COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0085 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HAKAN SÖNMEZ

Offered to

Catering Services Programme
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Tourism and Hotel Management
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

The ability of realising the difference between agricultural sector and other economic sectors; realising the economic functions of agriculture; realising the importance of agriculture in economic development; realising the determinants of supply and demand of agricultural goods; realising the economic problems of agriculture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to understand the sectoral development and economic functions of agriculture
2   Students will be able to understand the importance of agriculture in national income
3   Students will be able to analyze agricultural businesses according to their scales
4   Students will be able to understand the agricultural production processes and the role of the state in these processes
5   Students will be able to analyze agricultural sector at international scale

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Evolution of agriculture and land ownership
2 Functions expected to be fulfilled today from agriculture
3 Share of agricultural sector in economic development and national income
4 Economic development and agricultural population decrease
5 Agricultural production function
6 Small and large enterprises in agriculture
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Agricultural product prices
10 State intervention in agricultural products and Turkey
11 International intervention of agricultural products and international agricultural organizations
12 International intervention of agricultural products and international agricultural organizations
13 Turkey Association of the European Union in terms of agricultural sector
14 Turkey Association of the European Union in terms of agricultural sector
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Dinler, Zeynel (2000) Tarım Ekonomisi. Bursa: Ekin Kitabevi.

Supplementary Book(s):
1) Avrupa Birliği Avrupa Komisyonu Türkiye Temsilciliği (2002) AB tarım Politikası: Avrupa'da 2) Yenilenme, Türkiye'ye Etkisi. Ankara:Avrupa Birliği Avrupa Komisyonu Türkiye Temsilciliği.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.23
LO.33
LO.43
LO.54

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