Botany Courses
Botany is a scientific discipline that explores plants from a wide range of perspectives. Some botanists focus on taxonomy, the classification and naming of plants, while others are more drawn to systematics, morphology (the form and structure of plants), anatomy, physiology (how plants function), histology (the study of plant tissues), or plant pathology (the study of plant diseases).
Botanical research can be carried out at many levels of biological organization—starting at the molecular level, moving through genetics and cell biology, and extending to organismal biology, ecology, and eventually to the study of entire plant communities and their interactions with the environment.
Mycology, the study of fungi, and phycology, the study of algae, are often closely associated with botany. This is largely for historical reasons: in its early development, botany encompassed all living organisms that were not considered animals, grouping together plants, fungi, and algae under one umbrella.
Course Sheet
- Course: Botany
- Teaching Unit: Fundamental Teaching Unit
- Semester: 4th Semester Biological Sciences)
- Credits: 06
- Coefficient: 02
Student target:
- 2nd grade License, Common Core in Agricultural Sciences.
- 2nd grade License, Common Core in Biological Sciences.
Weekly Teaching Hours:
- 3h Lecture per week (14 weeks)
- 3h Practical work / week for 14 weeks
Assessment: Continuous evaluation, Final exam
For any information, you can contact the course coordinator:
- By email: torche.yacine@yahoo.fr
- At the SNV Institute on Sundays from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Course Objectives and Prerequisites
Course Objectives:
a. General Botany
- Understand the major groups within the plant kingdom.
- Recognize ancient groups historically classified within the plant kingdom.
- Develop familiarity with botanical systematics.
- Identify major plant families.
- Understand the different classification systems of living organisms.
- Grasp the principles of molecular biosystematics.
b. Pure and Applied Botany
- Learn to identify the main divisions of the plant kingdom.
- Distinguish plants based on their morphological characteristics.
- Understand the relevance of plants to human needs.
- Explore the biochemical compounds in plants and their applications.
- Examine the uses of botany in agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, and pharmaceutical technologies.
Prerequisites:
To successfully follow this course, students should have prior knowledge of:
- Organic chemistry
- Cell biology
- Plant biology
- General ecology