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Course Description Course Name : Botany Course Code : BKP101 Course Type : Compulsory Level of Course : First Cycle Year of Study : 1 Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks) ECTS : 4 Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. ATABAY DÜZENLİ Learning Outcomes of the Course : Recognizes the animate and inanimate beings in the world Knows the properties of the plant kingdom Makes the classification of living things Classify plants according to various characteristics knows the names of Plants in Latin, Turkish and other languages, Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : To gain knowledge of basic botany Course Contents : Basic knowledge of botany, plant cell components, plant tissues, plant systematics Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Classroom   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Organisms, dead of the living organisms, determining the classification of living things, plants Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 2 Differences between animals and plants, the plants characteristics, branch of science dealing with the classification of the plant kingdom Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 3 Plant cytology, cell wall, middle lamella, the chemicals inside the cell, the cell´s living and nonliving parts Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 4 Plant cell organelles, the endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus, chromosome Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 5 Mitochondria, plastids, cell wall, crossovers, colorants, resins and balsams, alkaloids, proteins, and amino acids Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 6 Cell division, cell types, amitosis, mitosis and meiosis Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 7 MID-TERM EXAM Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 8 Plant histology, definition of tissue , meristematic tissue within the indivisible, parenchyma tissue, the protective tissue, mushrooms Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 9 transmission and secretory tissue, the stomata and hairs Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 10 root, stem, leaf anatomy Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 11 Flowers, flower shapes, the general structure of the flower of the plant Angiospermae, eşeylilik flowers, seeds, and fruit Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 12 Classification of living things, location and landscape plants in the plant kingdom Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 13 Seedless plants, seed plants, angiosperms Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 14 fertilization in Angiosperms, monocots, dicotyledonous Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 15 reading of plants name , spelling rules of the names of plants, properties of signs and letters Lecture notes and impressions additional books and resources Special lecture, discussion, brainstorming, demonstration 16/17 Final Examination   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  lectures notes  books about botany  Lecture´s notes Required Course Material(s)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60     Homeworks/Projects/Others 14 40 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. 1 2 Decide to the best and economic strategy by using knowledge to solve the challenges in plant protection and keep safe the protection of natural and sustainable sources. 1 3 Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them 1 4 Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. 1 5 Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. 1 6 Skills on using a laboratory, identifying of the diseases, pests or weeds in laboratory conditions, analyzing, determination and interpret of the results and prepare reports. 5 7 Acqure the competence to be respectful to the professional ethics, to understand the plant protection challenges within the legal legislations and improve strategies to cope with them 1 8 Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. 1 9 Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches 1 10 Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. 3 11 Learn the basic plant protection topics such as biology, ecology, systematic, control strategies of agents causing economical losses in cultivation 5 12 Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private 0 13 Professional development in accordance with their interests and abilities, as well as the scientific, cultural, artistic and social fields, constantly improves itself by identifying training needs 0 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour) Course Related Works     Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 16 2 32     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 16 1 16 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 14 2 28     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 1 1     Final Exam 1 16 16 Total Workload: 93 Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.72 ECTS Credit: 4