Information Package / Course Catalogue
Plants That Shaped History
Course Code: KOC123
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is; To examine the economic, cultural, medical, religious, political and commercial effects of plants that play an important role in shaping human history; To evaluate the plant-human relationship in the historical process and to reveal the contributions of plants to the development of civilizations.

Course Content

History of Plants and Humanity, Beginning of human-plant relations, Transition from hunter-gatherer societies to agricultural societies, Contributions of plants to cultural development

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Identify important plant species that affected human history.
2.Analyzes the importance of spices, coffee, tea and similar commercial products in world history.
3.Explains the role of agriculture in the development of civilizations.
4.Evaluates the economic and cultural effects of plants.
5.Comments on the effects of plants on wars, migrations, discoveries and colonialism.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Lecturer nots
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Plant and Human History
Week 2 - Theoretical
Agricultural Revolution and Early Civilizations
Week 3 - Theoretical
Wheat: The Foundation of Civilizations
Week 4 - Theoretical
Rice and Asian Civilizations
Week 5 - Theoretical
Egypt and the Americas
Week 6 - Theoretical
Grape; Ancient Anatolia and Mesopotamia
Week 7 - Theoretical
Olives and Mediterranean Civilizations
Week 8 - Theoretical
Spices and Geographical Discoveries (MidtermO)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Coffee: The Birth of a Culture
Week 10 - Theoretical
Tea and Global Trade
Week 11 - Theoretical
Sugarcane and Colonialism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Cotton and the Industrial Revolution
Week 13 - Theoretical
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Week 14 - Theoretical
Plants That Shape the World Today
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Quiz1%10
Assignment Examination1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment Examination1516
Quiz1213
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1718
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)51
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
OÇ-1
1
OÇ-2
2
2
OÇ-3
2
5
OÇ-4
2
5
OÇ-5
1
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026