COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 6023 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY ELECTIVE 2 0 2 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KEREM CANLI

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

To introduce medicinal, beneficial and poisonous plants in a scientific systematic order, to teach their scientific names, introductory features, distribution, use, medical and economic values. To introduce the medicinal plants of Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the concept of medicinal plants.
2   To learn the use of medicinal plants in history.
3   To learn the systematic of medicinal plants.
4   To understand the concept of herbal medicine.
5   To learn the usage areas of plants in modern studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Medicinal plant concept
3 Historical uses of medicinal plants
4 Historical uses of medicinal plants (continued)
5 Medicinal plants systematics
6 Medicinal plants systematics
7 Uses of herbal medicines
8 Overview
9 Herbal medicine use and risks
10 Herbal remedies in modern studies
11 Uses of herbal drugs
12 Herbal active ingredients
13 Herbal active ingredients
14 The future of pharmaceutical botany
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, presentations.

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 + RST * 0.60


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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kerem.canli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 3 6
Preparing presentations 3 4 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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