• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Type English text

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. To be able to explain the genetic information flow in organisms and populations.
   2. To be able to follow current scientific and technological innovations with the awareness of continuous learning and to apply them in the field.
   3. To be able to apply biological concepts to individual, social, economic, technologic and environmental issues and to develop sustainable approaches for problem solving.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
2. -Analyze ecological problems with environmental and molecular biology consciousness by using their fundamental knowledge of terms, principles and techniques in ecology.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. To be able to explain the genetic information flow in organisms and populations.
   2. To be able to follow current scientific and technological innovations with the awareness of continuous learning and to apply them in the field.
   3. To be able to apply biological concepts to individual, social, economic, technologic and environmental issues and to develop sustainable approaches for problem solving.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
3. -Perform ecological risk assessment by assessing interactions between genetically modified/edited organisms and environment.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. To be able to define life forms and their relationship with their environment.
   2. To be able to follow current scientific and technological innovations with the awareness of continuous learning and to apply them in the field.
   3. To be able to apply biological concepts to individual, social, economic, technologic and environmental issues and to develop sustainable approaches for problem solving.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam

Contents
Week 1:	Descriptions of ecology and principles
Week 2:	Ecosystems and their importance
Week 3:	Individual ecology
Week 4:	Community ecology
Week 5:	Population dynamics
Week 6:	The great ecosystems in World and their distributions
Week 7:	MIDTERM Biosphere and pollutants
Week 8:	Toxicity analysis
Week 9:	Ecological informatics
Week 10:	Conservation of natural sources
Week 11:	The impacts of genetically modified/edited organisms to ecology
Week 12:	Molecular ecology
Week 13:	The usage of molecular markers in ecology
Week 14:	The usage of barcoding and metabarcoding in ecology
Week 15*:	-
Week 16*:	FİNAL EXAM
Textbooks and materials:	-Ecology from individuals to ecosystems. Micheal Begon, Colin R. Townsend (Eds.). 5th Edition. Wiley, Blackwell, 2021. -Molecular Ecology. Joanna R. Freeland (Ed.). 3rd Edition. Wiley, Blackwell, 2020.
Recommended readings:	Essentials of Ecology and Environmental Science. SVS Rana (ed.). 4th Prentice Hall of India. 2010.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	7	40
Other in-term studies:	0	0
Project:	0	0
Homework:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Final exam:	16	60
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	1	16
Own studies outside class:	0	0
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	0	0
Term project:	0	0
Term project presentation:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	1	3
Mid-term:	1	1
Personal studies for final exam:	1	4
Final exam:	1	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)