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Forest Valuation and Accounting

COURSE OUTLINE

 

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AgrICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT FORESTRY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7th
COURSE CODE DSH6Y SEMESTER 8th
COURSE TITLE forestry evaluation and accounting
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
  3 2
     
     
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.    
COURSE TYPE SCIENTIFIC AREA
PREREQUISITES: NO
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK

 
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: NO
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE02116/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course are described, the specific knowledge, skills and abilities of an appropriate level that students will acquire after the successful completion of the course

Consult Appendix A

 

· Description of Tutorial Results Level for every study round according to the Qualification Context of the European Highest Education Area
· Descriptive Indexes of 6th, 7th and 8th Level of the European Qualification Context of Lifelong Learning and Appendix B
· Summary Guide for Writing Learning Outcomes
The aim of the course is to supply students with the basic concepts of forest valuation and accounting and in particular the valuation of forest land values, forest stands other natural resources and damages from wildfires.

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

 

· Know / understand – the basic concepts of the value of forest land, forest stands and natural resources
· Apply the basic principles of assessment – valuation in forest and other natural ecosystems and recognize the complexity of assessment
· They have understood and estimate the importance of natural resources in the country development
· Combine their knowledge and examine all the services of natural resources so that they can be offered in a balanced way to society as a whole
· Analyze / interpret – damage to forest ecosystems
· Compile / analyze balancel sheets

 

 
  General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as listed in the Diploma Supplement and listed below), which of the following is the course intended for;

 

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Team work

Work in an international environment

Work in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

   Project design and management

Respecting diversification and multiculturalism

Respecting natural environment

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

Criticism and self – criticism practice

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
 

 

  
 

· Autonomous Work
· Team Work
· Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
· Decision making
· Working in an international environment
· Production of new research ideas
· Respecting natural environment
· Criticism and self – criticism practice

 

 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
Week                    Thematic Unit of Lectures

 

1. Basic concepts of forest valuation and accounting and relationships between them
2. Capitalization of expenses and calculation of income value
3. Forest land value
4. Forest stands value
5. Assessment and evaluation of the value of natural resources (direct and indirect evaluation methods)
6. Assessment of non-market environmental impacts and services
7. Damages and indemnities. Expertise
8. Fundamental accounting concepts and principles
9. Accounting Inventories
10. Balance sheets
11. Economic rotational time – Best logging age
12. National accounts and natural resources. Estimation and accounting of the financial result of the use of natural resources
13. Estimation and evaluation of the contribution of natural resources in the national product

 

 

Week     Thematic lab unit / Teaching exercises

 

1. Overvaluation rate, internal, external discount. Equivalence of bills
2. Capitalization
3. Annual fixed or temporary revenues
4. Intermittent periodic revenues constant
5. Rising and decreasing revenues
6. Annuities
7. Valuation of forest land value
8. Valuation of forest land value

9. Valuation of forest stand value
10. Valuation of wildfire damages
11. Authorship of balance sheets
12. Valuation of natural resources value

13. Valuation of natural resources value

 

 

  1. TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face, in classroom
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) ICT use in education and in communication with students. Support of teaching procedure using e – class platform
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways 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 supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Semester workload
Lectures 26
Practice exercises with application of methodologies in individual topics 13
Bibliography study and analysis 4
Individual or team project elaboration 7
   
   
   
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, 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

  

1. Final written examination (80%)

α) Questions with short answers (4)

β) Questions with essays as answers (2)

γ) Solving problems/exercises (2)

2. Individual or team projects (20%)

Students having ascertained dyslexia problems are examined with oral methods.

Students have access to their essay at any time
  1. PROPOSED LITERATURE
 

–Proposed literature :

• Arabatzis G., Polyzos S. 2008. Natural Resources, environment and development. Tziola editions. Thessaloniki.

• Bithas K. 2003. Economic consideration of environmental protection. Dardanos editions. Athens.

•Chalkos G. 2016. Economics of natural resources and environment. Disigma editions. Thessaloniki.

 

-Related scientific journals:

Forest Policy and Economics, Ecological Economics, Journal of Forest Economics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Garyfallos Arabatzis
Contact details: garamp@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods: (2) Written distance examination, through the e-class platform, using multiple choice questions
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examinations will be carried out according to the examination program that will be announced by the secretariat of the Department.

Students should link to the course page in the e-class platform and go to the “Exercises” section and select the “Course Exams” exercise.

Each student should answer in 10 questions. Each of the multiple choice questions is scored with 1 point giving a total sum of 10 points

The duration of the test will be 10 minutes

Any student wishing to take the exam must have logged in to the e-class platform 10 minutes before the start of the exam

 

  • 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.

