EGE UNIVERSITY Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
9105025141998	World Ecosystems	Elective	1	2	8

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Objectives of the Course

At the end of this lesson, our students learn about different ecosystems in the world and they approach the world holistic. So, they evaluate and query global approaches and ideas.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ümit ERDEM

Learning Outcomes

1	To be able to explane basic principle, concept and content of environment, ecology and ecosystems
2	To be able to identify fundamental ecosystems in the world
3	To be able to identify and use appropriote actions for provide balanced and sustainable assocation between ecosystem components and between esosystems.
4	To be able to identfy spesific ecosystems as wetland ecosystems, coastal ecosystems.
5	To be able identfy priciple concepts like organism, population, community and ecology
6	To be able to principle components of ecosystems
7	To be able to identify indicators that used to analyse quality of ecosystems
8	To be able to identify fundamental ecosystems types in our country
9	To be able to analyse the interactions between components of ecosystems and between the other ecosystems.
10	To be able to recognize and query the factors that effect variation and distribution of ecosystems
11	To be able to identfy fundamental biome types.
12	To be able to recognize types of ecosystems to adapt to stress conditions which occur natural or anthropogenically

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Description, concept and content about environment, ecology and ecosystems; principle ecosystems within the world; principle biomes types; principle components of ecosystems and inretactions between ecosystems, spesific ecosystems; the factors that effect distirbution and variation of ecosystems; the indicators that can be searched to analyse quality of ecosystems; stres conditions that effect ecosystems natural or anthropogenically; responses that ecosystems give to stres conditions and adaptation process; actions which provide balanced and sustainable assocation within ecosystems

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Description, concept and content about environment
2	Major biome types
3	Major ecosystems and interactions in the world
4	Major ecosystems and interactions in the world
5	Major ecosystems and interactions in our country
6	Major ecosystems and interactions in our country
7	Spesific ecosystems as wetland ecosystem, coastal ecosystem
8	Mid-term exam
9	The factors that effect distirbution and variation of ecosystems
10	Natural variation that cause stress on ecosystems
11	Activityies that cause stress on ecosystems
12	Responses and adaptation process that ecosystems gives to stres; within the scope of examples,
13	Indicators that are used for analyse quality of ecosystems; within the scope of examples.
14	Actions that can be traceable for providing balanced and sustainable association between ecosystems, planning studies and developing policy geliştirilen politikalar
15	Actions that can be traceable for providing balanced and sustainable association between ecosystems, planning studies and developing policy geliştirilen politikalar
16	FINAL EXAM

Recommended or Required Reading

Lecture notes are supplied by the lecturers

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the sections of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation".

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Individual Study for Homework Problems	4	10	40
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	30	30
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	30	30
Reading	14	8	112
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			244

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
LO1	5		3
LO2	3
LO3
LO4	3
LO5	3
LO6	3
LO7	3	4		4
LO8	3
LO9	3	5		5
LO10	3	5		4		2
LO11	3
LO12	3	3		5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High