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| PEM5060 | Plant Materials | 2+2+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of practicals per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Giving main knowledge for plant materials to the students who will do graduate researches. The collecting of woody species, identification and floral parts of Turkey and vegetation varieties are also among main objectives. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn plant systematic and its main characteristics. | 2,3,4,6,7,8,11 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | learn how to take, to dry and to collect plant materials | 1,2,3,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | learn main woody taxa in Turkey and their importance in landscape architecture | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 | 1,6 | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Plant systematic, systematic categories, identification in botany, the collecting of the plants. Native plants of Turkey and their importance in landscape architecture. Floral parts of Turkey according to plant geography and important taxa in these parts. Endemic and relict species and their importance Landscape architecture. Main vegetation types of Turkey. Plant changes towards horizontal and vertical ways in Turkey. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Spermatophytic plants, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms | | | Week 2 | Systematic botany, naming in botany, plant collecting in scientific researches, dehydration and keeping techniques | | | Week 3 | Basic vegetation types of Turkey, chancing of plants in vertical and horizontal ways in Turkey | | | Week 4 | Floral parts of Turkey regarding plant geography | | | Week 5 | Open flora parts of Turkey regarding geography of Turkey | | | Week 6 | Closed flora parts of Turkey regarding geography of Turkey | | | Week 7 | Exotic species and exotic species which are likely to be native in Turkey | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Exotic species which were introduced to Turkey till 1980 | | | Week 10 | Exotic species which were introduced to Turkey between 1980-2010 (Gymnosperms) | | | Week 11 | Exotic species which were introduced to Turkey between 1980-2010 (Angiosperms) | | | Week 12 | Exotic species which were introduced to Turkey between 1980-2010 (Angiosperms, trees) | | | Week 13 | Exotic species which were introduced to Turkey between 1980-2010 (Angiosperms, shrubs) | | | Week 14 | Classification of plants according to their ecological demand | | | Week 15 | Classification of plants according to their esthetical and functional usage | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Anşin, R., Özkan, Z.C., 2006, Tohumlu Bitkiler, KTÜ Yayınları, 167, Trabzon | | | |
| 1 | Moore, D., White, J., 2002, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees, Timber Pres, England | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 29/03/2010 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 26/04/2010 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 29/05/2010 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 23 | 1 | 23 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Ödev | 4 | 5 | 20 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 35 | 1 | 35 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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