COURSE SYLLABUS

ETHNOBOTANIC

1	Course Title:	ETHNOBOTANIC
2	Course Code:	BIO5104
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. HULUSI MALYER
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi, Fen – Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, 16059, Nilüfer-Bursa 0224 2941785 malyer@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of the course is, in addition to today’s human-plant relationship, to make comperative studies between today’s plants and their patterns of use and archeological plant remains and their uses.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To determine the important clues of the present and past cultures about the relationship between human and plant provided.;
2	To ensure the recognation of today’s plants in order to transfer to future generations and put forward local patterns of usage.;
3	To understand interactions between the plant world and the people with researching the human-plant remains that cultivated and used of people living areas of archaeological and development of human in this subject.;
4	To understand ethnobotanical research methods for identifying plants eaten and psychoactive plants in the palnt-human relationship.;
5	To create data bases on ethnobotanical collections.;
6	To obtain the skills of analyzing the ethnobotanical results.;
7	To update by new information by comparing today’s use with determining usage of various fields like important medical, food, fuel, clothing, constuction, handicrafts, fodder for animals, biological struggle and social usages in the past. ;
8	To learn and apply interview techniques with the people who have great knowledge about folkloric uses of plants in rural areas,;
9	To protect the local resources and to transfer the sense of responsibility to the generations who benefit of both environment and plants at present and in future.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition of ethnobotany and historical Evolution
2	Medicinal plants and their uses in ethnobotany
3	Phytotherapy in ethnobotany
4	Homeopathy in ethnobotany
5	Aromatherapy in ethnobotany
6	Herbal producs, which using in ethnobotany
7	Uses of plants in the area of handcrafts in ethnobotany
8	Local agricultural plants in ethnobotany
9	Analyses of ethnobotanical studies in Turkey
10	Analyses of ethnobotanical studies in foreign countries
11	Local edible usage of plants in ethnobotany
12	Study techniques of ethnobotany
13	Ethnobotanical observations at Bursa and surroundings
14	Herbal market culture in ethnobotany

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- Ethnobotany; A methods Manual, Garry J. Martin, 2004 - Ethnobotany; Principles and Applications, C.M. Cotton, 1996 - Türkiye’de Bitkiler Gle Tedavi, T. Baytop, 1999 - Şifa Niyetine, E. Tuzlacı, 2002
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	2	30
Final Exam	1	70
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		30
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		70
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High