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Course Description Course Name : PREPARATION TECHNIQUES OF INSECTS Course Code : BK-609 Course Type : Optional Level of Course : Second Cycle Year of Study : 1 Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks) ECTS : 6 Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. MEHMET RİFAT ULUSOY Learning Outcomes of the Course : Understands the importance and necessity of slide mounting and preparation of insects Knows different preparation techniques Knows permanent and temporary preparation and slide mounting techniques Knows preparation and slide mounting techniques concerning to diagnostic characters learns collection details and label techniques Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : Preparation techniques and mediums which are used for Taxonomic and systematic purpose in entomology will be explained. For this purpose, method for slide mounting techniques of aphids, coccids, whiteflies, trips and parasitoids will be discussed separately. In addition, in order to examine the morphology of insects, preparation methods from various body parts of the, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera orders will be studied and especially genital preparation techniques will be studied. Course Contents : For identification of the small insects especially smaller than a few mm, microscopic studies are needed and for this purpose slide mounting of the specimens is obligatory. In this course, the permanent and temporary slide mounting techniques of small insects, labeling and collection techniques will be studied. Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Classroom   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 The history and importance of insect slide mounting and preparation Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 2 The aim of permanent and temporary slide mounting, different slide mounting techniques according to different insect groups, and to see slide mounting equipment Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 3 Different mediums for slide mounting Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 4 Slide mounting of Aphididae specimens Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presantation and Discussion 5 Slide mounting of Aleyrodidae specimens Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 6 Slide mounting of Diaspididae Lecanodiaspididae specimens Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 7 Slide mounting of Coccidae Pseudococidae specimens Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 8 Midterm exam Exam preparation Written examination 9 Genital organ preparations and the importance of genital organs preparations Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 10 Genital organ preparation of Orthoptera Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 11 Genital organ preparation of Orthoptera Hemiptera Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 12 Genital organ preparation of Coleoptera Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 13 Genital organ preparation of Lepidoptera Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 14 Genital organ preparation of Diptera parasitoids Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 15 Genital organ preparation of Hymenoptera parasitoids Issues related to resource books Powerpoint presentation and Discussion 16/17 Final exam Exam preparation Written examination   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Notes prepared by using different sources and transferred to electronic media presentation is enriched with pictures  Düzgüneş, Z., 1980. Küçük Arthropodların toplanması, saklanması ve mikroskobik preparatlarının hazırlanması. T.C. Gıda-Tarım ve Hayvancılık Bakanlığı, Zirai Mücadele ve Zirai Karantina Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara, 77 s. 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 5 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 Has knowledge on basic topics about general science, general agricultural engineering and plant production 1 2 Knows the biology, ecology, systematics and control strategies of diseases, pests and weeds causing yield losses in plants 2 3 Knows the identification and the biology of the diseases and how to control diseases,pests and weeds causing yield losses in plants in practice 2 4 Comprehends the plant protection problems, gains the ability to solve the problems via scientific methods 2 5 Decides to the most useful control strategy to cope with the plant protection problems and gets them to be used correctly 2 6 Obtains the skill to use a laboratory, analyzes and evaluates the results and prepares reports 2 7 Has necessary knowledge to use the essential technologies, synthesizes them to prepare oral presentations 2 * 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 4 56     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 5 10 50     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 10 10     Final Exam 1 15 15 Total Workload: 159 Total Workload / 25 (h): 6.36 ECTS Credit: 6