COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEEDY PLANT SYSTEMATICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 2006 SEEDY PLANT SYSTEMATICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YUSUF KUMLUTAŞ

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

The plants, which make up a significant part of the environment in which we live, are the living organisms we often come across. Because of covering the major part of land of their benefits for human. Therefore it is vital to recognize plants classify them and give distinctive features of them and it is equally crucial to define some species having an economic importance.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning taxonomic categories and nomeclateral rules
2   Explains classification systems of the plants.
3   Recognizes plants, identificate and to learn identification methods
4   Explains plants that have important usage in Turkey
5   Spermatophyta, general properties, first land plants and evolutions, acquiring information about classification

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The introduction to Spermatophyta course and place and importance of plants in living world
2 Principles of Genel Taxonomy, Taxonomic Categories, Nomeclatural Rules
3 Botany Names (Species epithets and meanings), Plant Idendification, Herbarium Techniques
4 Plant s Classification Systems, Artificial Systems, Mechanical Systems, Natural Systems, Phylogenetic systems, Modern Systems
5 Spermatophyta, General properties, first land plants and evolutions - Gymnospermae, general properties
6 Cycadopsida-Coniferopsida-Gnetopsida
7 Gnetopsida- Angiospermae
8 Midterm
9 Aracidae; Commelinidae; Zingiberidae
10 Magnoliidae s important order and family properties and important taxa
11 Caryophyllidae s important order and family properties and important taxa
12 Rosidae s important order and family properties and important taxa
13 Asteridae s important order and family properties and important taxa
14 Liliopsida s important order and family properties and important taxa

Recomended or Required Reading

Akman, Y., Ketenoğlu, O. ve ark. Gymnospermae (Açık Tohumlular) ISBN: 975-97436-2-0, 2003.

Seçmen, Ö ve ark. Tohumlu bitkiler sistematiği. Ege Üniv. Fen Fak Kitapları Serisi No:116. 396 Sayfa, Izmir, 1995.

Seçmen,Ö., Gemici,Y. ve ark. Tohumlu Bitkiler Sistematiği, Izmir, 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question & Answer

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 + FIN * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exams 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. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

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 2,5 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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