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| Course name | Plant Biology |
| Course ID | 13.1-WB-EPP-B.Roś-S19 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Biological Sciences |
| Field of study | Environmental Protection |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2021/2022 |
| Semester | 1 |
| ECTS credits to win | 6 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
| Laboratory | 45 | 3 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The aim of the course is to provide knowledge on plants vegetative and reproductive anatomy, growth and development, the diversity of life forms and the principles of biological classification. The student should learn to determine and characterize basic taxa of Protista, Fungi and Plants and get acquainted with the diversity of Polish flora. Moreover, the student should learn the basics of plant physiology and classification of life and ecological forms of plants. During laboratory training, student should learn the basic rules of safety in a biological laboratory, the basic microscopic techniques and preparation of microscopic slides. Student should analyze the permanent and self-prepared slides and make biological drawings.
Basic knowledge on biology as described in a high school minimum program.
LECTURES: The properties and environment of life. Vegetative and reproductive anatomy. Plant growth and development. Floral development and reproductive physiology. Plants, water and mineral nutrition. Reproductive ecology. Interactions between plants and other organisms. Systematic review of plant diversity: evolution of structure, systematics and role in environment. LABORATORIES: The structure of optical microscope. Basics of microscopic techniques. Plant cell. Fundamentals of cytology. Chemical structure of organisms. Life cycle. Plant tissues: meristems and mature tissues. Morphology and anatomy of root, stem, and leaf. The structure of flowers and the types of inflorescences. Types and structure of seeds and fruits. Plant identification.
Lectures: Informative multimedial presentations; practicals - laboratory training with the use of biological microscopes, microscopic slides and macroscopic biological material
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
LECTURE: The student is allowed to take the final written exam after having completed and earned credits for practical courses. The exam lasts 60 minutes contains 40 closed questions. PRACTICALS: The credit is given basing on the positive evaluation of all laboratory training sessions, positive results of all written tests (each test consists of open and closed questions; the positive result is based on a positive evaluation of a minimum 60% of the questions), positive evaluation of laboratory diary, and the test of practical skills (recognition of the biological material studied during the semester). The final mark is an arithmetic mean of all partial marks.
Lambers, H., Chapin, F.S., Pons, T.L., 2008. Plant Physiological Ecology. Springer New York, New York, NY. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78341-3
Modified by prof. dr hab. Beata Gabryś (last modification: 24-05-2021 12:59)
