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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KIM 6115	PLANT ANALYSIS: COMPREHENSIVE METHODS AND PROTOCOLS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA YAVUZ ERGÜN

Offered to

M.Sc. in Biochemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry
Ph.D in Biochemistry

Course Objective

End of this course, students, will learn nutrient analysis and all important techniques and analytical methods in plant sciences and agricultural research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understand in detail the structure and function of the plant cell,
2	Understand why study plants,
3	Understand digestion of plant samples for nutrient analysis,
4	Understand enzymes and hormones extraction and also assays,
5	Understand stress indicators in plants.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Plant Cell and Function
2	General Guidelines for Experimentation and Plant Analysis
3	Digestion of Plant Samples for Nutrient Analysis
4	Leaf Pigments and Chlorophyll Analysis
5	Analysis of Organic Molecules in Plant Tissues
6	Enzymes: Extraction and Assay
7	Assay of Some Key Enzymes of Plants
8	Mid Term
9	Photosynthetic Enzymes and Important Metabolites
10	Growth Indices and Leaf Area
11	Measurement of Photosynthesis and Respiration
12	Stress Indicators in Plants I
13	Stress Indicators in Plants II
14	Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Garg, B.K. Plant Analysis: Comprehensive Methods and Protocols, Second edition, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Interactive narrative
3. Question-answer technique
4. Home work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	PAR	PARTICIPATION
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, active participation to the lecture, homework.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nilgun.candan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Preparing assignments	2	15	30
Preparing presentations	2	15	30
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
LO.2	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
LO.3	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
LO.4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
LO.5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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