BYL680 - FOREST ENTOMOLOGY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST ENTOMOLOGY | BYL680 | 1st Semester | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Demonstration | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Assoc. Prof. Orhan Mergen | |||||
| Course objective | Turkey's forest insects that damage trees, systematics, biology, damage to the formats and methods of struggle with them to teach and students to do field work in forest areas, particularly dissertations, field and laboratory work in this regard the development of skills. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Needle and broad-leaved trees in the forests of Turkey, leaves, buds, shoots, seeds, cones, bark, cambium, roots and damaging the wood parts, buds, twigs and small branches that gal, sap sucking insects. Morphological and physiological effects of the trees, control methods. | |||||
| References | Orman Entomolojisi-Yararlı ve Zararlı Böcekler, Hasan Çanakçıoğlu - Torul Mol, İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1998 Orman Entomolojisi ? Özel Bölüm, Hasan Çanakçıoğlu, İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1993 Forest and Insects, Allan D. Watt, Nigel E. Stork, Mark D. Hunter, Springer Publishing, (1997) Forest entomology : Ecology and Management, Robert N Coulson; John A Witter, New York : Wiley, 1984 | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Insects that damage to coniferous of forest trees (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 2 | Insects that damage to Broad-Leaves of forest trees (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 3 | Insects that damage to buds, shoots and the thin branches of forest trees (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 4 | Bud, shoot, thin branches and bark-eating insects that cause the formation of gal (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 5 | Insects that damage to fruits, seeds end cones of forest trees (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 6 | 1st Midterm exam |
| Week 7 | Insects sucking sap from the forest trees, morphological and physiological effects (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 8 | Insects that damage to the bark of forest trees (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 9 | Insects that damage to Cambium (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 10 | Insects that damage to wood of living trees (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 11 | Insects that damage to wood of dead trees (T), Laboratory Studies (P) |
| Week 12 | 2nd Midterm exam |
| Week 13 | Insects that damage to used Wood (T), Laboratory and Field Studies (P) |
| Week 14 | Insects that damage to roots of the forest trees (T), Laboratory and Field Studies (P) |
| Week 15 | Studying for final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 2 | 10 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 10 | 120 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 44 | 67 | 270 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Improves knowledge in proficiency level based on the undergraduate level in biology or different disciplines by using scientific methods to analyse and interpret it. | X | ||||
| 2. Uses theoretical and practical knowledge obtained from his/her field in proficiency level | X | ||||
| 3. Interprets the knowledge obtained from his/her field with integrating the acquired knowledge from the other disciplines and synthesize new knowledge. | X | ||||
| 4. Gain ability to solve problems in his/her using research methods. | X | ||||
| 5. Gain ability to conduct study independently required in his/her field of specialization. | X | ||||
| 6. Improves new strategies to solve complex problems in the field of specialization. | X | ||||
| 7. Uses acquired proficiency level knowledge and skills in processes of learning in his/her field. | X | ||||
| 8. Uses computer software with computer technologies that is required in his/her field. | X | ||||
| 9. Has the ability of minding social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the levels of collecting, interpreting and applying the data in his/her field. | X | ||||
| 10. Evaluates the important events and cases by minding the results which take part in the development of his/her field. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest