Information Package / Course Catalogue
Urban Entomology
Course Code: ZBK511
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

To provide information about morphological, biological properties and prevention and control methods of insects and mites (mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, furniture and articles of wood pests, moths, dry wood, ticks, etc.)at home, workplace, hospital, warehouse and so on which nuisance to people.

Course Content

Human environment and urbanization, pests in human environment and economic control, flies, vectors and protection (Diptera), louse, vectors and protection (Anoplura), fleas, vectors and protection (Siphonaptera), mites and tickes in human and animals, cockroaches (Dictyoptera), pests of Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, bedbugs (hemiptera,cimicidae), poisonously arthropods, control of arthropods in human and animals.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Melis YALÇIN
Learning Outcomes
1.to be able to recognize the morphology of nuisance insects and mites on indoor places
2.to be able to recognize the biological properties of nuisance insects and mites on indoor places
3.to be able to find out the protection methods of nuisance insects and mites on indoor places
4.to be able to find out the control methods of nuisance insects and mites on indoor places
5.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Özcel,M.A.,and N.Daldal,1997.Parazotolojide Artropod Hastalıkları Vektörler.Türkiye Parazotoloji Derneği Yayın No:13,527s.
2.Robinson, W. H., 1996. Urban Entomology. ChapmanHall, London, 430 pp.
3.Ecevit, O., 1998. İnsan ve Hayvan Zararlısı Arthropod (Arthropoda)’lar. O.M.Ü. Zir. Fak. Ders Kitabı No.28, 296 s.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction (Human environment and urbanization)
Week 2 - Theoretical
Pests in human environment and economic control
Week 3 - Theoretical
Flies, vectors and protection (Diptera)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Louse, vectors and protection (Anoplura)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Fleas, vectors and protection (Siphonaptera)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Mites and tickes in human and animals
Week 7 - Theoretical
Cockroaches (Dictyoptera)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Pests of Coleoptera
Week 9 - Theoretical
Pests of Lepidoptera
Week 10 - Theoretical
Pests of Hymenoptera
Week 11 - Theoretical
Bedbugs (Hemiptera,Cimicidae)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Poisonously Arthropods
Week 13 - Theoretical
Control of arthropods in human and animals
Week 14 - Theoretical
Control of arthropods in human and animals
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Assignment108190
Reading120112
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination120121
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
OÇ-1
5
4
5
4
4
5
OÇ-2
5
4
4
5
5
4
OÇ-3
5
4
4
5
4
4
OÇ-4
5
4
5
4
5
5
OÇ-5
5
4
5
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026