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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Agricultural Policy |
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| Course Code |
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TEP403 |
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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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4 |
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| Course Semester |
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Fall (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. M.NECAT ÖREN
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Knows basic concepts of political science and builds economy-politics relations.
Can discuss the rationale for government intervention to economy and agriculture
Gains theoretical background knowledge to enable him/her to discuss the content, aims, tools, means-ends relations, and effects of agricultural policies.
Can construct relations between national agricultural policies and world markets.
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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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To provide knowledge on basic concepts and issues related to political sciences; to construct relations between economy and policy; to discuss opinions and their justifications on state interferences to economy and agriculture; to evaluate the context, objectives, tools and effects of agricultural policies and policy applications in this respects taking global relations into consideration and help those concerned with their policy preferences. |
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| Course Contents |
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Main concepts and issues; policy-economy relations; state and market interventions; goals and tools of economic policies; relations between tools and goals; decision making process; macroeconomic policies and agriculture; state subsidies in agriculture; subsidies and causes; scope, purpose, tools of agricultural and food policies; effective factors in choosing policy tools; relations between tools and goals; general and agricultural impacts of agricultural interventions; historical perspective of agricultural policies; agricultural structure, production, price, market, income, rural area oriented agricultural policies; current situation in the world and in Turkey; foreign trade policies; globalization and agricultural and food policies |
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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 |
Conceptual framework: Relations between economics and politics |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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2 |
Government and market interventions |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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3 |
Economy policies, agriculture and policies |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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4 |
Definition of agriculture policies, conception, aims, tools, relations between aims and tools
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Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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5 |
Agricultural structure and production policies; Population, labour, agrarian reform and land management and capital,production and yield |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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6 |
Agricultural structure and production policies; Population, labour, agrarian reform and land management and capital,production and yield |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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7 |
Agricultural price and market policies; agriculture, price formation, agricultural price policies |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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8 |
Agricultural price and market policies; agriculture, price formation, agricultural price policies |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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9 |
Agricultural price and market policies; agriculture, price formation, agricultural price policies |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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10 |
Midterm Exam |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Written Exam |
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11 |
General and agricultural effects of agricultural interventions ; Demand and Supply applications |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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12 |
General and agricultural effects of agricultural interventions ; Demand and Supply applications |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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13 |
National agriculture policies, world markets
Foreign trade policies, international agriculture and trade policies ( conceptions and aims) |
Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections |
Lecture |
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14 |
National agriculture policies, world markets
Foreign trade policies, international agriculture and trade policies ( conceptions and aims) |
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 |
Written Exam |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Lecture notes that have been prepared and updated
• Tarım Politikası (Prof.Dr. Gülcan ERAKTAN)
• Tarım Politikası II (Prof.Dr. Fahri YAVUZ)
• Tarım Politikası (Prof.Dr. A.Zafer GÜRLER)
• Food and Agricultural Policy (Harold G.Halcrow et al.)
• Agricultural Development Policy (Roger D. Norton)
• Agricultural and Food Policy (Ronald D. Knutson et al.)
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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 |
100 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
0 |
0 |
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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 |
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 |
0 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
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is able to apply basic principles of economics to the problemes encountered in agricultural sector |
4 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
0 |
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9 |
uses basic information technologies in the analysis of economic and social data and uses software prepared for this purpose and interpretes results |
0 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
3 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
0 |
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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 |
5 |
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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 |
0 |
| * 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 |
5 |
70 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Total Workload: | 118 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 4.72 |
| ECTS Credit: | 5 |
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