Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / BIY 326 - BIOLOGY

Code: BIY 326

Course Title: HERBARIUM TECHNIQUES

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

3 / Spring 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

RECEP KARA (recepkara@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

GENÇAY AKGÜL,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

Herbarium and the introduction of scientific, economic, social functions, to teach

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Recognizes the herbarium collections.	PO-1 Understand the basic concepts regarding the biology programs	Examination
LO-2	Knows to be held Collection.	PO-2 Transfer and adapt what they have acquired in the field of Biology to other disciplines	Examination
LO-3	Knowledge and skills of land increases	PO-7 Are able to use the modern techniques and devices necessary for the current practices in the field of Biology	Examination
LO-4	Learns the preparation of herbarium material.	PO-15 Are aware of the universal nature of social rights, justice, quality management, protection of cultural values and environment as well as occupational health and safety	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition of herbarium Herbaryumda arrangement of samples Presently, with examples to explain the concept of habitat Field studies and used tools and equipment Examples to be considered at the time of collection and Students doing field trials to be removed and plant collection The process of sample collection after
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Definition of herbarium	Lecture
2	Arrangement of Herbaryum samples	Lecture
3	Presently, with examples to explain the concept of habitat	Lecture
4	Field studies and used tools and equipment	Lecture
5	Examples to be considered at the time of collection	Lecture
6	Students doing field trials to be removed and plant collection	Lecture and observation
7	The process of sample collection after	Lecture and observation
8	mid-term exam
9	In different plant materials needed for lab work	Lecture
10	Lichens and mosses Herbarium	Lecture
11	Pteridophyta Herbarium	Lecture
12	Pressing plants	Lecture
13	Fixing of pressed plant	Lecture
14	Labelling of herbarium specimens	Lecture
15	Preservation of samples	Lecture
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Seçmen, Ö. ve ark. Tohumlu bitkiler sistematiği, Ege Üniv. Fen Fak Yay. Nu.116, 1998.
2	Davis, P. H. and Heywood, V. H., Principles of Angiosperm Taxonomy, 1963.
Required Course instruments and materials
Özcan Seçmen, Gemici Y., Leblebici E., Görk G., Bekat L.,Tohumlu Bitkiler Sistemati?i, 2. Bask?, Ege Üniv. Fen Fak. Kitaplar?, No: 116, ?zmir, 1989.

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