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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
İD119Climate Change and Environmental PhysiologyElective116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The main purpose of the course is to provide students with knowledge about the physiological effects of global warming and climate change on living things and to comparatively evaluate the effects between human and animal species.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Bülent BAYRAKTAR
Learning Outcomes
1Describe the general mechanisms of thermoregulation physiology.
2Maintenance of body temperature in humans and animals explains the physiological processes that affect body temperature.
3Compare physiological systems and processes in the process of thermoregulation between humans and animal species.
4People can examine and compare the physiological effects of global warming and climate changes among animal species.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NOT
Recommended Optional Programme Components
NOT
Course Contents
NOT
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Body Temperature and ThermoregulationNOTNOT
2Metabolic Heat Production, Heat and conductionNOTNOT
3Metabolic Heat Production, Heat and conductionNOTNOT
4Poikilothermy and homeothermyNOTNOT
5Poikilothermy and homeothermyNOTNOT
6Regulation of Environmental Temperature and Body TemperatureNOTNOT
7Heat AcclimatizationNOTNOT
8MİD TERMNOTNOT
9Factors and general mechanisms affecting thermoregulationNOTNOT
10Thermoregulation in heatNOTNOT
11Thermoregulation in coldNOTNOT
12Thermoregulation disordersNOTNOT
13Relationship of Physiological Systems in Control of Body TemperatureNOTNOT
14Nervous System Physiology with neural control of body temperatureNOTNOT
15Final ExamNOTNOT
Recommended or Required Reading
- Fizyoloji Ders Kitabı: Ahmet NOYAN - Tıbbi Fizyoloji: AC Guyton - Sağlık Bilimleri İçin Fizyoloji, Akademisyen Yayınevi - Cengiz, F. Hayvan Davranışları, Bursa: U.Ü Veteriner Fakültesi Yayınları, 2008. - Hall, J. E., & Guyton, A. C. (2013). Guyton ve Hall tıbbi fizyoloji. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities30
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities70
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
NOT
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Field Work138104
Project Preparation5210
Writing Paper236
Criticising Paper5630
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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