COURSE SYLLABUS

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

1	Course Title:	PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
2	Course Code:	SBYZ214
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Birol Taş
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	melik@uludag.edu.tr, 02242942352, U.Ü.Teknik Bilimler Meslek Yüksekokulu B Blok-Görükle Kampüsü/Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To explain the physiological events in plant production and the effective factors on the development of these events such as water’s transport to the plant, nutrient elements’ transport from the soil and leaf to the root and stem, osmosis and diffusion, photosynthesis and respiration through chemical and physical events
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Learning the definiation and importance of plant physiology and plant morphology;
2	Learning the structure of plant cell, tissue and organs;
3	Learning the plant vascular system and uptaking and transporting water and plant nutrient elements;
4	Learning the respiration and photosynthesis events in the frame of metabolism physiology;
5	Learning the knowledge about stress physiology in the plant;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The presentation of the course content and plant cell and the structure
2	The structure and features of water, plasmolysis, osmosis
3	Water in the soil water’s utility, and distribution of it in plant roots and soil
4	Uptaking water and transporting it in plant by xylem and the structure of xylem tissue
5	Transpiration, features of stomas and gutasyon events
6	Soil sowtion, absorption of ions by plants, transporting ions to the root domain, and absorption of nutrient elements by roots
7	Absorption of nutrient elements and their transport through cell membranes
8	Midterm exam and repeating courses
9	Structure of floem tissue, and transporting organic compounds in plant by floem
10	Definiation and importance of photosynthesis and pigments serving in photosynthesis
11	Features of the light used in photosynthesis, prime reactions occurred in photosynthesis, light reactions in photosynthesis
12	Midterm exam and repeating courses
13	Darkness reactions and knowledge about the factors affecting photosynthesis
14	Respiration in plants and its importance, aerobic respiration and the stages of it.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	•TAS B. “Plant Physiology Lecture notes”(unpublished) B, Özörgücü, 2005. Plant morphology and anatomy of the input EÜ.Faculty of Science Pressi No. 136 İzmir •Fevzi M.,Ecevit, 2004. Plant Physiology.SÜ. Agr. Fac. Press No:22, Isparta •İsmail Kocaçalışkan, 2008. “Plant Physiology” Nobel Press no: 1338, Ankara. •Taiz, L., E.Zeiger, 2010. “Plant Physiology”. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publ.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	2	50
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
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