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| ORM2011 | Gymnosperms | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Salih TERZİOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Zafer Cemal ÖZKAN
Prof. Dr. Bedri SERDAR | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course is designed to present an introduction to the general concept of Gymnospermae. To acquaint students with principal conifer species, their distribution, ecological features and its wood and/or non-wood product
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | explain the terminology of Gymnospermae | 5,6 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | explain the taxonomy of Conifers | 4,5,6 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | identify all native and introduced Gymnospermae taxa | 5,6 | 4 | | LO - 4 : | report the distribution of the taxa | 4,5,6 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | report wood and non-wood products of Gymnospermae and their general usage | 4,5,6 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Taxonomic levels and general taxonomy of Gymnosperm, history of Conifers, Morphological characteristics (vegetative and generative organs), wood anatomical traits, distributions of taxa native in Turkey or not, usage of wood and non-wood products of conifers and their usage in Landscape architectur
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General traits and the taxonomy of Gymnosperms | | | Week 2 | Vegetative and Generative organs (bud, shoot, leaf, flower and cone) of Gymnosperms | | | Week 3 | Differences of Gymnosperms and Angiosperms | | | Week 4 | Class taxonomy of the Gymnosperms, Cycadinae and Ginkgoinae classes | | | Week 5 | Both Morphological traits of Coniferae and Taxaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Podocarpaceae ve Araucariaceae families | | | Week 6 | Morphological traits and taxonomy of Pinaceae; Morphological traits of Abies taxa and their distributions | | | Week 7 | Morphological traits of Keteleeria, Tsuga and Pseudotsuga | | | Week 8 | Morphological traits of Picea, Cedrus, Larix Cathaya and Pseudolarix | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Morphological traits of Pinus | | | Week 11 | Morphological traits of Taxaceae family and its taxa | | | Week 12 | Field study | | | Week 13 | Morphological traits of the family Cupressaceae taxa and their distributions and Lab. exam | | | Week 14 | Morphological traits of the Gnetinae taxa and their distributions | | | Week 15 | Laboratory and Make-up exam | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Ansin, R. 2001; Tohumlu Bitkiler, Gymnospermae (Açık Tohumlular) , K. T. Ü. Basımevi, No 122/15, Trabzon. | | | |
| 1 | Yaltırık, F. 1988; Dendroloji Ders Kitabı I. Gymnospermae (Açık Tohumlular) Orman Fak. Yayın No: 386, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20/11/2013 | 1 | 30 | | Quiz | 8
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12 | 13/11/2013
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10/12/2012 | 1 | 5 | | Practice | 13 | 17/12/2013 | 0,5 | 15 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12/01/2013 | 0,8 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 3 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 78 |
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