Education Information System

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
environmental biology and ecology	CEV1151	1. Semester	3 + 1	4.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Associate
Course Type
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course Coordinator
Instructor(s)	Gümüş Funda GÖKÇE
Assistants
Goals	Giving basic environmental concepts and environmental problems
Course Content	Introduction to Environmental Biology, superficial and deep ecology concepts, natural selection and the formation of species, basic concepts in ecology, population and structural features, population dynamics, community and characteristics, Ecosystem Studies, Energy need and supply of living things, Relations between living things and microorganisms in an ecosystem, Holistic disrupted biological and ecological cycles: nitrogen, sulphur, carbon, oxygen, phosphorus cycles, biodiversity, ecological problems of humanity and protection of nature.
Learning Outcomes	- Students learn the basic processes used in biological treatment. - Students learn kinetics using for biological treatment and enhance their ability for the applications. - Students learn the basic principles for the biological treatment used in the environmental engineering applications.

Week	Topics	Learning Methods
1. Week	Environmental concept	Course Hours Verbal Expression Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study Research
2. Week	Superficial and deep ecology concepts	Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Course Hours Verbal Expression Practice
3. Week	The formation of the natural selection and species	Verbal Expression Research Other Activities Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
4. Week	The basic concepts of ecology	Other Activities Verbal Expression Practice Research Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
5. Week	Population and structural properties	Other Activities Practice Verbal Expression Research Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours
6. Week	Population dynamic,	Preparation, After Class Study Research Course Hours Verbal Expression Other Activities
7. Week	The community and properties	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Other Activities Practice
8. Week	Ecosystem studies	Research Course Hours Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities
9. Week	Ecosystem studies	Verbal Expression Practice Course Hours Other Activities Research Preparation, After Class Study
10. Week	The energy need of living things and be met them	Other Activities Research Preparation, After Class Study Practice Course Hours Verbal Expression
11. Week	The relationships between living beings and microorganisms in the ecosystem	Course Hours Practice Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Research
12. Week	As a holistic deteriorated biological and ecological cycles: nitrogen, sulfur cycles	Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Practice Course Hours Research
13. Week	As a holistic deteriorated biological and ecological cycles: carbon, oxygen, phosphorus cycles	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Research Practice Verbal Expression
14. Week	Biological diversity	Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Other Activities Research Course Hours

Program Requirements	Contribution Level	DK1	DK2	DK3	Measurement Method
PY1	0	0	0	0	-
PY2	5	5	5	4	40,60
PY4	4	4	5	5	40,60
PY10	4	4	5	4	40,60

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Course's Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation		Written exam	Oral Exams	Assignment/Project	Laboratory work	Presentation/Seminar

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Practice	14	1	14
Field Work	10	1	10
Visual Presentation	14	1	14
Verbal Expression	14	1	14
Other Activities	10	1	10
Research	11	1	11
Course Hours	14	4	56
Midterm 1	1	1	1
Homework 1	10	1	10
Homework 2	10	1	10
Final	1	1	1
Classroom Activities	1	2	2
Total Workload			153
ECTS Credit of the Course			25.5 6.0