Learn Botany Online – Study by distance learning.
£299.00
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WHAT YOU WILL DO IN THIS COURSE
During this course, students will:
There are eleven lessons in this module as follows:
1. Introduction – Introduction to Metablism, Energy Transfer within the Cell
2. Glycolysis- ATP, Glycolysis, Pentose Phosphate Pathway
3. Movement Through Membranes – Lipids and Fats, Membranes, Kinetics and Mechanisms of Transport, Ionophores, Aquaporins.
4. Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation – Mitochondria, Electron Transport, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Citric Acid Cycle, Controls of ATP Production
5. Sugar and Polysaccharide Metabolism – Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Polysaccharides, Sucrose, Starches, Starch Biosynthesis, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Gluconeogenesis, Cell Wall
6. Lipid Metabolism – Lipids, Fatty Acid Biosynthesis, Glycerolipid and Phospholipid Formation, TAG Formation, Fatty Acid Oxidation, Wound Sealing
7. Photosynthesis- Chloroplasts, Light Reactions, Dark Reactions, Photorespiration, CAM
8. Nucleotide Metabolism – Nucleotides, Nitrogen Fixation, Assimilation of Ammonia into Amino Acids, Formation of Deoxyribonucleotides, Nucleotide Degradation.
9. Enzyme Activity – Enzyme Classification, Kinetics, Regulation
10. Reproductive Processes in Plants – Sexual and Asexual Reproduction, Gene Expression, RNA and Protein Synthesis, Eukaryotic DNA Replication
11. Other Processes – Hormones, Growth Regulators, Other Hormones, Use of Plant Hormones in Horticulture.COURSE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT
Course Duration: 100 hours.
Start Date: Start at any time – study at a pace that suits you, and with full tutor support for the duration of your studies.
Lessons: The course comprises 10 lessons as detailed, below.
Lesson 1. Taxonomic Classification of Plants
Lesson 2. Cells and Tissues
Lesson 3. Specific Vegetative Parts of a Plant
Lesson 4. Flowers and Fruit
Lesson 5. Seed and the Developing Embryo
Lesson 6. Photosynthesis and Growing Plants
Lesson 7. Respiration
Lesson 8. The Role of Water
Lesson 9. Movement of Water and Assimilates through a Plant
Lesson 10. The Effects of Tropisms and Other Growth Movements
A Foundation for a Lifelong Affair with Plants
Botany has many parts to it; but it isn’t difficult to understand if you progress your studies in a systematic way, learning one bit at a time, and in a logical sequence.
There are certain things that are common across most, if not all plants. Other things will differentiate one plant species from all others. Plant characteristics are often discussed with words which a novice student may be unfamiliar with. Botanical language does need to be learnt and understood, but our courses take that aspect of learning in small digestible chunks, across the entire course, backed up by a Plant Language text book which has been written by our staff to cover the words you will encounter, without being too many so as to overwhelm you.
As you learn the language, you will also learn about the physical structure of plants and the processes that happen as a plant grows and changes.
The physical structure or anatomy is all about understanding the stems, roots, flowers, fruits and any other bits; and the variations that can occur with all such things from one plant to another.
Some plants can have parts which other plants don’t even have at all; and words that you may be quite unfamiliar with may be used to describe such parts; for example:
As You Learn the Language, Your Knowledge Builds.
As you know more about botany, your ability to understand and work with plants grows, making you a better gardener, nurseryman, landscaper, horticulturist or plant scientist.
COURSE AIMS
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
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