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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FSH 0028	FLOWERING PLANTS, NATURE'S HEALING HANDS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	2

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BAŞAK KARPUZ

Offered to

Physics(Evening)
Chemistry
Biology
Statistics(Evening)
Computer Science
Mathematics (Evening)
Statistics
Chemistry (Evening)
Physics
Mathematics
Faculty Of Science

Course Objective

The aim of this course is promote all aspects of plants with flowers in Anatolia

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Flora of Turkey and flowering plants identification
2	Knowing the benefits of flowering plants
3	Herbal material collection and storage
4	Learning the technique of plant Photo-taking
5	Learning the technique drying of plant (To make herbarium)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Flowering plants of Turkey and biodiversity
2	The evolution of flowering plants and the theory of evolution
3	General Features of Flowering Plants
4	Morphological features of Flowering Plants
5	Root and leaf types
6	Flower and fruit types
7	Primary and Segonder Products of Plant Metabolism
8	Mid-term
9	Medicinal Plants
10	Collection of Medicinal Plants from nature, Drying and storing
11	The well-known botanical gardens and the Herbarium
12	The creation of the collections herbal Materials and photo shoot
13	Technique of herbarium
14	Homework presantation

Recomended or Required Reading

Basic reference
Nakiboğlu M. Gökler,I,Kesercioğlu T (2010) Çiçekli Bitkiler, Nobel Bilim ve Araştırma Merkezi Yayını N0.58, ISBN 978-605-395-304-3 Ankara.
Helpful references
Kesercioğlu T,Nakiboğlu M (1994) Tohumlu Bitkiler Laboratuvar Kılavuzu. Bevak Yayınları No.1 Izmir.
Erdoğan Tekin (2005) The Most Beatiful Wild Flowers of Turkey .Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and Presentations, Nature trips, Create a plant collection, Research Report Preparation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Homework Assignments/Presentation and Project preparation
2. With the end-of-semester exam questions will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Fen Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü
m.nakipoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

10:30- 12:00 Every workday

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	1	2	2
Preparation for midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	4	4
Preparing assignments	1	4	4
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			54

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.5	PO.11	PO.13
LO.1	3	3	5	3
LO.2	3	3	4	4
LO.3		3	4	4
LO.4				3
LO.5	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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