Applied Forest Management

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
DEPARTMENT Forestry and Management of the Environment and of Natural Resources
LEVEL OF STUDIES Level 7
COURSE CODE   SEMESTER 8th
COURSE TITLE Applied Forest Management
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 and Lab/applied tasks 3 2
     
     
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, English
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: Yes
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/eclass/courses/OPE02174/
  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 course syllabus aims at deepening management knowledge and its practical application through the examination of particular cases of Greek forests:  wood-producing forests, coppice forests under conversion, resin producing forests, recreational forests, national parks and protected areas, special forms of forest and forestlands.

 

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

·  Specify and clearly define the management objectives of each case of forest.

·  Explain the interactions between the objectives and assesses the offsets of achieving the management goals on other services of forest ecosystems.

·  Distinguish the type of information needed in each forest case, search for data and information necessary for the management planning.

·  Process the data using the management methodology and available technology and form a picture of the current situation and trends of the forest ecosystem.

·  Analyzes the processing results and draws conclusions for the management of each forest case.

 
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
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Decision-making

Independent Work

Teamwork

Project Planning and Management

Respect the natural environment

 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.     Review of the main management methods. Peculiarities of Greek forests

2.     Application of age class method with stand planning

3.     Forest management models (evenaged, un-evenaged)

4.     Integrated growth and yield models for the Greek forests

5.     Forest management tools (volume tables, increment curves, Site Index)

6.     Databases and GIS in forest management

7.     Current developments in the technology of management inventories

8.     Specifications for the management of Greek forests

Elaboration of a forest management plan (case study):

9.     Collection of wood production data and data for other functions

10.  Data processing

11.  Data analysis and study area evaluation

12. Proposals of management measures

13. Implementation and monitoring plan
  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		 Spreadsheet software, Presentation software, Database management and GIS software, 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 39
Independent study 11
   
   
   
   
   
Total Course 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.

 Written assignment. Written final exam with questions (knowledge, conclusion, problem solving).

Mid-term evaluation exercises/work.

Students with identified dyslexia problems are examined orally.

The evaluation criteria of the written assignment are explicitly defined and announced prior to the assignment (e-class).

The topics of the written final exam include the points with which each question is evaluated. The students’ grades are announced on the electronic platform. The student can see his writing.
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.    Eleftheriadis N. 2003. Management of Natural Terrestrial Ecosystems – Teaching Aid. Version. Art of Text. Thessaloniki.

2.    Galatsidas S. 2012. Chapter. 6. The framework of Greek forests management. p. 201-211, in A.C. Papageorgiou, G. Karetsos and G. Katsadorakis (edit.). The forest: An integrated approach. WWF Greece, Athens.

3.    Additional bibliography, according to the topic, is given to the students.

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Spyros Galatsidas
Contact details: Email: sgalatsi@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1)  
Evaluation methods: (2) Written examination with remote methods

Written assignment and/or exercises
Implementation Instructions: (3)  

 

  • 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 Industries

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
DEPARTMENT Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources
LEVEL OF STUDIES Undergraduate
COURSE CODE   SEMESTER 8o
COURSE TITLE Forest Industries
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 and Laboratory Exercises / Practice Exercises 3 2
     
     
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:

 

  
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS:  
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE02262/
  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 is to introduce students to the concepts of maximizing the economic result of forest industries, a goal which is achieved by developing different production processing processes for the full and integrated utilization of raw materials and the application of horizontal and vertical integration. of industrial production.

 

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

 

• Resolve issues related to a. the conditions for the establishment of a sustainable and dynamic forest industry, b. the factors that influence the choice of the location of a forest industry, c. the implementation of those productive processing processes of the various categories of raw materials which ensure the maximization of the economic result, d. the factors that ensure the success of the production control programs, e. the functionality of the mechanical equipment of the forest industries.

• Recognize the characteristics and problems of different categories of forest industries in Greece and Europe.

• Apply the knowledge gained in the professional field. And those of the graduates who decide to work as scientific staff in forestry industries, the knowledge they will gain from this course will be very useful.

 
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
•             Decision making

• Work in an interdisciplinary environment

• Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
 

Week        Lecture Thematic Unit

 

 

1.Categories of forest industries

2. Characteristics of forest industries

3. Principles of establishment and design of forest industries

4. Horizontal and vertical integration of industrial production

5. Choice of production process

6.Definition of production phases in various types of forest industries

7.Development of alternative production processes in various types of forest industries

8. Quality control of raw materials

9. Quality control of the final products

10. Maintenance of mechanical equipment

11.Replacement of mechanical equipment

12. Forestry industries in Greece

13. Forestry industries in Europe

 

 

Week Thematic Unit of Laboratories

 

 

1. Works for the preparation of a feasibility study for the establishment of a forest industry

2.Factors that affect the location of a forest industry

3. Methodology for choosing the location of a forest industry

4.Choosing the location of a forest industry with the method of minimizing transport costs

5.Choice of location of a forest industry with the empirical method of quantitative evaluation of factors

6.Evaluation of alternative production processes (selection of one) in different types of forest industries

7. Factors on which production control depends

8. Factors that ensure the success of production control programs

9. Maintenance items of mechanical equipment

10. Machine damping

11. Ways to determine the depreciation of the machines

12. Renewal of mechanical equipment

13.Methods of solving the problem of renewal of mechanical equipment

 
  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		 Learning process support through the electronic platform e-class

Use of e-Media: Power Point presentations
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 26
Laboratory exercises 13
Bibliographic work 4
Independent Study 7
   
   
   
Course Total

(25 hours of workload per credit unit)

 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.

