COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLANT COLLECTING AND HERBARIUM TECHNIQUES LABORATORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 3013 PLANT COLLECTING AND HERBARIUM TECHNIQUES LABORATORY COMPULSORY 0 2 0 2

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 definition, history, 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 describe the importance of herbarium and botanic garden
8   To make the herbaria of unflowering and flowering plants

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information on herbarium and other preservation techiniques
2 Types of applications of herbarium and other preservation methods for various plants
3 Collecting and preserving microscopic algae
4 Keeping and examining microscopic and macroscopic aquatic plants in the collection laboratory
5 Some general characteristics of macroscopic aquatic plants
6 First field work (herbarium and drying of macroscopic aquatic plants collected during field work, and preparation of a report)
7 Field work, drying and naming of pressed specimens, labelling, and preparation of a report
8 Midterm exam
9 Collecting fungi and lichens
10 Collection and preservation of liverworts and mosses
11 Collecting and preserving ferns
12 Second field work, herbarium of land plants collected, and preparation of a report
13 Second field work, naming and labelling of land plants collected, and preparation of a report
14 Handover of prepared herbarium specimens, evaluation and presentation of report

Recomended or Required Reading

Nakiboğlu. M, Gökler, I,Kesercioğlu T (2010) Çiçekli Bitkiler.Nobel Bilim ve Araştırma Merkezi Yayın NO. 58. Isbn 978-605-395-304-3
Seçmen, Ö., Gemici Y., Leblebici E., Görk G., Bekat L. Tohumlu Bitkiler Sistematiği Ders notları. 396 sayfa. 2.Öğretim üyesine ait ek ders notları. 1992.
Weier, 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, laboratory work 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)
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 11 11
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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