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  Course Description
Course Name : Practice in Fisheries

Course Code : SUF328

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 3

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 2

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. DURSUN AVŞAR

Learning Outcomes of the Course : To gain knowledge and skills about fisheries sectors (aquaculture farming and feed etc.) .
To gain knowledge and skills about water quality and control.
To gain knowledge and skills about principles and practices of field study.
To gain knowledge and skills about processing methods and applications on fisheries.
To gain knowledge and skills about aquatic animals diseases, their control and treatment
To gain knowledge and skills about fishing methods methods and applications.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The aim of this course to gain skills in fisheries application to students

Course Contents : Give information about faculty’s stations (Marine and freshwater), to introduce to aquaculture and feed mills in region and applications, knowledge and practise marine and freshwater ecosystems, practice with fishing equipment and tools,practice about aquatic animals diseases.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Yetiştiricilik tesisleri, Tatlısu ve deniz işletmesi, Seyhan Baraj Gölü, Yumurtalık Körfezi


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Presentation of our faculty research stations (fresh water and marine Lecture, Field trip,
2 Presentation of enterprises of aquaculture in our region and practices. Reading about thReading about the resourcese resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
3 Presentation feed mills in the region, production and application principles. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
4 Gaining information about the water quality control principles and applications of natural aquatic areas. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
5 Principles of water quality control and practices of aquaculture enterprises. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
6 Sampling methods (plankton, fish, benthos, water, etc.) of aquatic research and practise. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
7 Examination of samples Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
8 Midterm exam Repeat of topics Practice Oral exam
9 Population studies and applications of aquatic areas. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
10 Presentation of fisheries tools and materials and their applications. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
11 Principles and applications of fishing methods. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
12 Methods and practices of quality control of fishery products. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
13 Processing methods and their applications in seafood. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
14 Disease control and their applications in aquaculture. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
15 Disease control and their applications in aquaculture. Reading about the resources Lecture, Field trip, practice
16/17 Final exam Repeat of topics Oral exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Book and Textbooks on the subject
 Internet
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 0 50
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. 5
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. 5
5 assessment of data scientifically on fisheries engineering, determining and solving the problems 5
6 Uses theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of fisheries to design; investigates and interprets events and phenomena usig scientific methods and techniques. 5
7 Collecting data in fisheries science, making the basic experimental studies, evaluating the results, identifying the problems and developing methods of solution 5
8 Having plan any study related to fisheries science as an individually, managing and consulting 5
9 Learning the knowledge by the determining learning needs; developing positive attitude towards lifelong learning 5
10 Communicating oral and written in expertise field, monitoring the seminars and meeting in expertise field, following the foreign language publication 3
11 Improving life-long learning attitude and using the information to the public interest. 5
12 Having skills to apply modern techniques and computational tools necessary for engineering applications. 5
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
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 5
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 2 28
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 1 14
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 1 1
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 45
Total Workload / 25 (h): 1.8
ECTS Credit: 2