COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EU AGRICULTURAL POLICY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AVB 5054 EU AGRICULTURAL POLICY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

European Union

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YAŞAR UYSAL

Offered to

European Union

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to evaluate the formation of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); its practices, reforms and their results; the place and the significance of agriculture in the EU economy and Acquis Communautaire; understanding the EU-Turkey Relations within the context of the agricultural sector and the policies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge on the formation, aims, principles, operations, instruments and fundings of the CAP,
2   Analyse the agricultural structure of the EU and the role of agriculture in the EU economy,
3   Evaluate the causality of the change in the EU agricultural policies, CAP Reforms and their results,
4   Analyse the current situation of the global agricultural trade, WTO Agreement on Agriculture and the position of the EU and Turkey,
5   Analyse the agricultural disparities between EU and Turkey, challenges and the discussions on this subject and have knowledge on the harmonisation process of Turkey's agricultural sector and the policies to the EU.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Agricultural sector; the features of the agricultural production and products.
2 Significancy and the functions of the agricultural sector, the aims and the instruments of the agricultural policies
3 EU agricultural policies (Treaty of Rome and agriculture, the formation of the CAP, its principles, functions and financing)
4 EU agricultural policy reforms: 1968 Mansholt Plan, Narrow-scoped Reforms (1973-1983), First Comprehensive Reforms (1984-1989)
5 EU agricultural policy reforms: 1992 MacSharry Reforms, Agenda 2000 Reforms, 2003-2004 Reforms, 2008 Reforms and after
6 The Results of the EU Agricultural Policies (agricultural budget, agricultural employment, agricultural firms, agricultural output and productivity, agricultural trade, rural development)
7 The Effects of the CAP Reforms: Budget, production, income
8 The Effects of the CAP Reforms: Employment, rural development, foreign trade
9 The agriculture in terms of the EU-Turkey Relations (1963-1995 Period)
10 The agriculture in terms of the EU-Turkey Relations (after 1996 Period)
11 Turkey's harmonization to the CAP
12 Globalization, WTO, EU and Turkish agriculture
13 The agricultural comparison between Turkey and the EU - The future of Turkey - EU Relations (discussion)
14 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Course Materials:
Gülcan ERAKTAN, AB nin Tarım Politikaları,
DTM Avrupa Birliği,
EU- Agricultural Situation in the EU,
Eurostat,
UNCTAD Yayınları,
IKV Yayınları,
ABGS yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussions, group study.

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

None

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yasar.uysal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing presentations 1 9 9
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1553
LO.255554
LO.35545
LO.455
LO.5

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