Information Package / Course Catalogue
Systematics of Seedless Plants
Course Code: BYL209
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Learning diversity of seedless plants and other plant like organisms (cyanobacteria and photosynthetic protists etc.) and fungi

Course Content

Learning basic concepts of systematics, biodiversity of seedless plants and related groups and their economical importance.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Adnan ERDAĞ
Learning Outcomes
1.be able to define basic systematic concepts
2.be able to define viruses and viroids
3.be able to define archaic bateria
4.be able to define cyanobacteria
5.be able to define photosynthetic protists
6.be able to define fungi and lichens
7.be able to describe passing from water to land and define ancestral land plants
8.be able to define bryophytes
9.be able to define horse tails and lycopods
10.be able to define ferns
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Güner, H. ve Aysel, V. (1989 SEEDLESS PLANT SYSTEMATICS I
2.Güner, H. ve ark. (1992) SEEDLESS PLANT SYSTEMATICS II
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts and rules of taxonomy
Week 2 - Theoretical
Evolution and history of plant systematics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Classification of life
Week 4 - Theoretical
Viruses and Prokaryotes (Archaea, Bacteria)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Eukarya: Heterotrophic groups
Week 6 - Theoretical
Eukarya: Algae 1
Week 7 - Theoretical
Eukarya: Algae 2
Week 8 - Theoretical
Eukarya: Algae 3
Week 9 - Theoretical
Fungi and Lichenes
Week 10 - Theoretical
Plantae: Bryophytes 1
Week 11 - Theoretical
Plantae: Bryophytes 2
Week 12 - Theoretical
Plantae: Early vascular plants and Clubmosses
Week 13 - Theoretical
Plantae: Ferns (Monilophytes) 1
Week 14 - Theoretical
Plantae: Ferns (Monilophytes) 2
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination19110
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)76
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
4
3
3
OÇ-2
4
3
3
OÇ-3
4
3
3
OÇ-4
4
3
3
OÇ-5
4
3
3
OÇ-6
4
3
3
OÇ-7
4
3
3
OÇ-8
4
3
3
OÇ-9
4
3
3
OÇ-10
4
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026