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  Course Description
Course Name : Environmental Effects of Operations of Agricultural Mechanization

Course Code : TM-535

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 6

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. ALİ BAYAT

Learning Outcomes of the Course : 1.Have information about sustainable agricultural mechanization technologies
Have information about environment and human health protection technologies in agricultural activities
Have information about agricultural waste management activities in agricultural land.
Able to contribute in manufacturing environment friendly technologies in agriculture

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The goals of this course are to teach: environmental effects of some agricultural mechanization activities such as soil tillage, fertilizing, spraying, harvesting and post harvesting activities, and agricultural wastes.it will be given some environmental friendly agricultural mechanization practices

Course Contents : Agricultural systems: energy cycle hydraulic cycle, food cycle and modern farming system and environment, Goal of soil tillage and soil tillage systems, long -term effects of soil tillage on soil fauna, ,water pollution and irrigation systems,sowing and planting activities, direct sowing technique , single traffic sowing methods, pesticide application technologies drift and drift reduction systems, fertilizing technique, effects of fertilizer on human life an environment, friendly fertilizer spreading technologies , variable rate pesticide application and fertilizer application, harvesting and threshing equipment, innovations in harvesting and threshing equipment technologies in terms of environment protection, animal buildings, environmental control in animal buildings, animal waste management technologies

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 Agricultural systems: energy cycle hydraulic cycle, food cycle and modern farming system and environment To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
2 Agricultural activities : Goal of soil tillage and soil tillage systems, long -term effects of soil tillage on soil fauna To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
3 Agricultural activities: sowing and planting activities, direct sowing technique , single traffic sowing methods To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
4 Agricultural activities: pesticide application technologies drift and drift reduction systems To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
5 Agricultural activities: pesticide container management in Turkey and World, destroy pesticide waste and bio-filters To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
6 Agricultural activities: fertilizing technique, effects of fertilizer on human life an environment, friendly fertilizer spreading technologies To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
7 Agricultural activities: variable rate pesticide application and fertilizer application To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
8 mid-term exam
9 Agricultural activities : water pollution and irrigation systems To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
10 Agricultural activities: harvesting and threshing equipment, innovations in harvesting and threshing equipment technologies in terms of environment protection To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
11 Agricultural activities: animal buildings, environmental control in animal buildings, animal waste management technologies To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
12 Naturel evident and environment To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
13 agricultural waste management To obtain preliminary information by reading the textbook power point presentations
14 Homework I Text book and internet pdf document Speaking face to face and homework control
15 Homework II Text book and internet pdf document Speaking face to face and homework control
16/17 Final exam


  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 5 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 Bachelor´s degree enables graduates to expand and deepen their knowledge, access knowledge through scientific research, information, evaluation, interpretation, and application 3
2 To be able to enhance knowledge by using limited or incomplete data, and be able to put this knowledge to good use scientifically, ethically and responsibly. 1
3 To be able to transfer, orally or in written form, the findings and processes of their work to the related groups or other people systematically and clearly 2
4 To be able to come up with solutions to problems by working independently, put the solutions into actual use and make oral and written presentations 1
5 To be able to devise new strategic approaches in unanticipated complex situations and be able to think up solutions by taking reponsibility 2
6 To be able to assess the strategic performance of workgroups and contribute to them 1
7 To have computer software and hardware knowledge required by the profession and develop competence in information and communication technologies 1
8 To be qualified in data collection, interpretation and announcement phases in their fields in a scientific and ethical manner; to preserve, learn and check the data as required 1
9 To attain full oral and written competence, both in the mother tongue and in a foregin language, to help those working in and out of their field of speciality 1
10 To understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context and gain the ability to correctly interpret it 2
11 To conrtibute to the process of becoming an information society by making known social and cultural imrprovements in an academic and professional context 2
12 To be able to strategically take the lead in solving original and interdisciplinary problems 1
* 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 5 70
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 5 10 50
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 152
Total Workload / 25 (h): 6.08
ECTS Credit: 6