GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

PRINCIPLE OF PLANT TAXONOMY/5031301

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

To overcome the basic problems that taxanomic research beginners can experience.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Definition and aim of taxonomy
2. Week	Systematic categories
3. Week	Characteristics of subspecies taxa
4. Week	Herbarium techniques
5. Week	Herbarium techniques
6. Week	Rules of Typification and Nomenclature
7. Week	Taxonomic characters
8. Week	Taxonomic characters, Midterm
9. Week	Morphological and Anatomical Characters
10. Week	Palynological Characters
11. Week	Embryological Characters
12. Week	Cytological Characters
13. Week	Phytochemical Characters
14. Week	Phytochemical Characters
15. Week	Final Exam
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		40
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		60

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	15	3	45
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks			0
Searching in Internet and Library	6	10	60
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	5	8	40
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	5	8	40
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			185
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.4
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof.Dr. Murat Ekici)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mekici/)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(mekici@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University