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COURSE DESCRIPTION

FOLK MEDICINE RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND TURKISH FOLK MEDICINES/FRG-6170

Course Title:	FOLK MEDICINE RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND TURKISH FOLK MEDICINES
Credits	3	ECTS	6
Course Semester	2	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

To have knowledge about field and theoretical studies in folk medicine research,
To learn about the research on folk medicine in Turkey.
To have knowledge about Turkish folk remedies.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Plant-human relationship, and some concepts.
2. Week	Definition of folk medicine and importance of folk medicine researchs.
3. Week	Classification of folk remedies according to sources and various examples.
4. Week	Preparation methods of folk medicines.
5. Week	An overview of the use of folk medicine in our country.
6. Week	The main stages of folk medicine researchs.
7. Week	Things need to be done before starting field works.
8. Week	Interview techniques in folk medicine researchs.
9. Week	Example of an interview (practical work).
10. Week	Preperation of herbarium material and it's importance.
11. Week	Writing of field report.
12. Week	Evaluation of the information gathered.
13. Week	Researches conducted on Turkish Folk Medicine
14. Week	A general overview
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	0	0
Assignment	1	50
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		50
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		50

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks			0
Searching in Internet and Library	14	3	42
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation	14	1	14
Presentation	1	1	1
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	21	21
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	30	30
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			150
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			6
Course Credit (ECTS):			6

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof.Dr.İlhan Gürbüz)

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

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

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(igurbuz@gazi.edu.tr)

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