Information
Code | BY513 |
Name | Plant Taxonomy |
Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
Semester | . Semester |
Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
ECTS | 6 ECTS |
National Credit | 2 National Credit |
Teaching Language | Türkçe |
Level | Yüksek Lisans Dersi |
Type | Normal |
Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
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Course Goal / Objective
Explanation of the systems used in the identification of plants and the characters and their importance used in distinguishing plant species from each other.
Course Content
Taxonomy, taxonomic categories, collecting and naming plants, binominal nomenclature, taxonomic characters, herbarium techniques
Course Precondition
No
Resources
Lerwill, C. J., “An Introduction to the Classification of Animals”. Constable Ltd., 108 pp. (1971).
Notes
Akan, H., Eker, İ. 2003. Sistematiğin Temel Bilgisi, Harran Üniversitesi yayınları, 2003.
Course Learning Outcomes
Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
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LO01 | Taxonomy, historical development of taxonomy, explains the historical approach to the classification of plants and animals |
LO02 | Explains the concepts of systematics and taxonomy |
LO03 | Knows the basic principles of systematics, how to name living things in pairs, and what their types and varieties are. |
LO04 | Taxonomic categories list what species, supraspecies, and subspecies categories are |
LO05 | Knows phylogenetic systematics |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
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PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Based on the undergraduate level qualifications, develops and deepens the knowledge in the same or different field at the level of expertise and analyzes and interprets them using statistical methods. | |
PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Identifies the interdisciplinary interaction that the field is related to. | 3 |
PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Interprets the knowledge gained in the field by integrating the information from different disciplines and creates new information. | 4 |
PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Carries out a study that requires expertise related to the field independently. | 5 |
PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Evaluates the knowledge and skills acquired at the level of expertise in the field with a critical approach and directs its learning. | |
PLO06 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Supports the current developments in the field and their studies with quantitative and qualitative data and transmits them both in the field and outside the field systematically in written, oral and visual form. | |
PLO07 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | It supervises the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the collection, interpretation, application and announcement stages of the data related to the field and teaches these values. | |
PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The information they absorbed in the field; use problem solving and / or practical skills in interdisciplinary studies. | |
PLO09 | Belirsiz | It contributes to the solution of social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems encountered in the field and supports the development of these values. | 3 |
PLO10 | Belirsiz | Develops new ideas and methods related to the field by using high level mental processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making. |
Week Plan
Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
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1 | History of systematic and taxonomic studies | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
2 | Systematics and Taxonomy, Basic Concepts, Purpose of Taxonomy, its principles and its relationship with other branches of science, Classification Methods | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
3 | Basic concepts and definitions | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
4 | Taxonomic categories and species and subspecies | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
5 | Nomenclature rules and practices | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
6 | Character types seen in various taxa | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
7 | The concept of variation and its types | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
8 | Mid-Term Exam | Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
9 | Nomenclature History, Types and varieties, naming rules, international nomenclature codes, Binomial nomenclature, naming of taxa | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
10 | Methods and techniques used in taxonomy | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
11 | Plant collection and documentation | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
12 | Morphological, anatomical, embryological and palynological characters in plants | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
13 | Herbarium of Plants, Plant Identification Methods, Identification Keys | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
14 | Phylogenetic systematics | Lecture | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
15 | Sample application | Practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma |
16 | Term Exams | Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
17 | Term Exams | Homework | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
Student Workload - ECTS
Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
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Course Related Works | |||
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 6 | 84 |
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Assesment Related Works | |||
Homeworks, Projects, Others | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
Total Workload (Hour) | 150 | ||
Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,00 | ||
ECTS | 6 ECTS |