COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HORNWORTS AND LIVERWORTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 4110 HORNWORTS AND LIVERWORTS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ISA GÖKLER

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

Students who succesfully pass this course have detailed information about general life cycle, morphology, anatomy, systematics and methots that used at identification of liverworts and hornworts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identification of sample genus from Marchantiopsida. Identification of sample genus from Anthocerotopsida
2   To learn collection and preservation in Botany
3   To learn detailed information about the flora of Turkey ((Anthoceros, Riccia, Lunularia, Conocephalum, Marchantia, Metzgeria, Pellia, Porella ve Frullania)
4   Relating our country s flora and vegetation formation with other disciplines
5   Questioning the plant diversity at nature in daily life

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General features of Brophyta
2 Collection and preservation
3 Discriminate of Hornworts and Liverworts Differences of Gametophyte and Sporophyte
4 Metzgeriales, Marchantiales
5 Jungermanniales, Anthocerotales
6 Sphaerocarpos Metzgeria, Pellia
7 Lunularia, Marchantia, Conocephalum
8 Midterm
9 Phaeoceros, Anthoceros
10 Characterization of Brophyta from pass to present
11 Taxonomical history of Hornworts Anthocerotopsida, Anthocerotaceae
12 Hornworts and Liverworts in Flora of Turkey
13 Distribution of Hornworts and Liverworts according to Henderson method
14 Distribution of Hornworts and Liverworts according to Henderson method

Recomended or Required Reading

Vashishta, B.R., Botany for Degree Students, Bryophyta, S.Chand and Comp. 1986.
Conard, H., 1989, How to know Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts, C.Brown Comp.
Gökler I, Öztürk M., 1991, Liverworts of Turkey and their position in South-West Asia. Candollea 46: 359-366.
Özenoğlu, K.H., Keçeli, T. 2009. An Annotated Check-list of Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of Turkey. Cryptogamie. Bryologie. 30 (3): 343-356.
Schumaker, R., Vana, J. 2000. Identification Keys to the Liverworts and Hornworts of Europe and Macaronesia. Doc. De la Sta. Sci. Des Hautes-Fagnes. 31: 1-160.
Söderström, L., Urmi, E., Vana, J. 2002. Distribution of Hepaticae and Anthocerotae in Europe and Macaronesia. Lindbergia. 27: 3-47.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, 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

Student will be evaluated with midterm exam and final exam.

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 and homework delivery must be 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)

isa.gokler@edu.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
Tutorials 11 2 22
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 17 17
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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