| Department of Plant Biology
80 % Department of Agricultural Sciences 20 % | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 1 year | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | BSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination Written Exam in Lecturehall All aids allowed Description of Examination: 4 hour written test Weight: Written test 100% 13-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: 08 April 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Acceptance of 3 out of 4 cases. | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Teaching and learning tools will include lectures, laboratory work, theoretical exercises, -projects, group discussions and poster presentations. | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 3 Week Structure: A | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic Science: The course will give the students a basic knowledge of the plant as a living organism. Understanding of growth, development and properties of plants and how this is influenced by internal and external factors. Applied science: Knowledge of how growth and development are controlled Ethics & Values: The students will be aware of ethics and values related to physiological problems | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| The aim of the course is to focus on the relationship between structure and function at the cell, tissue and organ level. Interactions between cells and tissues are guided and limited by the plant structure (anatomy). During growth, a plant balances its internal activities according to the demands in light, water, and nutrients (physiology). | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| The following issues will be considered: water movement, ion uptake and movement of solutes within the plant; mineral nutrients; nitrogen metabolism; partitioning of carbohydrates; growth and development; plant hormones; light effects including photomorphogenesis and photoperiodism; growth response from external stimuli as tropisms. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| The course is given as a combination of introducing lectures, therotical exercises and cases (4-6 students) and 4 cases). The case will be based on mindmaps and central areas within field of plant Physiology. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Bjarke Veierskov, bv@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology/Plant Physiology and Anatomy Laboratory, Phone: 35333328 | |||||||||||||||||
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