Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / BYL 765 - BİYOLOJİ(DOKTORA)

Code: BYL 765 Course Title: ETHNOBOTANIC Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BİYOLOJİ(DOKTORA)
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) GENÇAY AKGÜL,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) no
Objectives of the Course
People between the plants that are used for different purposes, Recognizing the importance of incoming information and comments can be transferred from one generation to educate students.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Knows the ethnobotanical concept and the contribution to humanity. PO-10 Monitor and supervise the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the process of collecting, interpreting, implementing and publishing the data related to the field of Biology and teach those values
Examination
LO-2 Knows pharmaceutical, food, paint, etc. the historical development of the plants used in ways PO-10 Monitor and supervise the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the process of collecting, interpreting, implementing and publishing the data related to the field of Biology and teach those values
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-3 Recognizes Etnobotanical plants used. PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field
 		Examination
LO-4 Become aware of the effects of traditional knowledge in their daily lives PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Shortly past the plant-human relationship, historical, ethnobotanical studies in Turkey, the role of ethnobotany in the discovery of new drugs, the treated plants, food, spices, pharmaceuticals, paints, economic and poisonous plants.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 What is Ethnobotany? Related sciences of ethnobotany. Ethnobotanical studies in Turkey Lecture
2 History and development of Ethnobotany Lecture
3 How is done an ethnobotanical study? Lecture
4 Role of ethnobotany for inventing new drugs. Lecture
5 Contribution to the discovery of a wide range of plants used as food ethnobotanical knowledge. Lecture
6 Informations about cultivated plants Lecture
7 Plants used as food. Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Plants used as spices. Lecture
10 Wild plants are used for medicinal purposes Lecture
11 Wild plants are used for medical purposes. Lecture
12 Wild plants used in the industry, fiber plants Lecture
13 Wild plants used in the industry, fiber plants Lecture
14 Plants used as natural dyes Lecture
15 Poisonous plants, Other uses of plants Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Etnobotanik Ders Notları
2 Cotton C., M., (1996) Ethnobotany, Willey Pres, UK Mertin, J. G., (1995) Ethnobotany, Chapman & Hall, UK
Required Course instruments and materials
Etnobotanik ders notlars (bas?lmam?s) Cotton C., M., (1996) Ethnobotany, Willey Pres, UK Mertin, J. G., (1995) Ethnobotany, Chapman & Hall, UK

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 30
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 2 2 10
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project 2 2 10
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 50

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 13 2 26
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 5 2 10
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 7 42
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 11 5 55
final exam 0
0
0
Total work load; 177