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Course details
Course code: BBS10398f16
Semester: 2016/2017 summer
Name: Biodiversity of Flora of Urbanized Areas – field classes
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 0 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Dr hab. Jarosław Proćków, prof. nadzw.
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students.

Learning outcomes: Knowledge Student: W1 - describes the structure of living organisms at every level of the organization [KB_W06]; W2 - distinguishes plant taxa occurring within synanthropic habitats [KB_W12]. Skills Student: U1 - carries out observations in the field properly. He or she interprets and discusses the results and formulates appropriate conclusions, using the scientific terminology in the field of biology. He or she uses the entrusted equipment efficiently and safely [KB_U06]; U2 - determinates the affiliation to the genus or species level based on morphology, using determination keys [KB_U10]; U3 - observes the impact of environmental factors on the organism, population, and biocenosis [KB_U11].

Competences: Personal and social competences (attitutes and behaviuors) Student: K1 - is aware of the effects of working in a group. He or she is able to interact and work in a group, performing various roles in it [KB_K02]; K2 - is sensitive to nature as a set of cognitive, aesthetic, educational, economic and tourism values​​. He is aware of the importance of biodiversity and actively promotes its protection and care of the quality and future of the environment [KB_K04]; K3 - is willing to cooperate with official and non-governmental organizations for the protection of biodiversity and decrease of the effects of anthropogenic impact [KB_K05]; K4 - respects the work of others and is oriented to the safe and effective cooperation. He or she takes care of his or her own work safety and others [KB_K09].

Prerequisites: none

Course content: Knowledge of the biodiversity of plants occurring in the immediate human environment. Determination of common plant species and their diagnostic features. Fluent labour with the determination keys directly in the field.

Recommended literature: a) basic: 1. Rutkowski L. 2013. Klucz do oznaczania roślin naczyniowych Polski niżowej. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, ss. 812. 2. Szafer W., Kulczyński S. & Pawłowski B., 1988. Rośliny polskie. Opisy i klucze do oznaczania wszystkich gatunków roślin naczyniowych rosnących w Polsce bądź dziko, bądź też zdziczałych lub częściej hodowanych. PWN, Warszawa, ss. XXXI+1020. b) supplementary: 1. Szweykowska A., Szweykowski J. 20xx. Botanika, t. 1. Morfologia. PWN. 2. Polakowski B. (red.), 1991. Botanika. PWN, Warszawa.

Assessment methods: Evaluation of the work with the determination key directly in the field.

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