Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
0701308109	INSECT ECOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY	Compulsory	3	6	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To provide an understanding of interactions between insects and their surrounding factors with the resulting effects on their populations. The students are expected to have the ability to use this understanding especially for pest control in agricultural ecosystems

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Celalettin GÖZÜAÇIK

Learning Outcomes

1	Learning the relationship between incests and their environment
2	Learning structure and dynamics of population systems, population demography, sampling, life-tables, temperature-dependent development, predation, competition, dispersal, population stability and pest outbreaks
3	Böceklerin içinde bulundukları çevresel (abiyotik ve biyotik) koşullarla bireysel düzeyde (autoecology) ilişkileri ile ilgili temel kavram ve bilgiler
4	Populasyon sistemlerinin yapısı ve dinamikleri, yaşam çizelgeleri, sıcaklığa bağlı gelişme ve üreme, avcılık, asalaklık, rekabet, yayılma ve dağılış, populasyon stabilitesi ve epidemi hakkında yeterli bilgi edinilmesi

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Abiotic and biotic factors underlying the distribution, abundance, and dynamics of insects. How to measure these factors, and how they affect insect population processes (population stability and pest outbreaks), interactions, and community structure, especially in agricultural ecosystems

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to autoecology
2	The ecosystem concept, elements and functions of ecosystems
3	Factors influencing the diversity, distribution and abundance of insects environment carrying capacity
4	Temperature, temperature dependent development
5	water and humidity, wind
6	Light, soil, atmospheric gases, gravity
7	Plant - herbivor interactions
8	Midterm exam
9	Predator-prey, parasitoid-host relationships, The concept of functional and numerical response, determination of functional response types
10	Population density, competition, resource sharing and niche
11	Structure and dynamics of population systems, sampling,
12	Population demography - life-tables
13	Population demography - mortality factors, key factor analysis, density dependence analyses
14	Population stability and pest outbreaks
15	Final Exam
16

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Self Study	14	6	84
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Homework	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12
LO1	1		3		2	2			4		2
LO2		2		3			2	1		2		3
LO3							4
LO4						2

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High