COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

Informing students about mosses which are essential members of the ecosystem. Indicating the importance of this little known plants groups for ecosystems and mankind, explaining the uses of mosses in the World and Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Glime, Janice M. 2012. Bryophyte Ecology. Ebook sponsored by Michigan Technological University an the International Association of Bryologists. http://www.bryoecol.mtu.edu/
Kaynaklar Hallingbäck T. & Hodgetts (compilers) (2000). Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Bryophytes. IUCN, 106 pp. Porley, R.D. & Hodgetts, N.G. (2005). Mosses and Liverworts. London: Harper Collins. Schofield, W.B., 2001. Introduction to Bryology, The Blackburn Press, New Jersey. Shuster RM (1983) New manual of Bryology, The Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned and presented in a discussion session. In some weeks of the course, results of the homework given previously are discussed.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

barbaros.cetin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes