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  Course Description
Course Name : Field Crops

Course Code : TEP201

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 2

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) :

Learning Outcomes of the Course : To know Field crops and their cultivation for suitable different cimatic conditions
To know –how obtained field crops suitable market economy.
To know fundamental term with field crops

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Fundamental and principles of field crop production; to explain economical important, cultivation conditions and using areas of cereals, legumes, fiber and oil crops, tuber crops and medicinal and aromatic plants

Course Contents : To explain morphological properties, adaptation and cultivation techniques of all field crops are economic important according to using areas

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Class


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Cereals and economic importance Reading references Lecturer, discussion
2 Morphology and physiology of cereals Reading references Lecturer, discussion
3 The cool climate and culture of the economic importance of cereals Reading references Lecturer, discussion
4 The warm climate and culture of the economic importance of cereals Reading references Lecturer, discussion
5 Economic important and morphological properties of fiber plants Reading references Lecturer, discussion
6 Cultivation of fiber plants Reading references Lecturer, discussion
7 Midterm exam Prepare for the exam Writting
8 Oil seed crops (soybean, peanut, sunflower), their economic important and morphological properties and cultivation Reading references Lecturer, discussion
9 Tuber plants (potato, sugar beet), their economic important and morphological properties and cultivation Reading references Lecturer, discussion
10 Economic important and morphological properties and cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants Reading references Lecturer, discussion
11 Edible legume crops of economic importance Reading references Lecturer, discussion
12 Edible legume plant species, systematics, plant characteristics Reading references Lecturer, discussion
13 Edible legume adaptation requirements Reading references Lecturer, discussion
14 Expression and the introduction of edible legume breeding techniques Reading references Lecturer, discussion
15 Final exam Prepare for the exam Writting


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)
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 6 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 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 4
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 4
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 4
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 4
5 is able to apply basic principles of economics to the problemes encountered in agricultural sector 4
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 4
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 4
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 4
9 uses basic information technologies in the analysis of economic and social data and uses software prepared for this purpose and interpretes results 4
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 4
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 4
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 4
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 4
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 4
* 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) 4 2 8
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 6 8 48
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 88
Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.52
ECTS Credit: 4