Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE) | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | SEVAL ARAS (saras@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| To maket he definition of wetlands and to show their importance clearly; To inform about wetland types; | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Explains the relationship between people and aquatic ecosystem. |
PO-2 PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field PO-3 PO-3 Make use of the knowledge they have in order to find a solution to problems by analyzing, comparing and questioning them and can carry out original research in the related field on their own |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-2 | Defines some properties of water which the living lives in. |
PO-2 PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field PO-8 PO-8 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Environmental Engineering and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-3 | Explains lakes’s physical, chemical and ecologic properties. |
PO-2 PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field PO-5 PO-5 Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-4 | Explains stream’s physical, chemical and ecologic properties |
PO-2 PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field PO-4 PO-4 Have the qualification and capability to gain admission to doctoral programs, R&D units or occupations related to the field with the knowledge they have gathered in the field |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-5 | Explains physical, biologic and chemical properties of water, the organisms live in water, and relationship among them. |
PO-3 PO-3 Make use of the knowledge they have in order to find a solution to problems by analyzing, comparing and questioning them and can carry out original research in the related field on their own PO-5 PO-5 Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-6 | Explains aquatic ecosystem as a whole. |
PO-1 PO-1 Have an advanced level of knowledge about the recent and best practices in Environmental Engineering, deepen and expand their knowledge on the expert level, conduct and assess the analyses by employing statistical methods
PO-2 PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-7 | Explains food chain and energy flow in aquatic ecosystem, biomass and productivity concepts. |
PO-7 PO-7 Evaluate how the important personalities, events and phenomena that have made essential contributions to the development of Environmental Engineering that might have impact on their field of practice |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-8 | Analyzes causes of organic and inorganic environmental contamination which may be occurs in aquatic ecosystem, contamination’s effects on the living. |
PO-8 PO-8 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Environmental Engineering and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means |
Examination Performance Project |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| to recognize physical and chemical structure of aquatic ecosystems and their importance, to teach the features of lentic and lotic systems and to understand their differences, to teach different aquatic organisms, to teach relationships among aquatic organisms and physicochemical variables of the water, to teach environmental effects of corrupting the physical, chemical and biological balance in the aquatic ecosystem, to teach solving the ecological problems. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | What are wetlands? Consideration of different definitions | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 2 | Wetlands-related terms | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 3 | Elements of wetlands, ecological balance and biodiversity | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 4 | Some properties of water | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 5 | Classification of inland-water; Lakes (lentic systems) | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 6 | Classification of inland-water; Lakes’s physical properties. | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 7 | Classification of inland-water; Lake water’s chemical properties. | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Classification of inland-water; ecological areas in lakes. | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 10 | Classification of inland-water; streams (lotic systems). | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 11 | Streams ( lotic systems); physicochemical variables of streams. | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 12 | Classification of the freshwater organisms; aquatic animals. | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 13 | Ecosystem, energy and productivity in inland waters. | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 14 | Field study; limnology methods and tools. | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 15 | Contamination in inland waters. | oral presentation, ppt presentation, questioning and answering |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | J.TANYOLAÇ, Limnoloji Tatlı Su Bilimi, Hatipoğlu Yayınevi, 290pp, 2009. | |
| 2 | Demirsoy A. (1999). Yaşamın Temel Kuralları; Omurgasızlar=Invertebrata. Böcekler dışında- Cilt II- Kısım I. Meteksan Aş. Ankara | |
| 3 | Türkiye’nin Sulak Alanları. T. Ç. V. Yay. 398 s., Ankara. Anonim, 2002. | |
| 4 | Needham J. G. and P. R. Needham (1962). A Guide to the Study of Fresh-Water Biology, McGraw-Hill Inc., USA, 108pp. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Book, Article, Network Resources | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 2 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | 16 | 2 | 60 |
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | |||
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| c) Performance Project | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| mid-term exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Own study for final exam | 0 | ||
| final exam | 0 | ||
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 173 | ||