COURSE SYLLABUS

PLANT EMBRYOLOGY

1	Course Title:	PLANT EMBRYOLOGY
2	Course Code:	BYL4012
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
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. ŞABAN GÜVENÇ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Şaban GÜVENÇ e-mail: saban@uludag.edu.tr 0.224.2941793 Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, Görükle-Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Aim of the course in the male and female reproductive organs of flowering plants, formation, pollination, and types of embryo sac, fertilization, embryo formation and development is to inform students about. In this course, students comparative progeny of bryophytes, ferns and flowering plants; a detailed structure of Angiosperm and Gymnosperm flowers, pollen formation and morphology to shape; megaspore formation and the embryo sac forming the cell structure and function; self – sterility mechanisms; embryo formation and role in the development of tissues and types of endosperm, seed development and seed distribution mechanisms knows.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Ability to learn the basic concepts of plant embryology.;
2	Ability to understand the importance and the basic principles of reproduction of plants.;
3	Ability to establish and maintain the connection between biodiversity conservation and reproduction.;
4	Ability to learn the organization, function and operation of the development and structure of plant generative organs;
5	Ability to search related to Embryology database and to transfer the information from verbal or written.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Evolutionary trends of Sporophyte-Gametophyte in Plant Life Cycles. Differentiation of reproductive structures
2	Successful adaptations to terrestrial living of seed plants. Detailed comparison of the structure of Gymnosperm and angiosperm flower.
3	Microsporogenesis and Microgametogenesis: Androecium: Stamen, Anther Structure and Development, Meiosis, Tetrads of Microspores.
4	Microsporogenesis and Microgametogenesis: Pollen Grain Development and Maturation, Pollen Wall Structure, Pollen Grain Viability.
5	Megasporogenesis and Megagametogenesis: Gynoecium, Pistil Development and Structure, Structure of Angiosperm Ovule, Meiosis, Tetrads of Megaspores, Embryo Sac Development, Types of Embryo Sac
6	The factors that determine which of the functional megaspore in tetrad of Megaspore.
7	Pollination (Autogamy): Self-sterility (infertility self): Sporophytic and Gametophytic self sterility, Heterostyle, Dichogamy, Herkogamy.
8	Repeating courses and midterm exam
9	Pollination (Allogamy): pollination types, Stigma and styllus structure and function, pollen germination and pollen tube growth in situ and in vitro.
10	Fertilization: Comparison of fertilization in Gymnosperms and angiosperms. Double Fertilization in Angiosperms, Endosperm Development, Types of Endosperm Development
11	Embryo development: Comparison of monocot and dicot embryos.
12	Apomixis: Types of Sporophytic and Gametophytic apomixis.
13	Seed formation, germination and types of seed.
14	The importance in the future and the application areas of embryology

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	M. CRESTI, S. BLACKMORE, J:L: Van WENT (1992); Atlas of sexual reproduction in flowering plants. R. CZAPIK (2000); Plant Embryology: Past, Present, Future. M. ÜNAL (1988); Bitki (Angiosperm) Embriyolojisi.
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

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	14	14
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	22	22
Total WorkLoad			134
Total workload/ 30 hr			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ4	PQ6	PQ9	PQ11	PQ12
LO1	3	5	0	0	0	0
LO2	0	5	0	0	0	0
LO3	0	5	3	0	0	0
LO4	0	5	2	0	0	0
LO5	0	0	0	5	4	3

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High