Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TAB-23-134STUDY METHODS OF ETHNOBOTANYElective116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
After completing this course, student will be able to;
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof.Dr.Bünyamin Yıldırım
Learning Outcomes
1Getting knowledge on the way of use and purpose of plants used by people
2Developing study methods of the Ethnobotany
3Making of Ethnobotany data base
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Getting knowledge on the way of use and purpose of plants used by people Developing study methods of the Ethnobotany Making of Ethnobotany data base
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction
2Definition of Ethnobotany
3The relations between people and plants, usage of the plants in present and past
4Classification of the plants that are used in Ethnobotany
5Ethnobotany publication, evaluation of the data and bibliography examination
6The study methods of the Ethnobotany
7Ethnobotany data base
8Test of the acquired data by the other people, the importance of the confirmation
9Determination of main questions of questionnaire and suitable source people
10People and foundations that will be able to useful at Ethnobotany studies
11Camera and tape records in the interviewing of the source people on research areas, taking notes and critical questions.
12Usage parts and usages methods of the beneficial plants
13Local names and usage of the plants that are used in Ethnobotany
14Term Paper presentations
Recommended or Required Reading
Baytop, T., 1999. Treatment In Turkey with the Plant, Nobel Medical Publishing House Ltd., İstanbul. 480 pp. Bisset, N.G., 1994.Herbal DrugsandPhytopharmaceuticals. A handbookforpractise on ascientificbasis. Medpharm, Scientific Publishers, Stuttgart. Çubukçu, B., N., Özhatay, 1987.A Research about Anatolian Folk Medicine, III.rd International Congress of Turkish Folklore,104. Ertuğ, F., 1999. PlantAnimaland Human Relationships İn The Folk Medicine of Turkey, Herbs, Humansand Animals/Erbe, Uomiğni E Bestie,Editedby/a cura diAndreaPieroni Köln, , Sayfa: 46-63. Ertuğ, F., 1999. Plants Used In Domestic Handicrafts In Central Turkey, OT Journal of Systematic Botany, 6, 2, 57-68. Ertuğ, f., 2000. An EthnobotanicalStudy In Central Anatolia(Turkey)Economic Botany, Vol. 54, No. 2, April-June.
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 Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination13030
Final Examination13030
Attending Lectures13030
Practice13030
Discussion13030
Field Trip13030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
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