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| EFG5102 | Herbarium Techniques | 3+0+3 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PHARMACOGNOSY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures and 3 hours of laboratory per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Gülin RENDA | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course is, teaching the scientific importance of herbaria for pharmacy and collection of medicinal and poisonous plants and preparing them into a herbarium specimen. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Can collect medicinal and poisonous plants. | | | | PO - 2 : | Can prepare herbaria using plant specimens. | | | | PO - 3 : | Can identificate herbarium specimens. | | | | PO - 4 : | Can take responsibility in plant collection studies within research team. | | | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| ?Herbarium techniques? includes the scientific importance of herbaria for pharmacy and collection of medicinal plants and methods for preparing medicinal plants into herbarium specimens. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Definition of the term herbarium. | | | Week 2 | The importance of herbarium and the aim of preparing herbarium. | | | Week 3 | The importance of herbarium and the aim of preparing herbarium. | | | Week 4 | Usage of herbari. | | | Week 5 | Herbarium sample preparation rules. | | | Week 6 | Herbarium sample preparation rules. | | | Week 7 | Herbarium sample preparation techniques. | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam. | | | Week 9 | Materials used in herbaria. | | | Week 10 | The conditions of herbarium to be considered international herbaria . | | | Week 11 | Collecting plants. | | | Week 12 | Pressing and drying of plants. | | | Week 13 | Bonding or sewing herbarium specimens to cartons. | | | Week 14 | Labeling, preservation and storage of samples. | | | Week 15 | Herbaria in Turkey and around the world. | | | Week 16 | Exam. | | | |
| 1 | Asuman Baytop, Botanik Kılavuzu, İstanbul Ü. Yayınları, 1998. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 18/11/2013 | 2 | 30 | | Practice | 1
14 | | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 2 | 06/01/2014 | 2 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Proje | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 3 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 66 |
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