COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OBY 3020 PLANT PHYSIOLOGY COMPULSORY 4 0 0 5

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To comprehend basic concepts and principles of plant growth and development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Give information about water relations and mineral transport in plants.
2   Explain plant biochemistry and metabolism, including energy and carbon assimilation and nitrogen assimilation.
3   Explain and describe plant growth and development, including embryogenesis and early development, flowering, and the role of plant hormones.
4   Develop laboratory skills that allow a student to perform experiments and analyze data based on the concepts listed above.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction To Plant Physiology,
2 Chemical composition of plant cells,
3 Water Metabolism in Plants,
4 Uptake of Water in Plants,
5 Factors Affecting The Uptake of Water,
6 Uptake and Transport of Mineral Substances in Plant,
7 Factors Affecting The Uptake of Mineral Substances,
8 Mid-term exam
9 Water Loss Events in Plants. Synthesis Events in Plants (Photosynthesis, Chemosynthesis, Heterosynthesis)
10 Respiration and The Same Events To Respiration in Plants (Fermentation, Photorespiration)
11 Pentose Phosfate Pathway
12 Nitrogen Metabolism
13 Transport of Organic Substances in Plants. Factors Affecting Growth and Development in Plants,
14 Plants Hormones and Their Effect Mechanism,
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Plant physiol, Salırbury and Ross.Ac.Pres, 1995;
Plant Physiol., Irwin P. and Tıng P Ac. Pres. 1985

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, question-answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Pre Class Self Study 14 1 14
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Paper Preparation 2 8 16
Research Presentation 1 10 10
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
Final Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.141413
LO.241413
LO.341413
LO.441413