COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BOTANY 2

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERKAN ÖZCAN

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To teach general taxonomy, nomenclature and classification systems; general characteristics of seedless plant and seed section and important class of biologically important taxa the structure of this section, the tool and examples of plants in these families of Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn general taxonomy, nomenclature and classification systems.
2   To be able to learn important class and team members with general features of seedless plants and biological structures of important taxa belonging to these seeds.
3   To be able to learn important class and team members with general features of seedless plants and biological structures of important taxa belonging to these seeds.
4   To be able to learn seedless and seedy plants in our country.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Principles of general taxonomy
2 Naming and classification systems in plants
3 Parts of seedless plants: cyanophyta, chlorophyta, phycophyta and mycophyta
4 Parts of seedless plants: lichenes, bryophyta and pteridophyta
5 Parts of seeded plants: gymnospermae
6 Parts of seeded plants: gymnospermae
7 Parts of seed plants: angiospermae: dicots
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Parts of seed plants: angiospermae: dicots
10 Parts of seed plants: angiospermae: dicots
11 Parts of seed plants: angiospermae: dicots
12 Parts of seed plants: angiospermae: dicots
13 Parts of seed plants: gymnospermae: monocots
14 Parts of seed plants: gymnospermae: monocots
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Güner, Aysel and Sukatar, The Plantless Systems 1-2, Ege University Press, 1996
Voter, Gemici, Görk, Bekat, Leblebici, Tohumlu Botkiler Sistemiği, Ege University Printing House, 2011
Aytaç ve Iğci, Plant Systematics, Nobel Academic Publishing, 2012
Michael G. Simpson, Plant Systematics (Second Edition), 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, question-answer, cooperative learning techniques.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Course topics according to learning outcomes will be assessed via midterm, homeworks, and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendence rule is 70% for the lectures and 80% for the laboratory section.
Attemps to cheat may result in disciplinary actions.
The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes may be added to midterm and final grades. Students will be informed at the beginning of the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

behlul.guler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday, 13:30-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155223455134
LO.245314454422
LO.344123533325
LO.455124452334

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