Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ACAROLOGY- II	Third cycle	BİY 602		2	7.50	7.50	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Prof.Dr.Nusret AYYILDIZ
Lecturer(s)	Prof.Dr.Nusret AYYILDIZ
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course objective	The objective of this course is to provide the student the knowledge about recent developments in Acarology field.
Course description	This course contains the following topics are: Pheromones, Lyme disease, Mites used in biological control of the pests, Biological functions of soil mites, use of water mites as pollution indicator in the aquatic environment, mites on plants and products mites.

Course contents

1	Phoresis in ticks
2	Pheromones in mites and ticks
3	Pheromones in mites and ticks
4	Lyme disease
5	Mites used in the biological control of pests
6	Environmental Acarology
7	Environmental Acarology
8	Biological role of mites in the soil
9	Water mites as indicators of environmental pollution
10	Plant pest mites
11	Plant pest mites
12	Mites in stored products
13	Parasites of humans and animals mites and ticks
14	Parasites of humans and animals mites and ticks
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Provides information about disease transmitting mites and ticks, morphology and biology of various mites order
2	Provides information about phoresis and pheromones of Acari
3	Provides information about Lyme disease
4	Provides information about mites used in the biological control of pests and environmental biology
5	Provides information about biological role of mites in the soil and water mites as indicators of environmental pollution
6	Provides information about plant pest mites, stored product mites and Human and animal parasitic mites and ticks
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes

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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	2	28
Homework	7	5	35
Presentation / seminar	1	5	5
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	24	24
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	1	20	20
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	30	30
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			188
ECTS			7.50

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	65
Quiz	0	0
Homework	7	35
Semester total		100
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

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