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Course Description Course Name : Fish Breeding Course Code : SUF413 Course Type : Optional Level of Course : Sub-Level (Undergraduate Degree) Year of Study : 4 Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks) ECTS : 3 Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. MAKBULE YANGÜN BAYLAN Learning Outcomes of the Course : Improve productivity by applying breeding principles in aquaculture Identify problems related to breeding, using experimental methods to solve problems and evaluate the results of various observational Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : none Aim(s) of Course : Aims to introduce specific to fishing to breeding issue of the most important factor affecting productivity in aquaculture Course Contents : Goal and concept of fish breeding, qualitative and quantitative phenotypes, genotypic and environmental factors, genetic constitution of a population (Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium), genotype and environmental variance, resemblance between relatives, heritability, selection, inbreeding and crossbreeding. Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Classrooms of Ç.Ü. Faculty of Fisheries   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Goal and concept of fish breeding Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation, powerpoint presentation 2 Qualitative and quantitative phenotypes Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation 3 Qualitative and quantitative phenotypes Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation 4 Genotypic and environmental factors Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation 5 Genetic constitution of a population (Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium) Reading of lecture notes and resources, giving homework Oral Presentation, powerpoint presentation 6 Genotype and environmental variance Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation 7 Genotype and environmental variance Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation 8 Term exam preparation to term exam writing exam 9 Resemblance between relatives Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation 10 Heritability Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation, powerpoint presentation 11 Heritability Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation, powerpoint presentation 12 Selection Reading of lecture notes and resources Oral Presentation 13 Inbreeding and crossbreeding. Reading of lecture notes and resources, giving a presentation homework Oral Presentation, powerpoint presentation 14 Inbreeding and crossbreeding. Reading of lecture notes and resources, giving a presentation homework Oral Presentation, powerpoint presentation 15 Inbreeding and crossbreeding. Reading of lecture notes and resources, giving a presentation homework Oral Presentation, powerpoint presentation 16/17 Final exam preparation to final exam writing exam   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  DÜZGÜNEŞ, O., ELİÇİN, A., AKMAN, N., 1991. Animal Breeding. A.Ü. Ziraat Fak.Yayınları:1212. Lesson Book :349,ANKARA.   TAVE, D., 1986. Genetics for Fish Hatchery Managers. AVI Publishing Company İns. West Port USA.  PURDOM, C.E., 1995. Genetic and Fish Breeding. Ministry of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Food Fisheries Laboratory Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK. Required Course Material(s)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 70     Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 30 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 4 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 3 4 Having knowledge on “natural and applied sciences” and “basic engineering”; combination of their theoretical and practical knowledge on fisheries engineering applications. 1 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. 2 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 5 9 Learning the knowledge by the determining learning needs; developing positive attitude towards lifelong learning 3 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. 2 12 Having skills to apply modern techniques and computational tools necessary for engineering applications. 3 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 3 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 2 28 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 6 6     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 8 8     Final Exam 1 12 12 Total Workload: 82 Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.28 ECTS Credit: 3