• familiarize themselves with different types of scientific reading texts in English so that they can recognize the organizational layout and linguistic structure of articles, reports and experiments.
• develop the appropriate reading skills and strategies necessary for the adequate comprehension of scientific texts of agricultural interest written in English
• understand the cohesive links of a particular scientific reading text in English and recognize the internal structure of text on a paragraph and text level
• be able to develop appropriate contextual lexical guessing strategies that allow them to effectively overcome the issue of unknown vocabulary while reading in English
• develop and enrich their scientific vocabulary in English that is necessary for reading and writing purposes while referring to agricultural issues.
• appreciate how agricultural issues are dealt with in on an international scale as viewed in scientific reports that originate from different parts of the world

• The expansion of students’ academic and specific English vocabulary on scientific issues of Agriculture
• The development of the ability to analyse the key features of scientific English texts and, subsequently produce academic written language in English by writing a scientific article or a report on Agricultural issues.
• Research skills development that will allow students to search for relevant literature and use it in the writing of a critical review of a scientific article in English.
• The development of critical thinking skills and abilities necessary for the preparation and writing of a dissertation in English.
• The development of  students’  writing skills to avoid plagiarizing and to abide by the APA rules while writing research work in English,
• The development of their oral skills in English and the adoption of useful presentation strategies that can be used in international conferences and seminars in their area.

History of Agriculture

The Plant Kingdom

The Origins of Cultivated Plants

Morphology of Cultivated Plants

Anatomy of Plants

Soil Chemistry and Formation

Soil Classifications and Use

Soil Fertility and Management

Irrigation

Organic Agriculture

Fundamentals of Plant Growth I: Temperature

Fundamentals of Plant Growth II: Light

Fundamentals of Plant Growth III: Photosynthesis

§  Instructor’s website

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

50

Beentje, H. (2010) The Kew Plant Glossary: An Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Identification Terms. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

Bell, B. (2005) Farm Machinery. Old Pond Publishing Ltd.

Hickey, M. and King, C. (2000) The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge: CUP.

Parker, R. (2009) Plant & Soil Science. Delmare Cengage Learning.

Sheaffer, C. et al (2012) Introduction to Agronomy. Food, Crops and Environment. Cengage Learning

USDA-NRCS (2007). The Plants Database.

Vaughan,J. et al (2009) The New Oxford Book of Food Plants. OUP.

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

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

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

·      Written exams (Multiple Choice Test) at the end of the semester.

·        Book [86183084]: Φυσιολογία Φυτών, Hopkins G. William, Huner P.A. Norman Λεπτομέρειες

·        Book [59396732]: Φυσιολογία και Ανάπτυξη των Φυτών, Lincoln Taiz, Eduardo Zeiger, Ian Max Möller, Angus Murphy Λεπτομέρειες

·        Book [6838]: ΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΦΥΤΩΝ, ΚΑΡΑΤΑΓΛΗΣ ΣΤΥΛΙΑΝΟΣ Λεπτομέρειες

Additional literature sources will be available to students during the semester.

Students who participate in the examination, firstly must connect to MS teams and show their identity, in order to be identified by the teacher. Each student has to answer 25 multiple choice questions in 20 minutes. Every correct question is scored with 0.4 and there is also a negative score. More details are given with an announcement through e-class.

CREDITS

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

1. Identify and describe the molecular structure of the basic organic molecules and biomolecules, and correlate the structural differences, at the level of electronic, structural, and stereochemical types, with their chemical activity and biochemical behavior.
2. Recognize and categorize both the final and intermediate products of the basic organic reactions found in the major metabolic pathways.
3. Identify the factors that affect the stability of the organic molecules and be able to identify and / or predict their modifications at the level of the reaction mechanism depending on the chemical environment and the conditions imposed.
4. Operate the basic spectroscopic techniques used for the qualitative analysis and characterization of organic compounds.

§  Teamwork

§  Literature search, data analysis, and synthesis

§  Development of inductive reasoning

1. Organic compounds structure and bonds.
2. Alkanes, cycloalkanes, and stereochemistry.
3. Basic spectroscopic methods for the structure determination of organic molecules.
4. Alkenes: structure, activity, and reactions.
5. Alkynes: structure, activity, and reactions
6. Alkyl halides: structure, activity, and reactions.
7. Conjugated dienes-Benzene and aromaticity.
8. Chemistry of carbonyl compounds (aldehydes-ketones).
9. Amines-Acids-Acid derivatives.
10. Biomolecules: Carbohydrates (mono-, oligo-, polysaccharides)
11. Biomolecules: Amino Acids-Peptides-Proteins
12. Biomolecules: Lipids (terpenes, carotenoids, vitamins)
13. Biomolecules: Nucleic Acids

§  e-class

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

125

• Laboratory evaluation:

Laboratory experiments and reports, oral and written examination in the lab.

• Theory evaluation:

Formal examination (mid-semester and final written examinations).

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY  David R. Klein

Students’ positive identification will be ensured by showing on camera their institutional credentials through MsTeams platform while they will participate in the oral examination procedure in groups of five persons each time. Furthermore, the writing examination procedure will occur through the eclass platform, where students will be able to participate by joining the appropriate exercise found in eclass, with their institutional passwords. The aforementioned exercise will be in the form of a number of multiple questions that have to be completed in a specific time period. It should be noted that for any answer, right or wrong will be a positive or a negative grade respectively.