COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLANT MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 1511 PLANT MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Biology (UOLP-Gence State University)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KEREM CANLI

Offered to

Biology (UOLP-Gence State University)

Course Objective

To give an overview about the external and internal structure of Flowering Plants and analyze cellular and tissue structures and give the basic terms and information about the traits of plant organs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explains basic information about cell structure.
2   Explains types and structrures of plant tissues with classifiying them.
3   Explains anatomical structures of plant tissues.
4   Explains external morphologies of plant organs.
5   Explains metamorphoses in plant organs.
6   Explains reproduction types of plants.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cell structure and cell wall. Cell wall
2 Classification of plant tissues and meristems I Supporting tissue
3 Meristems II, Permanent tissues, Protective tissues. Bark and lenticels
4 Supporting tissue, Basic tissue. Multi-layer epidermis and trichomes
5 Vascular tissue. Secretory tissue
6 Secretory tissue, Internal organography (Stem anatomy). Intercellular spaces, leaf anatomy and stomatas
7 leaf and root anatomy. Stem and vascular tissue
8 Overview
9 Flower, fruit and seed anatomy. Vascular tissues in Monocot and Dicot stem
10 External organography, Stem morphology. Stem wood structure and transmission
11 Leaf, root morphology. Root
12 Flower morphology and floral formulas. Leaf shape and leaf arrangements
13 Fruit morphology. Flower, inflorescence
14 Seed morphology. Fruit

Recomended or Required Reading

Lack, A.J., Evans, D.E. (2002). Plant Biology. Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Vardar, Y., Gemici, Y., Tort, Nedret, Gemici, M., Bitki Anatomisi Dersleri Yüksek Bitkilerin Genel Yapısı -I- Hücre ve Dokular, Ege Üniv. Basımevi, Bornova-Izmir, 2006.
Yentür, S. (2000). Bitki Anatomisi. Istanbul Üniversitesi, Fen Fakültesi Yayınları, Istanbul.
Algan, G. ve Toker M.C. Bitki Hücresi ve bitki morfolojisi laboratuvar kitabı, ANKARA, 2004.
Evert, R.F. Esau s Plant Anatomy. Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, Canada, 2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question & Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Vize
2 FN Final
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm final exams.

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)

kerem.canli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing the laboratory notebook 1 14 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.154554
LO.254554
LO.354554
LO.454554
LO.554554
LO.65454534

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