Course Code: 
LAUD 316
Course Period: 
Spring
Course Type: 
Core
Theory: 
3
Practice: 
0
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
5
Course Language: 
İngilizce
Courses given by: 
Course Objectives: 
Definition of lawn and groundcovers.
Course Content: 

Botanical and ecological features of lawn and groundcovers, identification of brush species used for preventing erosion.

Course Methodology: 
1: Presentation, 2:Lecture, 3: Question-Answer, 4: Discussion, 5: Technical tour
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Testing, B: Jury, C: Homework, D: Quiz

Vertical Tabs

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

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

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

Documents

Lawn books, groundcover books, plants in the parks.

Assignments

Sample of lawns

Exams

Midterm, quizes, final exam.

Assessment

ASSESSMENT

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

1

70

Quizzes

3

20

Assignment

1

10

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

50

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

50

Total

 

100

 

Course’s Contribution to Program

 

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Contribution

1

2

3

4

5

 

1

To breed people as being an artist landscape architects.

           

2

An ability to have basic knowledge in the field, to provide a healthy and liveable spaces, and to organize the environment.

       

x

 

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

 

4

An ability to have basic engineering knowledge; to create environments which are suitable for nature, instead of destroying it.

     

x

   

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.

           

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.

           

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

   

8

An ability to search, reach and utilize all the resources in the field including databases.

           

9

An ability to work alone or in a multi-disciplinary team efficiently and a self-confidence of taking responsibility.

           

10

Consciousness of professional and ethical responsibilities.

           

11

An ability to be conscious about the universal and social effects of solutions and practices found; being conscious about the problems of era.

           

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

Activities

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

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

 

 

84

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

3,3

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

3

3