COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH FLORA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 3017 TURKISH FLORA COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ISA GÖKLER

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to introduce and give information about definitions and comparison of flora and vegetation, history and geography of flora, flora and vegetation formation, the effect of several biotic factors on flora and vegetation, paleoflora and origin of Turkey s flora, properties and important taxa of today s flora, plants of several habitats, endemism with our country s endemic plants

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the structure and function relationships of living things
2   To understand transfer of genetic information between species and populations
3   To understand live diversity, the origin and evolutionary development and comments.
4   To execute conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity the necessary work
5   To use acquired knowledge and skills in biology education, technology, industry, agriculture, forestry, health and environmental to solve problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Flora and vegetation
2 Structure of landforms, climate, soil of Turkey
3 Flora and vegetation formation
4 Effects of biotic factors to our country s flora and vegetation
5 The origin of Turkey s flora
6 Paleoflora of Turkey s flora (Tertiary and Holocene periods)
7 General overiew to flora of Turkey
8 Midterm exam
9 Flora regions and elements
10 Several habitat plants, important forest trees and bushes
11 Endemism and endemics of our country
12 Endemic plants in our flora regions
13 Endangered plants in our country
14 Measures protect to plants in our country

Recomended or Required Reading

Seçmen, Ö. Türkiye Florası (Ders Notları), Ege Üniv.,Fen Fak. Teksirler Serisi No:120, Bornova,Izmir, 2008.
Davis, P.H. Flora of Turkey and East Aegean Islands. Edinburgh Univ.Press. vol. 1-9.1965-1985.
Akman, Y. Türkiye Orman Vejetasyonu, Ankara, 1995.

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 * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60


*** 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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 1 16
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

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