Botanical and ecological features of lawn and groundcovers, identification of brush species used for preventing erosion.
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Course Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes |
Program Learning Outcomes |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
1) Definition of the green space. |
2,3 |
2,3,4 |
A |
2) Explains the ecological features of lawn. |
2,3,7 |
2,3,4 |
A,C |
3) Explains breeding of lawns regarding climatic conditions. |
2,3 |
2,3,4 |
A,C |
4) Explains the different usages of lawn. |
2,4 |
2,3,4 |
A,C,D |
5) Explains the groundcovering brushes and plants that can be used like lawn. |
2,3 |
2,3,4 |
A,C,D |
6) Explains erosion. |
2,4 |
2,3,4 |
A,C |
7) Explains the metods of breeding lawns and groundcovers. |
2,3 |
2,3,4 |
A,C |
Course Flow
COURSE CONTENT |
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Week |
Topics |
Study Materials |
1 |
Introduction |
Botanical books |
2 |
Warm And Cold Climate Lawns |
Botanical books |
3 |
Agrostis Species |
Botanical books |
4 |
Poa Species |
Botanical books |
5 |
Lolium Species |
Botanical books |
6 |
Other Cold Climate Lawns |
Botanical books |
7 |
Bermuda Lawns |
Botanical books |
8 |
Other Warm Climate Lawns |
Botanical books |
9 |
Midterm |
Botanical books |
10 |
Methods of Breeding Lawn |
Botanical books |
11 |
Coniferous Groundcovers |
Botanical books |
12 |
Broadleaved Groundcovers |
Botanical books |
13 |
Gramineous Groundcovers |
Botanical books |
14 |
Gramineous – Woody Groundcovers |
Botanical books |
Recommended Sources
RECOMMENDED SOURCES |
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Textbook |
Uluocak, N., 1994. Yerörtücü Bitkiler, İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Yayını, İstanbul |
Additional Resources |
Erkun, V., 1954. Başlıca Çayır ve Mera Bitkileri Klavuzu, Ziraat Vekaleti Neşriyatı. |
Material Sharing
MATERIAL SHARING |
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Documents |
Lawn books, groundcover books, plants in the parks. |
Assignments |
Sample of lawns |
Exams |
Midterm, quizes, final exam. |
Assessment
ASSESSMENT |
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IN-TERM STUDIES |
NUMBER |
PERCENTAGE |
Mid-terms |
1 |
70 |
Quizzes |
3 |
20 |
Assignment |
1 |
10 |
Total |
100 |
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CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE |
50 |
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CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE |
50 |
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Total |
100 |
Course’s Contribution to Program
COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM |
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No |
Program Learning Outcomes |
Contribution |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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1 |
To breed people as being an artist landscape architects. |
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2 |
An ability to have basic knowledge in the field, to provide a healthy and liveable spaces, and to organize the environment. |
x |
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3 |
An ability to restore the environment that has been destroyed, to identify natural conditions, to provide same natural conditions in the places newly designed. |
x |
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4 |
An ability to have basic engineering knowledge; to create environments which are suitable for nature, instead of destroying it. |
x |
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5 |
An ability not only for efficiently use of information techniques or computer aided programmes, but also for finding the current applications appropriately to draw, make presentations and plannings. |
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6 |
Having skills to have sufficient knowledge about the basic subjects and the historical progress of the field, to interpret these theoric and practical knowledge and to transfer them to the modern practices. |
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7 |
An ability to not only analyse the problems in the field of landscape architecture; but also to use the appropriate modern design techniques to find solutions for them. |
x |
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8 |
An ability to search, reach and utilize all the resources in the field including databases. |
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9 |
An ability to work alone or in a multi-disciplinary team efficiently and a self-confidence of taking responsibility. |
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10 |
Consciousness of professional and ethical responsibilities. |
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11 |
An ability to be conscious about the universal and social effects of solutions and practices found; being conscious about the problems of era. |
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12 |
Consciousness of life-long learning; an ability to follow the improvements in the field of science and technology. |
ECTS
ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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Activities |
Quantity |
Duration |
Total |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) |
16 |
2 |
32 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) |
16 |
3 |
16 |
Mid-terms |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Assignment |
1 |
24 |
24 |
Final examination |
1 |
10 |
10 |
Total Work Load |
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84 |
Total Work Load / 25 (h) |
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3,3 |
ECTS Credit of the Course |
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3 |