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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Agricultural Economics |
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| Course Code |
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BKP204 |
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| Course Type |
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Compulsory |
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| Level of Course |
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First Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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2 |
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| Course Semester |
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Spring (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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3 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Assoc.Prof.Dr. MÜGE KANTAR DAVRAN
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Able to recognize characteristics of agricultural production
Able to evaluate the position of agricultural sector in national economy and examine the relations with the other sectors and evalute contributions of agricultural economy to the national economy.
Gaining the ability of speculation about the problems in agriculture sector with the help of the basic concepts anf tools of Economics.
Gaining the ability of evaluating annual reports of agricultural corporations, making comprasions and defining the fundamental criterias
Able to define the stages of agricultural commodities from farm to conusumer and relations between stages and determine the factors that are affecting the stages.
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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None |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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Solving problems in agriculture sector with the help of the basic principles of economics; interpreting and evaluating activity results in agriculture and agricultural corporations |
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| Course Contents |
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Basic concepts and terms about agricultural economics, development period of agriculture, agricultural sector and and specialities of commodities; Agriculture and economical development, Agriculture in Turkey and World: Fundamental concepts and principles of Agriculture: Agricultural production factors and features: Analyzing annual reports of agricultural corporations: preparing balance sheets and analyze. Management of agricultural corporations; Agricultural marketing, Agriculture and food policies, Cooperatives in Agriculture |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Classroom |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
Introduction to Agricultural economics, terms and functions |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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2 |
Differences of agricultural activities |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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3 |
Differences of agricultural activities |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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4 |
Contributions of Agricultural sector to the National Economy |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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5 |
Contributions of Agricultural sector to the National Economy |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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6 |
Basic Economical principles in Agricultural economics |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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7 |
Basic Economical principles in Agricultural economics |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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8 |
Production factors (Land and Capital) |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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9 |
Factors of production (labour-entreprise);agricultural financing, management |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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10 |
Mİdterm Exam |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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11 |
Evaluating annual reports in Agricultural business management |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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12 |
Agricultural Marketing |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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13 |
The importance of cooperatives in agriculture, types of cooperatives, principles, problems, tasks and changes |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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14 |
Agirculture Policies |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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15 |
General Review |
All lecture notes and resources |
Lecture |
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16/17 |
Final Exam |
All lecture notes and resources |
Lecture |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Lecture notes that have been prepared and updated
Tarım Ekonomisi ve İşletmeciliği, 2001, Prof. Dr. İ. Hakkı İnan, T.Ü. Tekirdağ Ziraat Fakültesi, Tekirdağ, 2001
Tarım Ekonomisi, Prof. Dr. Erkan Rehber ve Doç. Dr. Bahattin Çetin, Tarım Ekonomisi Uludağ Üniversitesi Güçlendirme Vakfı Yayınları, Bursa, 1998.
Tarım Ekonomisi, Prof. Dr. Zeynel Dinler, Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa, 2000 Tarım Ekonomisi, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Erkuş ve ark., A.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi, Ankara,
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
50 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
2 |
50 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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1 |
Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. |
3 |
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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. |
3 |
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Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them |
3 |
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Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. |
3 |
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Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. |
3 |
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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. |
3 |
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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 |
3 |
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Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. |
3 |
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Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches |
3 |
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Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. |
3 |
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Learn the basic plant protection topics such as biology, ecology, systematic, control strategies of agents causing economical losses in cultivation |
3 |
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Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private |
3 |
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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). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
2 |
3 |
6 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
5 |
5 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Total Workload: | 77 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 3.08 |
| ECTS Credit: | 3 |
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