  

Written final exam (in Greek)

Individual or Group Work

Students with identified dyslexia problems are examined orally

The student can see his / her writing at any time

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

-Proposed Bibliography:

 

Forest Industries. University Lectures. Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Authors: Vassiliou, V. and I. Filippou. DUTH Publications Service. Year of Publication 2018.

 

-Related scientific journals:

 

Forest Products Journal, Journal of Forest Products and Industries, Wood Science and Technology, Journal of Wood Science, International Journal of Wood Science, Technology and Forestry, International Journal of Forestry and Wood Science

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Michael Tsatiris
Contact details: tsatiris@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1)  
Evaluation methods: (2) Oral distance examination through SKYPE FOR BUSINESS
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examination will be held orally through SKYPE FOR BUSINESS on Friday 26-6-2020 from 18:00 to 22:00. The link will be sent to students via eclass exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance education.

Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account, otherwise they will not be able to participate.

They will also participate in the examination with a camera which they will have open during the examination. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity to the camera, so that they can be identified.

Each student should answer 4 questions. Each of the questions is scored with 2.5.

 

  • 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.

Chemical and Biological Control of Diseases and Insects

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 ΔΣΗΕ13 SEMESTER 8o
COURSE TITLE Chemical and Biological Control of Diseases and Insects
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/OPE02223/
  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.
Course Content

General introductory concepts of toxicology; forms and types of pesticides; Ways of action and choice of the proper formulation. Consequences from the use of pesticide (toxicity to plants, man and animals). Classes of danger and protective measures from pesticides. Protection measures in sprinkle forest surfaces. Symptoms of poisoning and first aid.

Introduction to biological control. Useful organisms: a) predators b) parasites c) Microbes (microbiological control).  Forms of the use of biological control in practice: a) Support of natural enemies b) Invasion of new species. C) Periodic release. Self-extermination methods. Biotechnical methods and pheromones.

 

The aim of the course:

To input students to proper knowledge for pesticides.

To introduce students the proper knowledge about the importance of biological control to the reduction of harmful insects, without the application of chemical pesticides.

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

• Know general definitions of toxicology.

• To choose the proper formulation and the way, it will be used to solve to the most common problems of forests.

Also they will be able to:

•   To know about the most important predators and parasites are used to biological control of harmful insects.

•    To know about the way they confront the important psychopathological diseases.

 
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 the terms of toxicology, forms and kinds of pesticides

.

•             Understanding the terms of biological control of diseases and insects

•             Searching, analysis and synthesis of data and information with the use  of necessary technologies in biological                                 control.

•             Respect to the natural environment
 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
           Week         Thematic Units of Lectures

1η          General introductory concepts of toxicology. Modern Forestry, Agriculture and pesticides.

2η          Plant protection methods.

3η          Plant protection products; forms and types of pesticides.

4η          Introduction to biological control

5η          Parasitism – hyperparasitism – excessive and multiple parasitism.

6η -7η   Environment and host finding; harmful insects found in forest ecosystems.

8η -9η   Predators; parasites

10η-11ηThe biological control in Greece and worldwide

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

Week     Thematic Units of Laboratory

1η – 3η Protection measures before, after and during the application of pesticides.

4η – 5η Symptoms of poisoning; first aid.

6η-8η         Presentation of more important predators is used to biological control.

9η – 10η Presentation of more important parasites is used to biological control

11η  Τhe Bacillus thurigiensis in the control of Lepidoptera.

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

Δημόπουλος Δ., 1998. Φυτοπροστατευτικά προϊόντα. Εκδόσεις Εμβρυο.

Σαββίδου Μ. Φυτοπροστασία, Βιολογική Καταπολέμηση Εντόμων και Ακάρεων. Εκδόσεις Ψύχαλου, Αθήνα.

Τσαπικούνης Φ.Α., 1999. Παθολογία των εντόμων, Μικροβιακή Καταπολέμηση και Συμβιωτικοί Οργανισμοί. Εκδόσεις, Σταμούλης, Αθήνα.

Progress in Biological Control: An Ecological and Societal Approach to Biological Control, Edited by Eilenberg J. and Hokkanen H.T.M. (2006)

Encyclopedia of Pest Management (Taylor and Francis)

Similar scientific journals

Journal of Pesticide Science

Journal of Biofertilizers and Biopesticides

Biological Control (Elsevier)

 

 

 

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.