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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / BIY 340 - BIOLOGY

Code: BIY 340 Course Title: BIOLOGY OF PLANT PRESERVATION Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BIOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer GENÇAY AKGÜL (akgul@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Plant pests and ways of protection

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Learns to protect crops from pests. PO-1 Understand the basic concepts regarding the biology programs
Examination
LO-2 Allows plant pests. PO-3 Are creative, resourceful in terms of conducting biological analysis and equipped with the communication and social skills necessary to take part in team work
Examination
LO-3 Learn the ways of plant protection. PO-6 Are able to assess and evaluate the data making use of the advanced knowledge and skills that they have acquired in the field, to define and analyze the issues connected with current technological developments finding ways to offer solutions to those issues based on the researched and evidence
Examination
LO-4 Learns the techniques used in crop protection. PO-12 Make their knowledge regarding human health and environmental awareness available for the benefit of the society
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Plant pests, bacteria, viruses and fungi, the effect of drugs used and ways to protect
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction of plant protection Lecture
2 Plant protection Lecture
3 Plant pests Lecture
4 Bacteries Lecture
5 Fungis Lecture
6 Viruses Lecture
7 Insects Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Mites Lecture
10 Ways of plant protection Lecture
11 Ways of plant protection Lecture
12 The techniques used in crop protection Lecture
13 The techniques used in crop protection Lecture
14 Pestisides Lecture
15 Pesticides and losses Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Primack, R. B., Koruma Biyolojisi, 5th ed., Sinauer Assoc., ISBN 978-0-87893-637-3, 2010. Spellerberg, I.F., Concervation Biology, Longman Grpup Ltd., 1996. (Çeviri: Ali A. Dönmez, Emel O. Dönmez, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2012)
Required Course instruments and materials
course note

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 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 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 13 13
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 6 18
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 3 9 27
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 90