2019-2020 / BOTA0413-1

Botany : Diversity and evolution of plants

Duration

20h Th, 16h Pr, 4h FT

Number of credits

 Bachelor in bioengineering3 crédits 

Lecturer

Patrick du Jardin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

  • Position of plants in the living world
  • Procaryotes
  • Eucaryotes : general principles
  • Fungi (fungal-type Protists and Mycetes)
  • Eucaryotic algae
  • Bryophytes
  • Pteridophytes
  • From ovules to seeds
  • Angiosperms

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

  • To recognize the major categories of living beings
  • To understand the uniqueness and diversity of plants
  • To interprete plant diversity in the light of their evolutionary history
  • To describe the majer trends of the reproduction and the development of plants

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  • Lectures
  • Laboratory courses
  • Online teaching exercices

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face and online teaching
Excursion at the end of the teaching program

Recommended or required readings

  • Online teaching platform
  • Power point presentations and syllabus available

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination

Work placement(s)

Campus of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

Organizational remarks

Participation to the laboratory courses in mandatory. Unjustified absence may lead to penalties applied at the final examination

Contacts

Pr. Patrick du Jardin (patrick.dujardin@ulg.ac.be)

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

All activities are online via eCampus.

Assessment subjects

No change in the content of the courses

Assessment methods

There will be a single test organized online on the eCampus platform. Technical details will follow on eCampus / BlackBoard / page of the course / Covid-19 menu.
The content of the test will be unchanged, yet digitalized.

Contacts

patrick.dujardin@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Same as in June. Please refer to the web plarform on eCampus for further details.

Contacts