Yozgat Bozok 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
ZBK726	HUMAN AND ANIMAL PEST ARTROPODS	Elective	4	8	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Teaching and adopting the arthropoda species, their importance, harm situations and methods of struggle in the living environments of humans and animals and causing direct or indirect harm to humans and animals.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Gamze PEKBEY

Learning Outcomes

1	Recognize arthropods parasitizing in pets and humans
2	Recognizes arthropoda (insects and mites) species that are related to human and animal health morphologically, learns their bio-ecology.
3	Learns the importance of pests that concern human and animal health as a general disease vector.
4	Knows treatment, control and prevention methods in arthropod infestations.
5	Knows diseases transmitted by arthropods, methods of transportation and prevention methods.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Morphology and general characteristics of harmful arthropod species in humans and animals, damage patterns in humans and animals, their importance as vectors and methods of combating this damage against arthropod species.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introducing the general characteristics and mouth structures of insects that concern human and animal health.	Introducing the general characteristics and mouth structures of insects that concern human and animal health.
2	Terminology and epidemiology related to parasitology in insects that concern human and animal health	Terminology and epidemiology related to parasitology in insects that concern human and animal health
3	Cockroaches, beetles and other minor pests	Cockroaches, beetles and other minor pests
4	Human and animal pests (Hemiptera): Bedbugs and Lice (Anoplura, Mallophaga)	Human and animal pests (Hemiptera): Bedbugs and Lice (Anoplura, Mallophaga)
5	Flies (Snags, Mosquitoes, horseflies and others)	Flies (Snags, Mosquitoes, horseflies and others)
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7	Flies (Muscoid and louse-like flies, houseflies and the like, and eye gnats) and Myiasis	Flies (Muscoid and louse-like flies, houseflies and the like, and eye gnats) and Myiasis
8	Harmful mites and ticks in humans and animals	Harmful mites and ticks in humans and animals
9	House screech, wasps and ants	House screech, wasps and ants
10	Butterflies, earwigs and mange	Butterflies, earwigs and mange
11	Scorpion and spiders, Snake, centipedes and mice	Scorpion and spiders, Snake, centipedes and mice
12	Siphonoptera (fleas)	Siphonoptera (fleas)
13	Poisons, defense secretions and allergens secreted by pests and mites in humans and animals	Poisons, defense secretions and allergens secreted by pests and mites in humans and animals
14	Methods of controlling pests found in human, animal and urban environments	Methods of controlling pests found in human, animal and urban environments

Recommended or Required Reading

Ecevit, O., 1998. İnsan ve Hayvan Zararlısı Arthropod (Arthropoda)’lar. O.M.Ü. Zir. Fak. Ders Kitabı No.28, 296 s. Özcel,M.A.,ve N.Daldal,1997.Parazotolojide Artropod Hastalıkları Vektörler.Türkiye Parazotoloji Derneği Yayın No:13,527s. Robinson, W. H., 1996. Urban Entomology. ChapmanHall, London, 430 pp.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	60
Quiz	2	40
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)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Quiz	2	1	2
Laboratory	14	2	28
Discussion	14	1	14
Question-Answer	14	1	14
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	5	5
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	8	8
Reading	14	1	14
Individual Study for Quiz	2	4	8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			96

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