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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Oseonology |
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| Course Code |
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SUF202 |
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| Course Type |
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Compulsory |
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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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Spring (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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3 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. DURSUN AVŞAR
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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He/She defines seas and oceans in all respects.
He/She lists the basic geological parameters effecting marine biota.
He/She expresses basic chemical parameters effecting marine biota.
He/She distinguishes basic physical parameters effecting marine biota.
He/She defines basic biological parameters effecting marine biota.
He/She explains the factors affecting the productivity of oceans and seas.
He/She expresses the functions of organisms living in marine environment.
He/She gains the basic efficiency for the marine studies.
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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 aim of this course is to inform students about the seas and oceans, oceanography and its history, the physical, chemical, biological and topographical peculiarities of the sea and oceans, productivity in marine environment and the factors which affect their production, food chain and food webs in the ocean. |
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| Course Contents |
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Definition of the Sea and Oceans, the concept of the oceanography and its history, the physical, chemical, biological and topographical (physiographic) peculiarıties of the sea and oceans. Productivity in the sea and oceans and the factors which affect their production, food chain and food webs. |
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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 |
Introduction, Parts of Oceanography |
Oceanology, pages 1-23 will be read |
Lecture |
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2 |
The origin of Earth, Ocean and Life |
Oceanology, pages 23-44. will be read |
Lecture |
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3 |
Ocean Bottom Physiography |
Oceanology, pages 45-76. will be read |
Lecture |
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4 |
Sedimentation in Oceans |
Oceanology, pages 77-94. will be read |
Lecture |
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5 |
Chemical Oceanography |
Oceanology, pages 95-114. will be read |
Lecture |
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6 |
Nutrients |
Oceanology, pages 114-134. will be read |
Lecture |
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7 |
Acidic and Bazic Peculiarities of Sea Water |
Oceanology, pages 134-143. will be read |
Lecture |
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8 |
Visa Exam |
Study for exam |
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9 |
Sinoptic Physical Oceanography |
Oceanology, pages 143-179. will be read |
Lecture |
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10 |
T-S Diagrams, Water Types and Masses |
Oceanology, pages 179-210.will be read |
Lecture |
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11 |
Dynamic Physical Oceanography |
Oceanology, pages 211-228. will be read |
Lecture |
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12 |
Waves and Tides |
Oceanology, pages 229-252. will be read |
Lecture |
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13 |
Sea, Ocean and Organisms, quiz |
Oceanology, pages 1-23 will be read, prepare for quiz |
Lecture, quiz |
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14 |
Marine Ecology |
Oceanology, pages 267-288. will be read |
Lecture |
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15 |
Organic Matter Production of Sea |
Oceanology, pages 288-299. will be read |
Lecture |
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16/17 |
Final Exam |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 KOCATAŞ, A., 2005. Oseanoloji. Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları, Su Ürünleri Fakültesi Yayın No: 60. Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi Bornova-İzmir, 7. Baskı, 357s.
ACARA, A., 1999. Okyanuslar, Denizler ve Deniz Bilimleri, İstanbul Üniversitesi Deniz Bilimleri ve İşletmeciliği Enstitüsü, ISBN-975-95307-1-6. 112s.
GELDİAY,R., KOCATAŞ, A., 1998. Deniz Biyolojisine Giriş. Ege Üniversitesi Fen Faskültesi Kitaplar Serisi No: 31. Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi Bornova-İzmir, 562s.
LALLI, C. M., PARSONS, T. R., 1993. Biological Oceanography (An Introduction). Pergamon Press, Oxford-United Kingdom, 301p.
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| Required Course Material(s) |
LATIF, M.A., OGUZ, T., SUR, H.I., BESIKTEPE, S., OZSOY, E., UNLUATA, U., 2000. Oceanography of the Turkish Straits-third annual report, Volume I. Physical Oceanography of the Straits. Institute of Marine Sciences, METU, Erdemli, Icel, Turkey.
OGUZ, T., LATUN, V.S., LATIF, M.A., VLADEMIROV, V.V., SUR, H.I., MARKOV, A.A., OZSOY, E., KOTOVSHCHIKOV, B. B., EREMEEV, V. V., UNLUATA, U., 1993.
Circulation in the surface and intermediate layers of the BlackSea. Deep-Sea Research, 40: 1597-1612.
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
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Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
2 |
100 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
0 |
0 |
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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. |
1 |
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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. |
4 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
0 |
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11 |
Improving life-long learning attitude and using the information to the public interest. |
1 |
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12 |
Having skills to apply modern techniques and computational tools necessary for engineering applications. |
0 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
2 |
28 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
2 |
8 |
16 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Total Workload: | 82 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 3.28 |
| ECTS Credit: | 3 |
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