3rd Semester Mandatory | Polytechnic Course Categories | Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources

Meteorology

COURSE OUTLINE

GENERAL

SCHOOL	AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT	FORESTRY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LEVEL OF STUDIES	UNDERGRADUATE (7)
COURSE CODE		SEMESTER		3^rd
COURSE TITLE	METEOROLOGY
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			3
Laboratory Practice			2
Sum			5		5
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:	None
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE:	Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS:	Yes
URL COURSE:	https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE02186/

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 course is designed and structured to offer undergraduate students an introduction to the field of Atmospheric Environment and its management. Students will get familiarized with the atmospheric processes that govern the weather and climate. Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to: · identify and interpret the various meteorological and climate phenomena, · apply the fundamental laws of Physics that govern the atmospheric phenomena, · resolve the fundamental equations of the atmosphere, · read weather maps.
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
· Literature search, data analysis and synthesis · Critical thinking · Working in an interdisciplinary environment · Production of new research ideas · Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning · Respect for the natural environment.

COURSE CONTENT

1. Introduction to the Atmospheric Science

2. Composition of the atmosphere

3. Layering of the atmosphere

4. Solar and Terrestrial Radiation (I)

5. Solar and Terrestrial T=Radiation (II)

6. Temperature

7. Atmospheric Pressure

8. Wind

9. Water in the atmosphere: atmospheric humidity parameters, evaporation, transpiration

10. Water in the atmosphere: clouds, small-scale condensation forms, precipitation

11. Atmospheric disturbance: airmasses, fronts

12. Atmospheric disturbance: depressions and anticyclones

13. Atmospheric disturbances: tropical cyclones, storms, waterspouts, tornados.

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

Power point presentations, videos, e-class platform

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	39
Laboratory Practice	26
Non-guided study	60




Total	125

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 evaluation process is conducted in Greek. In case of Erasmus students, the examination language is English. The evaluation process includes:

– Written final examination (essay development and problem solving) – 80% of the final grade

– Laboratory exercise in the classroom – 20% of the final grade.

SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

· Εφαρμοσμένη Μετεωρολογία, Ευάγγελος Μπαλτάς, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ

· Μαθήματα Γεωργικής Μετεωρολογίας και Κλιματολογίας, Αικατερίνη Χρονοπούλου-Σερέλη & Απόστολος Φλόκας, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ

· Μαθήματα Μετεωρολογίας και Κλιματολογίας, Απόστολος Φλόκας, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

Teacher (full name):	Anastasia Paschalidou
Contact details:	By email to apascha@fmenr.duth.gr or through the e-class platform
Supervisors: (1)	–
Evaluation methods: (2)	Written examination with distance learning methods (platform e-Class), ensuring the integrity and reliability of the examination.
Implementation Instructions: (3)	The students will be given a multiple-choice test consisting of 20 questions. All questions are equal in terms of grading and account for 0,5 units. Wrong answers have negative grading. The duration of the exam is 15 mins.

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.

Forest Botany I

COURSE OUTLINE

GENERAL

SCHOOL

AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

LEVEL OF STUDIES

Undergraduate – Level 7

COURSE CODE

82Γ2Υ

SEMESTER

3^rd

COURSE TITLE

FOREST BOTANY I

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.

TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK

ECTS CREDITS

Lectures and personal exercise

Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.

COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

Scientific Area

PREREQUISITES:

–

TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE:

Greek

COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS:

COURSE URL:

https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE02270/

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 course aims to introduce students to the concepts of systematic classification and taxonomy of vascular plants. provide knowledge of the most important families of seed plants of forest and natural ecosystems. · At the end of the course students will be able to identify and classify essential plant taxa to the family and genus level describe the basic traits of the above taxa use identification key
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use 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 reasoning
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use Independent work Literature search, data analysis and synthesis Development of inductive reasoning Autonomous work Teamwork Working in an interdisciplinary environment Respect for the natural environment

COURSE CONTENT

1. Introduction to Systematics

2. Taxonomy – Nomenclature

3. Spermatophyta – Morphology – Reproduction

4. Gymnosperma I

5. Gymnosperma II

6. Flower of Angiosperma

7. Fruit – Seed of Angiosperma

8. Angiosperma I – Magnoliopsida

9. Angiosperma II – Magnoliopsida

10. Angiosperma III – Magnoliopsida

11. Angiosperma IV – Magnoliopsida

12. Angiosperma V – Liliopsida

13. Angiosperma VI – Liliopsida

LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION

TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.

In classroom face to face

USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students

Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students. Support through e-class.

TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.

*Activity*	*Workload/semester*
Lectures	40
Laboratory courses focusing in implementation of methods	25
Personal exercise	20
Team exercise in excursion	5
Summer field practicum	20
Independent study	40
*Course total* *(25-hour workload per credit unit*)	150

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, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed

In order to pass this course, each student must succeed in personal exercise, field exercise deliverable and final written examinations.

Notes:

Students with identified dyslexia problems are examined orally (instead of the written final examination).

In addition, a condition for obtaining the degree is the successful completion of an individual exercise, in the context of the summer practicum.

The students’ grades are announced publicly.

The student can see his / her writing at any time.

SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Athanasiadis N. 1985. Forest Botany Part I. Systematics of Spermatophyta. Giachoudi-Giapouli Editions. Thessaloniki.

2. Simpson M. 2016. Plant Systematics. UTOPIA Editions. Athens.

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

Teacher (full name):	Georgios Korakis
Contact details:	Via e-class platform and e-mail
Supervisors: (1)
Evaluation methods: (2)	Written examination using e-class platform
Implementation Instructions: (3)	Guidance about the examination is provided through e-class announcement. In the announcement is clearly stated the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

Please write 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:

a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
b) 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 administration of the questions to be answered, the distance learning platforms to be used, the technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the hyperlinks for the examination, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the oral exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.
c) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the written exam of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

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

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