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  Course Description
Course Name : Field Crops

Course Code : BKP211

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 2

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. LEYLA SEZEN TANSI
Prof.Dr. A.EMİN ANLARSAL
Assoc.Prof.Dr. CELALEDDİN BARUTÇULAR

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Field crops agronomy for different ecosystems is comprehended
Field crops production for marketing
Basic principle of crop production is comprehended.
Student is equiped with skills for choosing the cultivars or crop types for the targeting agro-ecological zones

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Field Crop Production, Fundamental and principles of field crop production; cereals, legumes, fiber and oil crops, tuber crops, herbs and forage crops, agronomy, morphology and ecology of these crops will covered.

Course Contents : The purpose of this course is to provide information on plant morphology, adaptation, and agronomic practices of field crops (Cereals, legumes, forages, industrial and herbal crops)

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom, Laboratory


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Temperate cereals systematics, adaptation, marketing. Reading references Lecturer, discussion
2 Temperate cereals morphology, growth and development and agronomy Reading references Lecturer, discussion
3 Summer-season cereal systematics, adaptation, marketing. Reading references Lecturer, discussion
4 Summer-season cereal morphology, growth and development and agronomy Reading references Lecturer, discussion
5 Fiber crop systematics, adaptation, marketing. Reading references Lecturer, discussion
6 Oil crop systematics, adaptation, marketing. Reading references Lecturer, discussion
7 Starch and sugar beet crop systematics, adaptation, marketing. Reading references Lecturer, discussion
8 Medicinal and aromatic crop systematics, adaptation, marketing. Reading references Lecturer, discussion
9 Midterm examination Reading references Written examination
10 Tobacco and herbal crop systematics, adaptation, marketing. Reading references Lecturer, discussion
11 Food legumes systematics, adaptation, morphology, agronomy and marketing, Reading references Lecturer, discussion
12 Food legumes systematics, adaptation, morphology, agronomy and marketing, Reading references Lecturer, discussion
13 Food legumes systematics, adaptation, morphology, agronomy and marketing, Reading references Lecturer, discussion
14 Forage crops systematics, adaptation, morphology, agronomy and marketing, Reading references Lecturer, discussion
15 Forage crops systematics, adaptation, morphology, agronomy and marketing, Reading references Lecturer, discussion
16/17 Final examination Reading references Written examination


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  http://eogrenme.anadolu.edu.tr/eKitap/TRM104U.pdf
 http://eogrenme.anadolu.edu.tr/eKitap/TRM205U.pdf
 http://www.albiyobir.org.tr/files/bdizel/yagli_tohum.pdf
 http://www.zmo.org.tr/resimler/ekler/09e9d4bcc8157c0_ek.pdf
 http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub811/p811toc.html
 http://www.tibassempozyum.com/downloads/bildiri_kitabi.pdf
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 3 40
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. 1
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. 2
3 Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them 1
4 Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. 2
5 Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. 2
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. 1
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 1
8 Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. 2
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 2
12 Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private 4
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 2 28
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 3 6 18
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 5 5
    Final Exam 1 10 10
Total Workload: 89
Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.56
ECTS Credit: 4