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Course Description Course Name : Cereal cultivation practices and their interactions Course Code : TB-701 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. MÜJDE KOÇ Learning Outcomes of the Course : Observes the new trends in cultural practices used in grain crops Strengthens the skills for diagnosis and solve problems in cereal cultivation practice Develops an effective consciousness in efficient input use Is able to plan and conduct research and can also evaluate and interpret the results Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : After examining the important cultural practices applied in grain crops, new trends are compared to current methods and possibilities of improving the efficiency of input use will be focused in terms of sustainable agriculture Course Contents : Important current cultural practices applied in grain crops and new trends in this respect in terms of present and future risk management and sustainability 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 Potential yield, yield potential, grain yield and its componets in cereals Reading lecture topic from the course and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 2 Cultivar improvements in cereals: current strategies, recent trends Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 3 Cereals in crop rotation, current strategies, recent trends Pre reading Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 4 Tillage, seedbed preparation for cereals, current strategies, recent trends Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 5 Sowing date, sowing method and density, current strategies, recent trends Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 6 Fertilization of cereal crops: Nitrogen fertilization, current strategies, recent trends Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 7 Fertilization of cereal crops: other fertilizer Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 8 Management of plant-water relations in cereals, opportunities to increase water use efficiency Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 9 Mid term examination Exam preparation Written examination 10 Risk management in cereal cultivation: lodging, waterlogging, freezing and chilling and an assignment will be given on this topic Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 11 Quality management in cereal production Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the Power Point presentation and discussion 12 Major grain production systems: North America Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 13 Major grain production systems: Australia and Russia Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 14 Major grain production systems: India and China Reading lecture topic from the course, and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 15 Major grain production systems: Mediterranean and Brazil Reading lecture topic from the course and other books and recent papers Explaining the topic with the power point presentation and discussion 16/17 Final examination Exam preparation Written examination   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  SATORRE E.H., SLAFER G.A. 1999. Wheat: Ecology and Physiology of Yield Determination, The Haworth Press, 503 p  PERRY M.W., HILLMAN, 1991.The Wheat Book — A Technical Manual for Wheat Producers. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Bulletin 4196, 181 p  SMITH C. W. , BETRAN J., RUNGE E. C. A., 2004. Corn: Origin, History, Technology, and Production, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 949 p  C. Wayne SMITH 1995. Crop Production: Evolution, History, and Technology, Wiley and Sons, Inc., 469 p 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 1 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 Graduates become a specialist on the field crops area by improving their skills. 4 2 They comprehend interdisciplinary interaction in his specialization area. 5 3 They can follow the latest developments in field crops area and get access to the knowledge source, gather this knowledge, reach new knowledge and synthesize by evaluating available studies and follow the innovations in his field. 5 4 They can synthesize and interpret interdisciplinary knowledge by using theoretical and practical skills at a specialist level in field crops area. 5 5 They find solutions for problems related to field crops by using research methods and establish cause effect relationships. 5 6 They incorporate their knowledge on his special area by combining their knowledge with those from the other scientific areas and produce new knowledge and also solve the problems by using scientific research methods. 5 7 They determine a problem independently in field crops subject, provide solutions, evaluate the results and implement whenever required. 4 8 They are qualified to solve a problem in their field. 0 9 They are equipped with analytical and critical thinking ability to direct their learning and to conduct advanced studies in their fields independently. 4 10 They transfer current developments and their own studies in the field crops area systematically to the his working group and to different groups from other study fields orally or visually by supporting them with qualitative and quantitive data. 4 11 They study and improve the social relationships and standards leading these relationship by a critical point of view and take action when needed. 0 12 They develop policy, strategy and experimental plans related to field crops area and evaluate obtained results within the framework of quality processes. 3 13 They are sensitive about scientific and ethical values during the collection, interpretion and announcement of data related to their subject.They are also capable of teaching and checking these values. 3 14 They are able to understand and translate an article written in a foreign language. 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) 14 4 56     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 5 70 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 6 6     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 10 10     Final Exam 1 10 10 Total Workload: 152 Total Workload / 25 (h): 6.08 ECTS Credit: 6