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ECZM604 | Plant Collection and Herbarium Preparation | 2+0+2 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of laboratory per week | Lecturer | -- | 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 make accurate identification of plant material used in scientific researches. | | | PO - 2 : | Can prepare herbaria using plant specimens. | | | PO - 3 : | Can identificate herbarium specimens. | | | 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 research, and collection of medicinal plants and methods for preparing medicinal plants into herbarium specimens, important herbariums in the world. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Definition of the term herbarium. | | Week 2 | The importance of herbarium at scientific research and the aim of preparing herbarium. | | Week 3 | The use and systematic arrangement of herbarium specimens | | Week 4 | The use and systematic arrangement of herbarium specimens | | Week 5 | Techniques of collecting plant materials for scientific studies | | Week 6 | Techniques of collecting plant materials for scientific studies | | Week 7 | Techniques of collecting plant materials for scientific studies | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | Some important rules for making herbarium. | | Week 10 | Collection time arrangement of samples and the collection methods. | | Week 11 | Issues to be considered in for sample collection. | | Week 12 | Suitable drying methods for plant pressing and laboratory work | | Week 13 | Drying plant specimens and collection methods of different plant species | | Week 14 | Unwanted color changes in plants | | Week 15 | Labeling of herbarium specimens. | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Asuman Baytop, Botanik Kılavuzu, İstanbul Ü. Yayınları, 1998, ISBN: 975-404-482-1. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 08/04/2017 | 2 | 20 | Practice | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 | 13/02/2017 20/05/2017 | 2 | 30 | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 1 3 5 | | | | End-of-term exam | 14 | 28/05/2017 | | 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 | 4 | 2 | 8 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 8 | 64 | Arasınav | 4 | 2 | 8 | Ödev | 2 | 2 | 4 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 8 | 64 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | Total work load | | | 179 |
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