GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MEDICAL AND ECONOMIC PLANTS/BIO2016
Course Title: MEDICAL AND ECONOMIC PLANTS
Credits 3 ECTS 4
Semester 4 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof.Dr. Güray UYAR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/gurayuyar
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  gurayuyar@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Understand the presence of medicinal plants in Turkey and in the world,their usage and evaluation.
Have information about a variety forms of usage of (herbal tea, aromatherapy, juices, pills, powders, etc.) medicinal plants







 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
   There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
   There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Importance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and History
2. Week  Plants and Drug Nomenclature
3. Week  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the World and in Turkey
4. Week  Classification of Medicinal Plants (systematic, morphological, chemical and pharmacological)
5. Week  Chemical Structure of medicinal plants; Primary Metabolites
6. Week  Chemical Structure of medicinal plants; Secondary Metabolites
7. Week  The Necessity of Agriculture of medicinal plants,Reduction Ways in Loss of Collecting
8. Week  midterm exam
9. Week  The culturation of plants and Culture Info Strategies, Challenges in Medical Plants in Agriculture
10. Week   Ecological Requests of the Medicinal Plants and Their Effects on Secondary Metabolites
11. Week  Cultivation of medicinal plants and harvest
12. Week  Postharvest Processing and Drying of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants , Storage of Drugs
13. Week  Medicinal Plant Quality, Standardization and Market Supply, Utilization of Medicinal Plants
14. Week  Utilization of Medicinal Plants Layout Methods: advantange and disadvantage of Drug Use, Use of Time
15. Week  Herbal Teas and Preparation Methods, Other Usage methods (Saps, Aromatherapy, extracts, syrups, pills, etc.).
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Er, C. &Yıldız, M., Keyf Bitkileri (III. Baskı), Ankara Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, Ankara, 2007.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  absent
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
4
56
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
3
18
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
6
6
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
100
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Develop thinking in terms of biologyX
2Developing the experimental practicalityX
3Problem solving and gain the ability to analyzeX
4Gain the ability to analyze current problems with biological mindX
5Learning how to use the properties by looking at the relationship between the courses taught in other sections and your sections.X
6Develop the ability to modelling the natural phenomena by establishing a link between biology and chemistryX
7See biological side of the events occurring in nature and benefit from themX
8To inform the accurate information to followers in an environment that Biology-related events is spokenX
9To learn how to use the knowledge for development of the communityX
10To compare the knowledge with similar institutions and create a racer personality to go furtherX
11Gain awareness of how to be useful with the gained knowledge to communityX
12To have a confident personality in the international scientific arenaX
13Following all developments related to the profession and gain the ability to use the knowledge gainedX
14To raise people who be aware of scientific work will never end therefore it always should be studiedX