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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BYL 5044	DETERMINATION OF FLOWERING PLANTS SPECIES AND TAXONOMIC PRINCIPLES	ELECTIVE	3	0	2	4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

Teaching to scientific processes in plant Taxonomy and taxonomic principles in flowering plants. To teach plant determination and Nomenclature rules in flowering plants

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understanding of scientific processes in plant taxonomy
2	To be able to use the characters used in plant identification
3	To be able to determine species of plants
4	To be able to solve taxonomic problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	History of Systematics
2	The place and importance of plants in living world
3	General principles of plant systematics
4	Features and usage of characters used in plant determination
5	Modern Methods in Plant Taxonomy
6	Biochemical systematic, Numerical Taxonomy
7	Diagnostic keys and their uses in plant identification
8	Mid-term examination
9	Bracket (Push to) keys, Dicotomized switches, Multiomikacces switches
10	Characteristics of plant families
11	Determination of family
12	Determination of species
13	Determination of species
14	Determination of species
15	Final examination

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.
Spichiger, R.E., Savolainen, V.V., Figeat, M., Jeanmonod, D.( 2004) Systematic Botany of Flowering Plants, Science Publishers, USA.
Akman, Y., Ketenoğlu, O. ve ark. Gymnospermae (Açık Tohumlular) ISBN: 975-97436-2-0,.
Seçmen, Ö ve ark. (2003)Tohumlu bitkiler sistematiği. Ege Üniv. Fen Fak Kitapları Serisi No:116. 396 Sayfa, Izmir, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exams, quiz, homework presentation 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

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)
Lectures	12	3	36
Tutorials	12	2	24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	3	36
Preparation for midterm exam	1	3	3
Preparation for final exam	1	3	3
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
LO.2		5	5	5	4		5		5	5
LO.3	5	5	4	5	5		4		5	5
LO.4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

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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