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| BIYL7162 | Paleobotany | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Sema AYAZ | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To introduce fossil plants lived in geological periods. Past to day to observe of alterations in plants. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | understand geological periods and world flora in these periods | 1,2,3 | 3 | | PO - 2 : | understand mechanism of fossilization | 1,2,3 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | describe plant fossils | 1,2,3 | 5 | | PO - 4 : | understand ecological change occurred in geological periods | 1,2,3 | 1 | | 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 | | |
| Introduction to Paleobotany and its history. Types of plant fossils and their preservation. Early vascular land plants and their charactersitics. The plants in Devonian period and their characteristics. The characteristics and diversity of World flora in Caboniferous. The vascular plants in Cretaceous period and their characteristics. Flora of Tertiary period. Climatic changes in geological periods and its floristic effects. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Paleobotany and its history | | | Week 2 | Types of plant fossils and their preservation | | | Week 3 | Early vascular land plants and their charactersitics | | | Week 4 | The plants in Devonian period and their characteristics | | | Week 5 | The characteristics and diversity of World flora in Caboniferous | | | Week 6 | The characteristics and diversity of World flora in Caboniferous | | | Week 7 | The vascular plants in Cretaceous period and their characteristics | | | Week 8 | Flora of Tertiary period | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Flora of Tertiary period | | | Week 11 | Climatic changes in geological periods and its floristic effects | | | Week 12 | Seminar | | | Week 13 | Climatic changes in geological periods and its floristic effects | | | Week 14 | Samples of plant fossils | | | Week 15 | Samples of plant fossils | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Taylor, E., Taylor, T., Krings, M. 2008; Paleobotany, Academic press, 1252 p | | | |
| 1 | Akaman, Y., Düzenli, A., Güney, K. 2005; Biyocoğrafya, Palme yayıncılık, Ankara | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 04/04/2022 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | 02/05/2022 | 1 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 4
7 | 10/04/2022
12/05/2022 | 3
3 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 03/06/2022 | 1 | 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 | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 9 | 1 | 9 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 5 | 4 | 20 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 25 | 2 | 50 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 16 | 2 | 32 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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