2020-2021 / 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, hybrid learning)

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

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 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)