COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ETNOBOTANY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMB 6040 ETNOBOTANY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ISA GÖKLER

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

Course combines the study of the interaction of people and plants with a broad survey of the diversity of plants described both scientifically and culturally

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe etnobotany
2   Talk about the history of plants and etnobotany
3   : Explain the importance of plant for the development of mankind
4   Explan the procedures of the etnobotanic study

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The scope and aims of ethnobotany in developind world.
2 Ethnobotany: an old practice and a new discipline
3 Ethnobotany: Totay and in the future
4 Ethnobotany and plant germ plasm
5 Ethnobotanical methods: a close study
6 Ethnobotany of artificial selection in the seed plant domestication
7 Ethnobotany of domesticated plants
8 Mid-term exam
9 New consept in medicinal ethnobotany
10 Medicinal chemistry's dept to ethnobotany
11 Historical perspective and feture of ethnobotany
12 Ethnopharmacology
13 Ethnobotany in Turkey: Feture and Present
14 Ethnobotany in Turkey
15 Selected plants from Turkey
16 End-of-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ethnobotany: Evolution of a discipline: Richard Evans, Siri von Reis. 1997. USA
Plants, people, and culture: The Science of Ethnobotany. Balick, Michael J., and Cox, Paul Alan. Scientific American Library 1997.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, lecture, question and answer technique, homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm examination, semester work and final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students will attend presentation and lecture on the material covered in this course. Attendance is compulsory at both till %70, but the rules for the attendence up to the students and can be obtained from the web site of Graduate School of Sciences at http://www.ebe.deu.edu.tr/.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Isa GÖKLER
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Phone: (232) 3019535
E-mail: isa.gokler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 5, 6

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 3 39
Pre Class Self Study 13 5 65
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Paper Preparation 2 15 30
Research Presentation 2 15 30
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.12
LO.22
LO.32
LO.42

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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