Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
PLANT COLLECTION AND HERBARIUM TECHNIQUES II	Second cycle	EFG 507		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	No
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe BALDEMİR
Lecturer(s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe BALDEMİR
Teaching assitant(s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. Perihan GÜRBÜZ
Mode of delivery	Theoric- Plain telling
Course objective	The objective of this course is to teach the student the herbarium techniques.
Course description	Herbarium is collections of dried plants

Course contents

1	Points to be considered during plant collection
2	Tools used in plant collection
3	Pressing techniques
4	Field methods, recording techniques,
5	Techniques used in preparing herbarium specimens;
6	Utilization of herbaria;
7	Basic sources kept at herbaria;
8	Plant collection and pressing techniques in field;
9	Practice of herbarium specimen preparation and preservation
10	Organization of herbarium visits.
11	Points to be considered in herbarium visit
12	Examination of herbarium specimens from different families
13	Examination of herbarium specimens from different families
14	Examination of herbarium specimens from different families
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Herbarium specimens have information about the methods of preparing
2	Preparation of herbarium sample
3	Materials that we need to when you go to land
4	Herbarium visits
5	Preparation of herbarium sample
6	Benefit in the diagnosis of plant herbarium example
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	2	28
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	2	28
Homework	1	10	10
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	20	20
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	14	2	28
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	3	20	60
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	5	5	25
Total work load			203
ECTS			8.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	No
Additional references	Çelebioğlu, S. (1949) Farmakognozi. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniv.Yay.No.421. Baytop, T. (1986) Farmakognozi Ders Kitabı, Cilt I. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniv.Yay.No.3399. Baytop, T. (1983) Farmakognozi Ders Kitabı, Cilt II, İstanbul: İstanbul Üniv.Yay.No.2003. Wallis, T.E. (1967) Textbook of Pharmacognosy. London: J. A.Churchill Ltd.. Evans, W. C. (2002) Trease and Evans' Pharmacognosy, 15th Ed.. Edinburg, UK: W.B.Saunders. Tyler, V. E., Brady, L. R., Robbers, J. E. (1988) Pharmacognosy. Philadelphia: Lea Febiger. Baytop, A. (1991) Bitkisel Drogların Anatomik Yapısı. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniv.Yay.No.3678. Harborne, J.B. (1984) Phytochemical Methods, 2nd Edition. Chapman and Hall. Türk Farmakopesi 1974, T.C.Sağlık ve Sosyal Yardım Bakanlığı Sayı:435, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, İstanbul. British Pharmacopoeia 1998, Volume I- II, The Stationary Office, London, 1998. The United States Pharmacopeia (USP24) / The National Formulary (NF19) 2000 , United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852, 1999. European Pharmacopoeia (EP), 5th Edition, Council of Europe, 67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France, 2005. Shellard, E.J. (1958) Exercises in the Evaluation of Drugs and Surgical Dressings. London: Pitman Medical Publishing Co.Ltd

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