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Course Description Course Name : Agricultural Appraisal and Expert Witness Course Code : BKP216 Course Type : Compulsory Level of Course : First Cycle Year of Study : 2 Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks) ECTS : 3 Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. CAHİT GÜNGÖR Learning Outcomes of the Course : Able to appraise agricultural properties. Able to prepare expertise reports. Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : Students will learn about farm appraisal and expertise, how to apply and prepare expertise reports Course Contents : Students will able to learn about appraisal methods for farms and lands and agriculture commodities connected to these. Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Classroom   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Conception of Farm Appraisal Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 2 Goods and rights included to Farm Appraise Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 3 Using price index, interest and time value of money Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 4 Appraisal Methods Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 5 Appraisal Methods( cont´d) Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 6 Appraising lands with annual plants Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 7 Appraisal of Fruit ranches Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 8 Appraisal of Fruit ranches (cont´d) Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 9 Midterm Exam Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 10 Calculation of economical life for Fruit ranches Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 11 Appraisal of Agriculture enterprises Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 12 Appraisal of Agriculture enterprises Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 13 Definiton and importance expert Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 14 Issues that Agricultural engineers are facing with and Preparing expert reports Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 15 Preparing expert reports Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant section Lecture 16/17 Final Exam All lecture notes and resources Lecture   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Lecture notes that have been prepared and updated Tarımsal Değer Biçme ve Bilirkişilik (Prof.Dr.Ziya Gökalp Mülayim) Tarımsal Kıymet Takdiri ve Bilirkişilik (Prof.Dr.Erkan Rehber) Required Course Material(s)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50     Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 50 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. 3 2 Decide to the best and economic strategy by using knowledge to solve the challenges in plant protection and keep safe the protection of natural and sustainable sources. 3 3 Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them 3 4 Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. 3 5 Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. 3 6 Skills on using a laboratory, identifying of the diseases, pests or weeds in laboratory conditions, analyzing, determination and interpret of the results and prepare reports. 3 7 Acqure the competence to be respectful to the professional ethics, to understand the plant protection challenges within the legal legislations and improve strategies to cope with them 3 8 Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. 3 9 Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches 3 10 Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. 3 11 Learn the basic plant protection topics such as biology, ecology, systematic, control strategies of agents causing economical losses in cultivation 3 12 Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private 3 13 Professional development in accordance with their interests and abilities, as well as the scientific, cultural, artistic and social fields, constantly improves itself by identifying training needs 3 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour) Course Related Works     Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 1 14 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 5 5     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 8 8     Final Exam 1 12 12 Total Workload: 67 Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.68 ECTS Credit: 3