Information Of Programmes

AVANOS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS / ORT 102 - ORGANIC FARMING

Code: ORT 102

Course Title: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Theoretical+Practice: 2+1

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

1 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

Short Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

ORGANIC FARMING

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

DURMUŞ OK (durmusok@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

To teach mainly knowledge about plant physiology, and mainly physilogical events in plant

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Plant physiology and its importance can be learned.	PO-8 Has biodiversity and environmental awareness.	Examination
LO-2	Can be learn the general structure of the plant.	PO-19 Inform the relevant people and institutions on issues related to the field; transfer and share ideas and suggestions for solutions to problems to relevant people.	Examination
LO-3	Plants can learn water and nutrient metabolism.	PO-12 Has knowledge about climate changes in crop production and alternative crop rotation systems according to regions.	Examination Oral Examination Quiz
LO-4	The plant can learn the transmission system, the intake and transport of water and plant nutrients.	PO-8 Has biodiversity and environmental awareness. PO-16 Takes responsibility in carrying out a study in the field and solving unforeseen problems encountered in practice.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Plant physiology and its importance, plant mainly structure and its feature, seed and its features, germination and affecting factors in germination, water metabolism in plant, water uptake in plant, water loses in plant, Nutrition metabolism in plant, uptake plant nutrients and transporttation, transportation system in plant, carbon metabolism in plant, photosynthesis and respiration and affecting factors growth, development, rest, flowering, fruit set, etc. Events, and plant hormones
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Plant physiology and its importance,	expression and quession and answer
2	Plant structures and its features,	expression and quession and answer
3	Seed and its features; germination and affecting factors,	expression and quession and answer
4	Water metabolism in plant,	expression and quession and answer
5	Water uptake and loses in plant, and affecting factors	expression and quession and answer
6	Nutrition metabolism in plant,	expression and quession and answer
7	Transportation system in plant,	expression and quession and answer
8	mid-term exam
9	Uptake plant nutrients and and water; its transportation,	expression and quession and answer
10	Carbon metabolism in plant,	expression and quession and answer
11	Photosynthesis and respiration and its affecting factors,	expression and quession and answer
12	Growth and development in plant,	expression and quession and answer
13	Resting, apical dominance, flowering and fruit set etc.,	expression and quession and answer
14	Plant hormones	expression and quession and answer
15	Again	expression and quession and answer
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Fevzi M.,Ecevit, 2004. Bitki Fizyolojisi. Ziraat Fak. Yay. No:22, Isparta
2	Lincoln Taiz ve Eduardo Zeiger, 2008. Bitki Fizyolojisi, (Editör İsmail Türkan), Palme yayıncılık, Ankara.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbooks, computer, Assistant textbooks

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	3	14	42
Outside Class
a) Reading	2	14	28
b) Search in internet/Library			0
c) Performance Project	2	5	10
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report	2	4	8
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam			0
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam			0
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			90