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Ecology

[Ecology] Syllabus

[First semester, 2018-2019]

Instructor Information

Instructor

Email

Office Location & Hours

[M.Sc. Zahraa Radwan]

[zahrad7@gmail.com]

[Martyr Basel Al Assad Institute, 8:00-18:00, Sat, 14:30-16:30. ed.]

General Information

Description

The course covers the interrelations between plants, animals &  surrounding environment, understanding the ecosystem, biochemical cycles, energy flow, environmental factors, population, communities and major biomes (ecosystems), continuous change of Earth over geological time, adaptation, natural selection, evolution, new organisms’ species, biodiversity, environmental pollutions and their impact on environment and human, methods of combating pollution.

Expectations and Goals

By the end of his course, students will be able to:

1.      Identify the most important environmental factors that affect organism and the extent of their  impacts on living organism in surrounding environment.

2.      Define biological diversity and understand its importance & impact on climate and human life.

3.      Understand the basic elements’ behaviors in different ecosystems and their cycles.

4.      Know the most important environmental pollutants and their damaging effects on environment and human health systems.

5.      Define natural disasters and their role in changing ecosystems and on the distribution of living organisms.

 

Language(s) of Instruction:         Arabic          Textbook(s) Language(s) Arabic &English

Course Materials

Required Text

 

Principles of Ecology and Management, Alan Sitkin, Goodfellow Publisher, 2010.

Ecology and the Environment: Step-By-Step, Michel Francois, Gecko press, 2009.

Applied Ecology and Pollution, Damascus University publications, (in Arabic), 2008.

Principles of Floral Environment, Practical part Damascus University publications, (in Arabic)., 2003.

Course Schedule

 

Week

Topic

Reading

Exercises

1

22/9/2018

25/9/2018

Introduction to Ecology

 Pages from 1 to 8

 

2

27/9/2018

4/10/2018

Sciences, matter and environment

 Pages from 9 to 20

 

3

6/10/2018

11/10/2018

Ecological systems

 Pages from 21 to 28

 

4

13/10/2018

16/10/2018

Water, carbon & nitrogen cycles

 Pages from 29 to 34

Watching documentaries on elements transfer through different organisms

5

20/10/2018

23/10/2018

Phosphors & sulfur  cycles

 Pages from 35 to 36

Writing a report on elements transfer through different organisms after watching relevant documentaries

6

27/10/2018

1/11/2018

Biodiversity & evolution

 Pages from 37 to 42

Watching documentaries on Biodiversity in Madagascar and Galapagos

7

3/11/2018

8/11/2018

Biodiversity interaction between species and its population

 Pages from 43 to 47

Watching documentaries on biological relationships between Organisms

8

10/11/2018

15/11/2018

Environmental succession and human population census

 

 Pages from 48 to 49

Rain-temperature   of different areas

9

17/11/2018

22/11/2018

Biodiversity and climate

 

 Pages from 50 to 53

Rain-temperature of different regions

10

24/11/2018

29/11/2018

Disasters and their types

 

 Pages from 54 to 61

 

11

1/12/2018

6/12/2018

Introduction to Pollution - Air Pollution

 

 Pages from 62 to 72

Watching documentaries on ozone hole & global warming

12

8/12/2018

13/12/2018

noise Pollution

 

 Pages from 73 to 80

 

13

15/12/2018

20/12/2018

water and soil Pollution

 Pages from 81 to 96

 

14

22/12/2018

27/12/2018

Radioactive pollution and Environmental Carcinogens

 Pages from 97 to 103

 

15

Final Exam

Testing Schedule

test

Date

Subject

Reading

Type

language

% of final grade

Quiz 1

2018/10/27

Ecology, ecological systems, elements cycles1

Chapter/pp

MCQ & essay

Arabic

15%

Quiz 2

2018/12/1

Biodiversity, climate, organisms evolution, disasters

Chapter/pp

MC

Arabic

15%

Final

2018/12/30

All course’s topics

 

MCQ

Arabic

70%

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