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ORM2014Flowering Plants2+0+0ECTS:3
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face, Lab work , Practical
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Salih TERZİOĞLU
Co-LecturerProf. Dr. Zafer Cemal ÖZKAN Prof. Dr. Bedri SERDAR
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
This course is designed to present an introduction to Flowering Plants. To acquaint students with flowering plants their identification, drying the collecting plant specimens.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : discriminate flowering plants from the others1,5
LO - 2 : collect plant specimen from nature and become herbarium materials1,5
LO - 3 : use plant identification key types1,5
LO - 4 : use plant identification terminology1,5
LO - 5 : identify flowering plants and integrate the plant informations with forest activities1,5
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Introduction to flowering plants, importance of plant identification in different science areas such as forestry, biology, pharmacy, landscape architecture, forst industrial engineering. Teaching the functions of herbariums, arboretums and botanical gardens. Explaining the use of plant collecting equipments, plant drying methods, plant systematics. Teaching identification parts of flowering plants such as vegetative and generative organs. Explain the identification key types. Lab. studies.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction to flowering plants
 Week 2The importance of identification of flowering plants
 Week 3Systematics of flowering plants
 Week 4Herbariums, arboretums and botanical gardens
 Week 5Plant collecting equipment and field notes
 Week 6Plant collecting techniques
 Week 7Plant drying and labelling
 Week 8Palinological and dispersal strategy of flowering plants
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Terminology: Vegetative organs - bud, shoot
 Week 11Terminology: Vegetative organs - root, stem, bark
 Week 12Terminology: Vegetative organs - leaf
 Week 13Terminology: Generative organs - flower
 Week 14Terminology: Generative organs - fruit
 Week 15Terminology: Generative organs - seed
 Week 16Final exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Tezer, M.N., Gökler, İ., Kesercioğlu, T. 2010; Çiçekli Bitkiler, Nobel Yayın No: 1495, 1. Baskı, Ankara, 151 s.
 
Recommended Reading
1Beyazoğlu, O., 2005. Tohumlu Bitkiler Sistematiği Laboratuvar Kılavuzu, Esen Ofset Matbaacılık, Trabzon, 121 s.
2Karaer, F., 2000. Tohmlu Bitkiler Taksonomisi Laboratuvar Kılavuzu, Basılmamış Ders notu, 158 s.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 11/04/2019 1 50
End-of-term exam 16 30/05/2019 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 2 14 28
Laboratuar çalışması 1 3 3
Arasınav için hazırlık 2 5 10
Arasınav 1 1 1
Uygulama 1 4 4
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 1 6 6
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Diğer 1 1 11 11
Diğer 2 1 11 11
Total work load75