COURSE SYLLABUS

MEDICINAL AND AROICAL PLANTS

1	Course Title:	MEDICINAL AND AROICAL PLANTS
2	Course Code:	GBUP216
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
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:	Doç.Dr. OYA KAÇAR
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	e-posta: okacar@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 29 41523 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Tarla Bitkileri Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aims of this course can be defined as understanding of importance of medicinal and aromatic plants in the World and Turkey, revealing its role in the World and Turkey trade, introducing of this plants group, teaching the general cultivation techniques.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Be able to obtain information about general characteristics of medicinal and aromatic plants;
2	Be able to know importance of medicinal and aromatic plants in agriculture of World and Turkey.;
3	Be able to obtain information about ecological requirements and techniques of growing of medicinal and aromatic plants;
4	Be able to obtain information about drying and store of medicinal and aromatic plants;
5	Be able to give information to the producers about providing material, production process and about marketing;
6	Be able to bring new medicinal and aromatic plants in regional production pattern;
7	Be able to understand important field production of medicinal and aromatic plant instead of picking natural flora;
8	Be able to gain information about herbal drogs;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Historical development of medicinal and aromatic plants
2	Uses of medicinal and aromatic plants
3	Economic importance of medicinal and aromatic plants on the world
4	Economic Importance of medicinal and aromatic plants in Turkey
5	Biodiversity of Turkey
6	Classification of medicinal and aromatic plants
7	Importance of medicinal and aromatic plants
8	Ecological requirements of medicinal and aromatic plants
9	General repeat Mid-term examination
10	The main principle of medicinal and aromatic plants cultivation
11	Secondary plant materials and their variability
12	Utilization of medicinal plants
13	Plant drog and classification
14	Essential oils and their characteristics

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	-CEYLAN, A.,1995. Tıbbi Bitkiler I. Ege Üniv.Zir.Fak., Yay. No:312. -ZEYBEK, N. ve ZEYBEK, U. 1994. Farmosotik Botanik E.Ü. Eczacılık Fak. Yayınları, No:2 -AKGÜL, A. 1993. Baharat Bilimi ve Teknolojisi, Gıda Teknolojisi Derneği Yayınları No:15 -BAYDAR, H., 2009. Tıbbi ve Aromatik Bitkiler Bilimi ve Teknolojisi. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Yayın No:51. -PETER, K., V., Handbook herbs and spices Volume I (2001), II ( 2004) and III (2006), Woodhead Publishing , Cambridge , England
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
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