COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLANT GEOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GNK 3323 PLANT GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

Observe the distrubition and distrubition problems with historical development of plants in the world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe distribution of plants in different parts of world
2   Aware of different floristic regions of the world
3   Understand the different plant formations
4   Describe the phytogeography regions of Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Plant geography concept
2 Dispersal idea in plant geography
3 historical plant geography
4 Floritic plant geography: the classification of floristic areas
5 Distribution factors of plants
6 Flora kingdoms, floristic regions
7 Holoarctic flora kingdoms: East Asya floristic region
8 Mid-term exam
9 Paleotropic flora kingdoms
10 Neotropic flora kingdoms
11 Kap and Australia flora kingdoms
12 Sosyological plant geography: formations
13 Sosyological plant geography: formations
14 Foresty formations
15 End-of-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kılınç, M. Ve Kutbay, H.G. 2007. Bitki Coğrafyası, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara.
Akman, Y.; Düzenli,A. ve Güney,K. 2005. Biocoğrafya, Palme yaıncılık, Ankara

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)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Pre Class Self Study 13 1 13
Midterm Preparation 1 5 5
Final Preparation 1 5 5
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 51

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.142
LO.242
LO.342
LO.442