| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 2 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- can define plants which are already used or can be used for health claims all over the world
- can have comments on the production and commerce of plants taking into account our regulations
- may correlate the recent procedures with the necessities on herbal products with economic value.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | Knowing pharmaceutically important herbal medicines and plant families, a student gets the information to evaluate the importance of marketing medicinal plants in Turkiye and in the world. Also it is possible to display economically valuable medicinal plants or plants which may have economic value without damaging plant kingdom, and work on increasing the economic values of herbal medicines. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Fiber Plants |
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2nd Week |
Fixed Oil Giving Plants |
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3rd Week |
Beverage Plants with Coffeinum |
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4th Week |
Plants Used For Alcoholic Drinks |
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5th Week |
Dye and Ornamental Plants |
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6th Week |
Fungi and Algea with Economic Value |
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7th Week |
Mid-term exam |
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8th Week |
Essential Oil and Resin Giving Plants |
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9th Week |
Psychoactive Plants |
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10th Week |
Plants as Source of Carbonhydrates |
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11th Week |
Insecticide and Herbiside Producing Plants |
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12th Week |
Spice Plants |
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13th Week |
Rubber and Timber Giving Trees |
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14th Week |
Discussion |
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15th Week |
Discussion |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | 1. Cotton, C. M. 1996. Ethnobotany: principles and applications. John Wiley & Sons. New York, NY. 424 pp.
2. Wickens, G. E. 1990. What is economic botany? Econ. Bot. 44(1): 12-28.
3. TUIK |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Örnek çözme
- Ödev
- Presentation
- Discussion
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
50 |
| Total(%) |
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50 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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50 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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50 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Individual or group work |
14 |
1 |
14 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Course hours |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total Work Load | 60 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 2 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 2 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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