Faculty of Science

Model (No 12)

Course Specification : خلية - فسيولوجيا

2010 - 2011

 
Farabi Quality Management of Education and Learning - 4/12/2024
University :Mansoura University
Faculty :Faculty of Science
Department :Botany Department
1- Course data :-
Code: 43302
Course title: خلية - فسيولوجيا
Year/Level: ثالثة نبات وكيمياء
Program Title:
  • Botany and Chemistry
Specialization:
Teaching Hours: Theoretical: 4Tutorial: 2Practical: 6
2- Course aims :-
  1. Growth and development of plants
  2. study the Nutrientional requirements of plants
  3. transport of salts and biommolecules within the plant
  4. study Plant Hormones, their identification, occurrence, physiological effects & mode of action as well as its role in the strategies adopted by plants to withstand environmental stresses
  5. study Relationship between water and plants
  6. describe Plant cell structure and function
3- Course Learning Outcomes :-
4- Course contents :-
NoTopicsWeek
1The relation of the plant cell to dissolved substances (permeability)
2Essential and non essential elements in plants
3Specific roles of essential elements and their symptoms deficiency
4Mineral salt absorption- mechanism and availability.
5Translocation and distribution of ions
6Plant growth bioregulators (hormones)
7Germination and dormancy
8Growth and development
9State and movement of water in soils
10Water absorption by plant and movement through plant
11Transpiration and stomatal physiology
12Drought resistance in plants
13Historical review of ultra plant cell structure. Cell as a unit of all living organisms Kinds of cells shape and size
14Biological membranes, chemical constituents and ultra structure -
15Cytoplasmic organells as revealed by light and electron microscope
16Ultra structures and function of endoplasmic reticulum, dictyosomes, Golgy compex, mitochondria, microbodies, lysosomes and vacuoles
17Nucleus and chromosomes/ Cell cycle and cell division
18Ultrastructure and function of plastids with special emphases on chloroplast and photosynthesis (C3, C4 CAM plants)

5- Teaching and learning methods :-
SMethod
Lecture (4 hours /week)
Practical ( laboratory practice – conducting experiments and writing reports - 6 hours /week)
Tutorial discussions (2 hours /week) Homework assignments (formative)

6- Teaching and learning methods of disables :-
  1. none

7- Student assessment :-
A. Timing
NoMethodWeek
1Practical Exam13
2Written Exam14
3Oral Exam14
4Quizzes (formative)6-12
5Course work (formative)Every two weeks
B. Degree
NoMethodDegree
1Mid_term examination 0
2Final_term examination70
3Oral examination 10
4Practical examination 20
5Semester work 0
6Other types of asessment 0
Total100%

8- List of books and references
SItemType
1Department Plant Physiology Book for 3rd year
2Principle of plant nutrition( K.Mengel & E.A.Kirkly)
3Plant Physiology (4th edition) ( R.Devlin.& H.Witham)
4Department Book Cytology for 3 rd year botany
5The cell, a molecular approach (Cooper)
6Plant chromosomes (Sharma)
7Fundamentals of Plant Physiology V. K. Jain, 2005
8Plant and Soil Water Relationships A Modern Synthesis Paul J. Kramer, 1978 TA TA McGRAW – Hill Publishing Company ltd
9Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants – 2nd edition Horst Marschner, 1988 Academic Press
10Plant Cell Structure and Function

9- Matrix of knowledge and skills of the course
SContentStudy week
The relation of the plant cell to dissolved substances (permeability)
Essential and non essential elements in plants
Specific roles of essential elements and their symptoms deficiency
Mineral salt absorption- mechanism and availability.
Translocation and distribution of ions
Plant growth bioregulators (hormones)
Germination and dormancy
Growth and development
State and movement of water in soils
Water absorption by plant and movement through plant
Transpiration and stomatal physiology
Drought resistance in plants
Historical review of ultra plant cell structure. Cell as a unit of all living organisms Kinds of cells shape and size
Biological membranes, chemical constituents and ultra structure -
Cytoplasmic organells as revealed by light and electron microscope
Ultra structures and function of endoplasmic reticulum, dictyosomes, Golgy compex, mitochondria, microbodies, lysosomes and vacuoles
Nucleus and chromosomes/ Cell cycle and cell division
Ultrastructure and function of plastids with special emphases on chloroplast and photosynthesis (C3, C4 CAM plants)

Course Coordinator(s): -
  1. Magda Ebrahim Mahmoud Soliman
Head of department: -
Mohamed Nageb Abd Elghany Hassanein