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  Course Description
Course Name : Agricultural Finance

Course Code : TEP456

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. TUNA ALEMDAR

Learning Outcomes of the Course : can interprete the basic concepts of financing
gains the ability to make financial analysis of agricultural enterprises
gains the ability to use and manage financial resources
can evaluate investments and calculate investment income
can apply major financial analysis tecniques

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To learn to determine credit requirements of farms through analyzing their financial management and credit problems in all aspects; to acquire knowledge related to credit supply and use; to determine optimal use of financial resources; to acquire ability of decision making in financial issues; to estimate costs and returns of capital use; to apply analysis techniques related to agricultural investments

Course Contents : Importance of agricultural finance; Basic principles of finance; analysis of financial structure of farms; agricultural credit sources

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 The definition of financing; scope and function Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
2 The main financing resources in enterprises; Basic principles in financing Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
3 The main financing resources in agriculture enterprises; Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
4 Organization in agriculture enterprises Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
5 The importance of capital in agriculture enterprises; Capital and capital types; Ways of obtaining capital Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
6 Agricultural enterprises with foreign capital and indebtedness ratios, debt payment plans Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
7 Analyzing financial accounts Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
8 Analyzing financial accounts (cont´d) Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
9 Interest, Annuite, Discount accounts, debt amortization Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
10 Midterm Exam Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Written Exam
11 The basics of Investment, Investment evaluation of Agricultural enterprises, financial management in agricultural enterprises Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
12 The basics of Investment, Investment evaluation of Agricultural enterprises, financial management in agricultural enterprises (cont´d) Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
13 The use of credit in agricultural enterprises, Evaluation pf credit claims in agricultural enterprises; the credit organization in agriculture Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
14 Alternative financial resources and applications; leasing and factoring Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections Lecture
15 Alternative financial resources and applications; futures exchanges and venture capital Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections
16/17 Final Exam All lecture notes and resources Written Exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  BÜLBÜL, M., Tarım İşletmelerinin Finansmanı, AÜZF Yayınları
 KARACAN, A.R., 1991, Tarım İşletmelerinin Finansmanı ve Tarımsal Kredi, Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, İzmir
 Lecture notes that have been prepared and updated
 ÇETİN,B., 2008, Tarımsal Finansman, Nobel Yayınları No: 1321, ISBN 978-605-395-118-6, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 208s.
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 100
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 0 0
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 is be able to explain and apply basic theories related to major science and engineering courses in order to form a foundation which enables him/her to understand advanced level subjects related to his/her profession 0
2 is able to describe, intorduce and evaluate crop and animal production techniques, tools and equipment used in this area and explain role, importance and development of agriculture in national and world economy 0
3 is able to describe characteristics and interrelations of all stages from production to consumption in agricultural sector; is able to describe basic concepts related to efficienct and sustianable use of resources; is able to explain and apply basic economic principles used for this purpose 2
4 is able to explain concepts, thought, theory and methods related to major economic, social, natural, cultural, institutional, organizational and legal factors affecting activities in agricultural sector and rural areas, also national and international forces and interaction between them, their universal and social effects 5
5 is able to apply basic principles of economics to the problemes encountered in agricultural sector 3
6 is able to show and express economic and social data to be used in agricultural decision making process in tables, graphs and mathematical symbols 0
7 is able to apply ecosystem, biodiversity, sustainable resource management, rural development, planning and technology use related knowledge to crop and animal production and marketing processes 0
8 determines required data related to the analysis of problems encountered in agricultural sector, critically examines and uses those data, selects a proper frame, model and method for the analysis, and evaluates results of the analysis 2
9 uses basic information technologies in the analysis of economic and social data and uses software prepared for this purpose and interpretes results 0
10 is able to carry studies related to his/her field independently and according to the legal procedures; is able to give consultancy, supervising, and expertise services in those fields; is able to join to team works 0
11 is able to get access to actual and updated information in the field; is able to inquire knowledge obtained and use them for public benefit according to the purpose selected 0
12 is able to communicate with sepacialist and non-specialist people both in verbal and written form; is able to select most appropriate communications methods; is able to develop cooperation with stakeholders on producer and organization basis 0
13 acquires general and professional foreign language command at a sufficient level to observe professional developments and communicate with colleagues;is able to use information and communication technologies 0
14 is able to identify problems that can be encountered in agricultural sector; determines their context, evaluates effects of solutions, projects and policies applied in this context, produces solutions, projects and policy alternatives, foresees possible effects of alternatives suggested by himself/herself or others, selects the most appropriate alternative in terms of the goals selected, applies, direcs and monitors project 4
15 is able to describe historical development of the profession, ethical principles obligatory during the performance of the profession and to be consicous of meticulous application of these principles 0
* 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) 16 2 32
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 16 2 32
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 10 10
    Final Exam 1 10 10
Total Workload: 84
Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.36
ECTS Credit: 3