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  Course Description
Course Name : Applied Fish Pharmacology

Course Code : SUF319

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 3

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Instructor ARGUN AKİF ÖZAK

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Able to define the drugs used in aquaculture
Able to select and calculate proper drug.
apply drug

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Able to treat fish diseases occuring in aquaculture

Course Contents : Definition of Pharmacology and related sciences, methods of drug application to fish, classification of drugs, disc diffussion test

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classes, labs and fish culture units of the faculty of fisheries, Cukurova University


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Pharmacology and related sciences and definition of drug Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
2 Methods of drug application to fish Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
3 Drugs and fish metabolism Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
4 Caluculation of drug dosage Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
5 Pharmacokinetics of the drugs Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
6 Classification of drugs Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
7 Anti bacterial drugs Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
8 Mid-term exam Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework written exam
9 Antiparasitic drugs, Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
10 Antifungal drugs Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
11 Fish Vaccination Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
12 Laws and regulations on drug administration in fish farms Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
13 Residue regulations Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
14 Application of drugs as bath treatment Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
15 Application of drugs in feed Reading Lecture notes and articles and homework Presentation, group discussion
16/17 Final exam study for exam written exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Treves Brown, 2003. Applied Fish Pharmacology
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 40
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 13 60
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Using the informatics and communicating technology 1
2 Gaining competence to determine the current status of aquatic resources and its sustainable use, water pollution and control, and biotechnology areas. 3
3 Ability to act in accordance with the regulation, social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values on fisheries field 5
4 Having knowledge on “natural and applied sciences” and “basic engineering”; combination of their theoretical and practical knowledge on fisheries engineering applications. 4
5 assessment of data scientifically on fisheries engineering, determining and solving the problems 4
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
7 Collecting data in fisheries science, making the basic experimental studies, evaluating the results, identifying the problems and developing methods of solution 4
8 Having plan any study related to fisheries science as an individually, managing and consulting 4
9 Learning the knowledge by the determining learning needs; developing positive attitude towards lifelong learning 4
10 Communicating oral and written in expertise field, monitoring the seminars and meeting in expertise field, following the foreign language publication 4
11 Improving life-long learning attitude and using the information to the public interest. 4
12 Having skills to apply modern techniques and computational tools necessary for engineering applications. 4
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 4
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 4
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).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 13 1 13
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 87
Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.48
ECTS Credit: 3