GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

HERBARIUM TECHNIQUES/BIO3014

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. 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

Drying and collection of plants appropriate to herbarium techniques
Methods of making herbarium material

-- 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	Herbariums, their features and purpose
2. Week	Ensuring of herbarium material, selection of samples to be analyzed
3. Week	Pressing and drying of the samples
4. Week	Issues to be considered in pressing and collection of families
5. Week	Information recorded
6. Week	Specimens arranging as collection
7. Week	Specimens arranging as collection
8. Week	Midterm exam
9. Week	Protecting of specimens
10. Week	Herbarium building and cabinets
11. Week	Distribution and circulation of doublets
12. Week	Plant diagnosis
13. Week	Tipificacion
14. Week	Rules of nomenclature
15. Week	Practices in Herbarium
16. Week	Final

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands Tohumlu Bitkiler Sistematiği Principles of Angiosperm Taxonomy The Herbarium Handbook

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Not Applicable

-- 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	2	28
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	5	3	15
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	20	20
Final and Studying for Final	1	20	20
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			101
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			4.04
ECTS:			4

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Develop thinking in terms of biology				X
2	Developing the experimental practicality		X
3	Problem solving and gain the ability to analyze		X
4	Gain the ability to analyze current problems with biological mind				X
5	Learning how to use the properties by looking at the relationship between the courses taught in other sections and your sections.				X
6	Develop the ability to modelling the natural phenomena by establishing a link between biology and chemistry				X
7	See biological side of the events occurring in nature and benefit from them			X
8	To inform the accurate information to followers in an environment that Biology-related events is spoken				X
9	To learn how to use the knowledge for development of the community				X
10	To compare the knowledge with similar institutions and create a racer personality to go further			X
11	Gain awareness of how to be useful with the gained knowledge to community				X
12	To have a confident personality in the international scientific arena				X
13	Following all developments related to the profession and gain the ability to use the knowledge gained				X
14	To raise people who be aware of scientific work will never end therefore it always should be studied				X

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