Forest Entomology and Zoology


COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
DEPARTMENT Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources
LEVEL OF STUDIES Level 7
COURSE CODE ΔΣΔ5Υ SEMESTER summer
COURSE TITLE forest entomology and zoology
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to a course as a whole, then please note down the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.
TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
lectures 3 4
Lab exercises 1  
     
Add lines if necessary. The teaching organization and methods used are described in the point 4. 4  
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

no
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek and English
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: yes
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/eclass/courses/OPE02144/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
Introduction and education of students to identified of most important insects that cause damages to forest trees.

With the successful completion of lesson the students will be able to:

To group insects into Classes.

To identify the most important forest insects.

To propose ways for their confrontation.

Knowledge to the students obtain:

Knowledge to group insects to Classes

Knowledge to identify the  most important forest insects and the damages cause

. Knowledge to propose ways for their confrontation.

General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as they are listed in the Diploma Supplement and are listed below), which of them is intended (for the course)?
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

 

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.      Basic definitions, history and importance of entomology. Symptoms and damages cause forest insects, Ecology of forest insects.

2.      Insect population and causes for their overgrowth. Pollution of atmosphere and damages of forest trees. Symptoms of fungi and attacks of forest insects.

3.      Resistance of the environment. Attack and fragility, attractiveness, resistance of forest trees.

4.      Taxonomy of insects.

5.      Morphology and external anatomy of insects.

6.      Internal anatomy of insects. Growth and metamorphosis.

7.      Insects of nurseries soil and roots.

8.      Insects of fur trees.

9.      Insects of pine and cypress.

10.   Insects of oak and beech tree.

11.   Insects of poplar tree.

12.   Insects of willow, chestnut and hazel tree.

13.   Insects attack woods in use and other animals (birds, rodents, primates) attacks forest insects.

 
 
 
 
 
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
The lessons are made using information and communications technology (ICT).

The lectures are supported with power point and videos and the use of internet. The communication with the students is made with e mail and the e class.

TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The student study hours for each learning activity are listed as well as the non-guided study hours so that the total workload at the semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.

Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 65
Study and analysis of literature 5
Interactive learning 5
Personal or group project                        5
Laboratory exercise 20
   
   
Total 100
   
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Public Presentation, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Explicitly defined assessment criteria and if and where are accessible to students are mentioned.

The languages for evaluation are Greek and English.

The methods are applied for evaluation are:

 

Final written examination including questions with sort answers.

For improving their grade students can work personal or with groups project in insect taxonomy.

Lab exercises.

Students with dyslexia or other learning difficulties instead of the final written examination, they have oral examination. Before this comes the information of the department and the stuff from the student about the problem he/ she has.

After the exams the questions will be posted on the notice board so the students will be able to calculate their own grade by themselves. The grades of the students will be posted on the online platform.  The students will have the ability to see their exam paper on demand to the professor. The students can also inquire about the way that their exam papers are graded and additionally will be able to see the comments of the professor about their evaluation.

 

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

Μαρκάλας Σ. (2010). Δασική Εντομολογία, εκδόσεις Ζάνδες.

Καϊλίδης Δ.Σ., 2004. Δασική Εντομολογία και Ζωολογία. Τέταρτη έκδοση. Εκδόσεις Χριστοδουλίδη Μαρκάλας Σ. (2010) Εργαστηριακές Ασκήσεις Δασικής Εντομολογίας, εκδόσεις Ζάνδες.

Νικόλαος Αβτζής, Δημήτριος Αβτζής, Κωνσταντίνος Βιδάκης (2013) ΔΑΣΙΚΑ ΕΝΤΟΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ, Εκδότης ΣΟΦΙΑ ΣΙΓΓΙΡΙΔΟΥ

Λαζαρίδου – Δημητριάδου Μ. 1992. Γενική Ζωολογία, Εκδόσεις Γιαχούδη – Γιαπούλη.

Hickman, Roberts, Keen, Larson, l’Anson, Eisenhour, 2011. Ζωολογία, Δεύτερη ελληνική έκδοση. Εκδόσεις Utopia.

Hickman, Roberts, Keen, Larson, l’Anson, Eisenhour, 2011. Ζωολογία, Δεύτερη ελληνική έκδοση. Εκδόσεις Utopia.

.Other similar books in forest entomology and zoology has the library of the School…

-Similar science journals

Agriculture and Forest Entomology

Environmental Entomology

Journal of Insect Science

International Journal of Zoology

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Paraskevi Karanikola
Contact details: pkaranik@fmenr.duth.gr, tel +3025522041136
Supervisors: (1)  
Evaluation methods: (2) Written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
Implementation Instructions: (3) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

 

  • To be completed with YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

α) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submitting them to the teacher, the grading system, the participation of the assignment in the final grade and every other detail that should be mentioned.

β) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

γ) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for assigning the topics, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination.