COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLANT COLLECTING AND HERBARIUM TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 3011 PLANT COLLECTING AND HERBARIUM TECHNIQUES COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERGIN ŞAHIN

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

Aim of the course is to arrange the variety and function of herbarium found in Turkey and in the world. Besides, herbarium of the flowering and non-flowering plants are given so that the students determine the function and importantance of arboretum and botanic garden.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehen herbarium function and importance
2   To list the first and the richest herbariums in Turkey and in the world
3   To apply collecting plants from the nature
4   To use the techniques which use for sticking the dries samples to herbarium cardboards
5   To apply ticketing to the samples which sticked to cardboards
6   To apply drying plants in presses
7   To make the herbaria of flowering plants
8   To express the importance of botanical gardens and herbarium

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Herbarium definition, history, importance
2 Turkey and the world's largest herbaria and contributions
3 Storage of herbarium specimens
4 Press and plants made practical use of the rules of drying
5 Example of introduction into and preservation of herbarium material
6 The herbarium of Spermatophyta
7 The herbarium of Cryptograammae.
8 Midterm exam
9 Collecting and storing rules aquatic plants
10 Uses platform of herbarium specimens.
11 Using flora books and herbarium samples for identification of plant material
12 Living plant museums (arboretum and botanical gardens)
13 Orientation of Herbarium
14 Orientation of Herbarium

Recomended or Required Reading

Nakiboğlu. M, Gökler, I,Kesercioğlu T (2010) Çiçekli Bitkiler.Nobel Bilim ve Araştırma Merkezi Yayın NO. 58. Isbn 978-605-395-304-
Seçmen, Ö., Gemici Y., Leblebici E., Görk G., Bekat L. Tohumlu Bitkiler Sistematiği Ders notları. 396 sayfa. 2.Öğretim üyesine ait ek ders notları. 1992Weier, T.E., Stocking, C.R. ve Barbour, M.G. Botany An Introduction to Plant Biology, John Wiley and Sons, USA, 693pp, 1974.
Kesercioğlu, T, Nakiboğlu M .(1998) Tohumlu Bitkiler Laboratuvar Klavuzu", Onur Ofset, Izmir,Onur Ofset

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture format, discussion, problem solving and question-answer

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

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 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)

m.nakipoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.345554355555214
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