Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
1901402100BOTANYCompulsory113
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this lesson is preparing the students of Faculty of Agriculture for the higher classes. Basic consepts of plant structuure and functions are teaching the students in this lesson. The main data of plant macro and micro morphology, physiology and genetics are occuring the basic consepts of this lesson.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Investigation the basic data of general botany and transfering them by writing or orally
2Making connections between the experimental sense, analytical consideration, quantitative analyze and solving problems
3Learning the main concepts botany
4Understanding basic princibles of plant structure and function
5Making connections between the different disciplines as molecular biology, biodiversity and plant systematics with the subjects of genetic
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction: World of living consept.Meaning and importance of science of botany: Properties of living things as objects of living science biology [Main structural arrangement (cell structure), chemical content, structure and energy traffic (metabolism), growth and differentiation,multiplication (reproduction), adaptation, regeneration, motion, mutation and natural selection], Occurence of life in the world and related theories.
2Classification of living world, Branches of botany science, Plants and important subjects.
3Classification of plants and nomenclature: cell consept and structure of plant cell: Identification and investigation of plant cell structure [plant cell wall, structure and function of cytoplasm (cytosol, ER, golgi).
4organelles of cell (mitocondria, plastids, peroxisome), Cytoskleton, Structure and function of nucleus and chromosomes, Vacuole and function, cell fission –Mitosis.
5Plant tissues:Meristems and functions, adult tissues, paranchymatic tissues
6Epidermis and derivatives (stomata and trichomes).
7Support tissue (collenchyma and sclerenchyma),
8Midterm exam
9Secretory tissue (glandular hairs and glands),Absorption tissue, Vascular tissue structure and types(phloem and xylem elements).
10Plant Organs: Root and shoot morphology and anatomy (tissue diferences of monocothyl and dicothyl)
11Plant organs and reproduction: Leaf morphology and anatomy, Reproduction in plants (sexual ans asexual reproduction, mechanism of meiosis fission and importance, life cycle with samples in plant world
12Structural properties of reproduction organs in higher (flowerly) plants: structure and properties of flower, fruit and seed
13Functioning of plant structures(Introduction to Plant Physiology): Composition of mineral elements of plants and function of mineral elements in plants.
14Mechanisms of taken and tranporting of water and mineral elements in plants, Transpiration: Diffision, osmosis and swelling events in water taken in cell level: Permeability in biological membranes: mechanism of active and passive mineral taken
15Energytic events in plants: Phosynthesis
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Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study7642
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)93
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