Enemies of Trees & Shrubs in the Urban Environment


COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
DEPARTMENT Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources
LEVEL OF STUDIES Level 7
COURSE CODE ΣΖΕ9 SEMESTER 7o
COURSE TITLE Enemies of Trees & Shrubs in the Urban Environment
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to a course as a whole, then please note down the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.
TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
lectures             2 2
Lab exercises 1  
     
Add lines if necessary. The teaching organization and methods used are described in the point 4.    
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

no
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: no
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE02222/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The aim of the course:

To obtain the students the proper knowledge for the formation and maintenance of green spaces and the selection of appropriate plants and good practices to solve the most important problems in the parks green spaces to the cities.

With the successful completion of lesson the students will be able to:

• Recognize the important problems they have the trees and shrubs in the urban and suburban environment.

•   Choose the proper way for their confrontation.

 

General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as they are listed in the Diploma Supplement and are listed below), which of them is intended (for the course)?
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

Understanding concepts correlate with the prevention and confrontation problems  to urban and suburban green.

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
Week     Thematic Unit of Lectures

 

1η2η      The proper for the occasion,  formation of green spaces and the choose of suitable plants.

3η4η      The right maintenance of urban and suburban green. , instructions for good practices (e.g. proper pruning).

5ηThe    use of insecticides in urban green..

6η-11η  The most important entomological problems in urban and suburban green in our country: pine tree insects, aphids, root soil insects, nematodes, species of the family Curculionidae that infect conifers, insects of palm trees, Marchalina hellenica, Blastophagus piniperda, Lymantria dispar (biology ways to treat these species.

12η -13η Composition and presentation of projects  (in groups or individuality from the students) about the course

 

Week     Thematic Unit of Laboratory

5η – 11η    Systematic and identification of the most important entomological problems in urban and suburban green in our country: pine trees, aphids, root soil insects, nematodes, species of the family Curculionidae that infect conifers, insects of palm trees, Marchalina hellenica, Blastophagus piniperda, Lymantria dispar

12η – 13η            Composition and presentation of projects (in groups or individuality from the students) about the course.

 
 
 
 
 
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
The lessons are made using information and communications technology (ICT).

The lectures are supported with power point and videos and the use of internet. The communication  with the students is made with e mail and the e class.

TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The student study hours for each learning activity are listed as well as the non-guided study hours so that the total workload at the semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.

Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 25
Study and analysis of literature 5
Interactive learning 5
Personal or group project                        5
Laboratory exercise 10
   
   
Total 50
   
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Public Presentation, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Explicitly defined assessment criteria and if and where are accessible to students are mentioned.

The language for evaluation is Greek.

The methods are applied for evaluation are:

 

Final written examination including questions with sort answers.

For improving their grade students can work personal or with groups project in insect taxonomy.

Lab exercises.

Students with dyslexia or other learning difficulties instead of the final written examination, they have oral examination. Before this comes the information of the department and the stuff from the student about the problem he/ she has.

After the exams the questions will be posted on the notice board so the students will be able to calculate their own grade by themselves. The grades of the students will be posted on the online platform.  The students will have the ability to see their exam paper on demand to the professor. The students can also inquire about the way that their exam papers are graded and additionally will be able to see the comments of the professor about their evaluation.

 

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

Suggested Bibliography :

Καιλίδης Δ. Εντομολογία των δένδρων δασών και πάρκων. Εκδόσεις Χριστοδουλίδη, Θεσσαλονίκη.

 

Similar scientific journals:

Agriculture and Forest Entomology

Environmental Entomology

Journal of Insect Science

Forest Pathology

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Paraskevi Karanikola
Contact details: pkaranik@fmenr.duth.gr, tel +3025522041136
Supervisors: (1)  
Evaluation methods: (2) Written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
Implementation Instructions: (3) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

 

  • To be completed with YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

α) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submitting them to the teacher, the grading system, the participation of the assignment in the final grade and every other detail that should be mentioned.

β) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

γ) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for assigning the topics, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination.