2020-2021 / BOTA0412-1

Botany : Organization of seed plants

Duration

24h Th, 20h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in landscape architect4 crédits 
 Bachelor in bioengineering4 crédits 

Lecturer

Patrick du Jardin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

  • Flower and inflorescence,
  • fruit and seed,
  • The meristematic cell
  • Cell division and differentiation
  • Tissues
  • Roots (anatomy, morphology)
  • Stems (anatomy, morphology)
  • Leaves (anatomy, morphology, photosynthesis)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

  • To describe the different plant organs and how they are set during development.
  • To understand the anatomical organisation of plant organs
  • To bridge the major plant functions (photosynthesis, nutrition, interactions with other organisms) with their supporting structures.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  • Face-to-face lectures
  • laboratory exercices
  • online teaching activities

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face and distance learning

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

  • Online teaching platform
  • Power point presentations and syllabus available

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Written test or test on PC, on the campus or remotely, addressing in any case the topics described in the guidance document to the examinations and tests. The modalities, adapted to the sanitary situation, are communicated on the eCampus platform of the course.

Work placement(s)

Campus of Agro-Bio Tech

Organizational remarks

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

Contacts

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