 |
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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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