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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Fish Behaviour |
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| Course Code |
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SUF223 |
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| Course Type |
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Optional |
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| Level of Course |
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First Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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2 |
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| Course Semester |
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Fall (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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3 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Assoc.Prof.Dr. MAHMUT YANAR
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Students comprehend to the basic mechanisms of animal behavior.
Students explain to the evolutionary origins of basic animal behavior
Students Analyze to interaction between the heredity and environment on animal behavior
Students explain to the mechanisms of natural and sexual selection
Students comprehend to the mechanisms of natural and sexual selection
Students manipulate to information acquired from animal behavior to the fishing and aquaculture
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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None |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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The main aim of this lecture is to teach students about the dynamics and evolutionary origins of animal behaviour; heredity and environment in behaviour, types of fish behaviour and main social behavior in fish. |
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| Course Contents |
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Basic conception in animal behaviour; natural selection and sexual selection; heredity and environment in fish behaviour; sense organs and their role on fish behaviour; courtship, competitive, aggressiveness, territorial, schooling, breeding, feeding, migration and defence behaviour in fish. |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Classrooms of fisheries faculty |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
Giving an summary information about whole lesson |
student comes with lecture notes |
lecture |
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2 |
Basic conception and history of animal behaviour, and natural selection |
reading the lecture notes |
lecture, discussion |
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3 |
Social behaviour in fish and their types |
reading the lecture notes |
lecture, discussion, demostration |
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4 |
Heredity and instinct in animal behaviour
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reading the lecture notes and recommended literature |
lecture, discussion |
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5 |
Sexuel selection in fish |
reading the lecture notes and recommended literature |
lecture, discussion |
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6 |
Reproduction and courtship behaviour in fish |
reading the lecture notes and recommended literature |
lecture, discussion |
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7 |
Family life and parental care in fish |
reading the lecture notes, browing article on web |
lecture, discussion, demostration |
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8 |
Midterm exam, discussion of answers of quaestions |
study for the exam |
written exam, discussion |
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9 |
Competitive and fight in fish |
reading the lecture notes, browing article on web, preparation for the home work |
lecture, discussion |
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10 |
Reproductive strategies, monogamy and polygamy in fish |
reading the lecture notes, browing article on web, preparation for the home work |
lecture, discussion, demostration |
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11 |
Territorial behavior in fish |
reading the lecture notes, browing article on web, preparation for the home work |
lecture, discussion |
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12 |
Schooling behavior in fish |
reading the lecture notes, browing article on web, preparation for the home work |
lecture, discussion |
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13 |
Sense organs in fish and their role on fish behaviour |
reading the lecture notes, browing article on web, preparation for the home work |
lecture, discussion |
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14 |
Behaviours of fish living tide zone |
reading the lecture notes, browing article on web, preparation for the home work |
lecture, discussion, demostration |
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15 |
Evaluation of homework |
preparation of the home work |
discussion |
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16/17 |
Final exam |
study for the exam |
written exam |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Pitcher, J.T., 1885., "Behaviour of Teleost Fishes".
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
70 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
1 |
30 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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1 |
Using the informatics and communicating technology |
0 |
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2 |
Gaining competence to determine the current status of aquatic resources and its sustainable use, water pollution and control, and biotechnology areas. |
0 |
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3 |
Ability to act in accordance with the regulation, social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values on fisheries field |
2 |
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4 |
Having knowledge on “natural and applied sciences” and “basic engineering”; combination of their theoretical and practical knowledge on fisheries engineering applications. |
5 |
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5 |
assessment of data scientifically on fisheries engineering, determining and solving the problems |
2 |
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6 |
Uses theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of fisheries to design; investigates and interprets events and phenomena usig scientific methods and techniques. |
3 |
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7 |
Collecting data in fisheries science, making the basic experimental studies, evaluating the results, identifying the problems and developing methods of solution |
1 |
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8 |
Having plan any study related to fisheries science as an individually, managing and consulting |
0 |
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9 |
Learning the knowledge by the determining learning needs; developing positive attitude towards lifelong learning |
1 |
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10 |
Communicating oral and written in expertise field, monitoring the seminars and meeting in expertise field, following the foreign language publication |
4 |
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11 |
Improving life-long learning attitude and using the information to the public interest. |
2 |
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12 |
Having skills to apply modern techniques and computational tools necessary for engineering applications. |
3 |
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13 |
Having ability to promote the study about aquaculture techniques by saving the natural environment, fishery diseases, fishing and processing technology, structure of fishery sector, problems and solution of their expertise field |
2 |
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14 |
Having ability to promote the study about aquaculture techniques by saving the natural environment, fishery diseases, fishing and processing technology, structure of fishery sector, problems and solution of their expertise field |
2 |
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15 |
Improves constantly itself , as well as professional development scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities identifying needs of learning. |
0 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
1 |
14 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
1 |
7 |
7 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
9 |
9 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Total Workload: | 68 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 2.72 |
| ECTS Credit: | 3 |
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