Systematic Botany: Cryptogams. We will study fungi, algae, bryophytes and ferns in an evolutionary context, paying special attention to their phylogenetic positions. This course integrates information from previous courses (Biochemistry, Plant Physiology, Plant Anatomy and Histology, etc) and it will useful for students seeking to develop a career in research, teaching, environmental assessment, agriculture, ethnobotany, etc.
Contingency plan
1. Modifications in contents
No modifications are considered
2. Methodologies
*Teaching methodologies that will be maintained
- Keynote speech (included in assessment).
- Seminar (included in assessment).
-Laboratory practices (included in assessment).
-Fieldtrip (included in assessment).
-Personalized attention
* Teaching methodologies with modifications
-Keynote speech: transferred to online (Teams).
-Seminar: transferred to online (Teams)
-Laboratory practice: transferred to virtual mode providing online materials to students.
-Case study: cancelled. The corresponding qualification will be transferred to written exam.
-Fieldtrip: activity replaced by virtual exercises.
3. Personalized attention to students
- Teams:
-Weekly sessions according to the academic calendar.
-Attention and reply to questions raised in the “equipo” Teams of the subject (video, audio or chat); also under demand from teachers.
- Moodle
- Daily. According to students requirements.
- Repository of documents and help provider, notifications and communication with students (using “Foro” section).
-E-mail:
- Daily.
-Attention and reply to questions sent by the students.
-Phone:
Personalized attention, depending on requirements from both, students and teachers.
4. Modification in the assessment
-Methodology: Seminar
Qualification: 10% (of global qualification)
Description: Qualifications will be based on the work conducted by the student as well as on his/her participation in class. Seminar will be conducted in Teams and they will be recorded.
-Methodology: Keynote speech
Qualification: 60% (of global qualification)
Description: assessment will be conducted through a exam consisting on Moodle questionnaires and a written exam (submitted as pdf or pictures). The assessment will be carried out in Teams and will be recorded. After submission, if any potential irregularity is detected during marking, teachers might ask for an additional assessment to the affected students by individual videoconference (Teams).
-Methodogy: Laboratory practice
Qualification: 20% (of global qualification)
Description: Qualifications will be based on the quality, content and presentation of the questionnaire that the student will have to submit as pdf file.
-Methodology: Case study
Qualification: cancelled (the corresponding qualification is transferred to keynote speech)
Description: not aplicable
-Methodology: Fieldtrip
Qualification: 20% (of global qualification)
Description: Qualifications will be based on the quality, content and presentation of the questionnaire that the student will have to submit as pdf file.
*Assessment observations:
Indications of teaching guide are maintained
5. Bibliography/webgraphy modifications
No modifications are considered
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.