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  Course Description
Course Name : Design of Agricultural Structures

Course Code : TYP402

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 2

Name of Lecturer(s) : Assoc.Prof.Dr. DERYAÖNDER

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Associates basic engineering knowledge with design principles,
Researches required data for project design
Applies modern techniques and technologies for project design
Works with different disciplines about subject
Designs agricultural buildings functional and environmentally sensitive
Analyzes projects about Agricultural Buildings, identifies and solves the problems.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Provide students to understand the basic design principles of buildings, to create agricultural building design projects and to evaluate the present design projects according to these principles.

Course Contents : Planning the forms of agricultural settlements in the plant center, environmental and climatic conditions and their control in farm buildings, heat balance, planning and projecting of production structures such as dairy, beef, sheep and chicken housing planning and projecting of storage and protection structures, planning and projecting of manure management systems, preparation of quantity takeoff and cost estimating, preparation the examples of design projects relating to agricultural structures.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Department classrooms


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Definition of Agricultural structure and design concepts and scope of a design Project, homework introduction Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer
2 Planning the layout of agricultural structures in the Operation Center Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
3 Environmental conditions in designing agricultural buildings Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
4 Climatic conditions in designing agricultural buildings Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
5 Heat balance in the agricultural buildings. Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
6 Designing of dairy and beef cattle housing Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
7 Designing of sheep housing. Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
8 Designing of chicken housing. Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
9 Exam Pre-reading the course boks Exam
10 Designing of greenhouses Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
11 Designing of agricultural storages Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
12 preparation of scouting and quantity reports Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
13 Structural applications on manure management. Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
14 Irrigation structures Pre-reading the course boks Lecture, Question - Answer, slayt show
15 Homework Presentations Preparing homework Lecture, slayt show
16/17 Final exam Pre-reading the course boks Exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Baytorun, N., 1995. Seralar. Çukurova Üni. Ziraat Fak. Tarımsal Yapılar ve Sulama Böl. Genel Yayın No:110, Ders Kitapları Yayın No.29, Adana, 406s.
 Tarımsal Yapılar. Metin OLGUN, 2009. Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat
 Albright, L. A. 1990. Environment Control for Animals and Plants. St. Joseph, Mich. ASAE.
 Lindley, J. A. ve J. H. Whitaker 1996. Agricultural Buildings and Structures. ASAE Textbook. 801M0296. USA
 Yıldız, Y., C. Karaca ve M. Dağtekin. 2010. Hayvan Barınaklarında Çevre Denetimi. Hasad Yayıncılık.
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 2 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 Accesses to the resources in the field, uses of these resources and continuous self-improvement 5
2 Plans activities related to operation, maintenance and repairs irrigation network,developes project formulations in monitoring and evaluations, operates the irrigation networks. 5
3 Developes and implements irrigation programmes using the soil-plant-water relations and soil engineering properties 0
4 Developes and implements strategies for wastewater, drainage water, runoff water such as treated waste water re-use of non-conventional water without adversely affecting the environment, makes laboratory analysis about saline alkali soils and water suitability to irrigation and reports. 0
5 Prepares project about soil and water structures, animal houses, storage structures and crop production structures. Analyzes in terms of static and strength. Determines the properties of materials used in construction and makes the relevant tests. 5
6 Designs crop production systems, controls environmental domestic conditions and operates, makes the selection of materials to be used, tests and prepares a report. 5
7 Etudes drainage of agricultural lands, plans drainage systems,prepares projects and makes aplications, selects materials to be used, tests and prepares a report 0
8 Exposes the problems about soil and water conservation (erosion) and water harvesting, prepares and implements the project. 0
9 Designs and projects small dams, ponds. Prepares and implements flood action plans within the scope of integrated watershed management. 0
10 Works independently and takes responsibility 5
11 Developes and implement s strategies of sustainable water management for the purposes of protecting water resources and agricultural production. 5
12 Makes aplication of engineering design of irrigation systems and conducts tests about the materıals used ın these systems and preapares reports 5
13 Prepares land consolidation projects and applies. Provides farm developing systems. Prepares and implements rural development projects. 2
14 Creates effective solutions for sustainable agricultural production 5
15 Developes projects to protect natural resources like water,and offers the benefit to society, using the information of basic engineering, basic agricultural engineering and agricultural structures and irrigation engineering . 5
16 Has the ability to analyze problems ,make decisions and solve about professional subjects 5
17 Has the ability to design and apply analytical, modelling and experimental researches,and acquires the skill of analyzing and interpreting the complex issiues occured during this process . 5
* 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 1 14
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 1 14
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 2 4
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 5 5
    Final Exam 1 6 6
Total Workload: 43
Total Workload / 25 (h): 1.72
ECTS Credit: 2