COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND FINANCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 4211 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Agricultural Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DILEK YÜCEL ENGINDENIZ

Offered to

Agricultural Management (Evening)
Agricultural Management

Course Objective

At the end of this course, students finance agricultural enterprises, loans and other forms of financing learning, knowledge about agricultural loans will be implemented in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to evaluate financial supports of agricultural enterprises.
2   Being able to the best use of agricultural funding sources.
3   Being able to learn agricultural loan resources.
4   Being able to get informed on the implementation of agricultural enterprises in Turkey.
5   Being able to make investment decisions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Analysis of the economic and financial structure of enterprises
2 Methods of financing for businesses, to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the methods
3 The purpose of financial analysis, and financial management tasks, explained the importance
4 Financial analysis techniques in agriculture
5 Financial analysis techniques and best practices in agriculture
6 Derivative financial instruments in management and agricultural practices in Turkey
7 Midterm Exam
8 Midterm Exam
9 The importance of agricultural loans, credit resources, agricultural credit organization in Turkey
10 Republic of Turkey Ziraat Bank's agricultural lending practices
11 Analysis of Agricultural Credit Cooperatives of Turkey
12 Private sources of agricultural credit
13 The Importance of Risk Management and Agricultural Insurance Agricultural Finance is
14 Agricultural credit and finance problems and solutions

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook(s): Çetin B., Tarımsal Finansman, 2008, Tarımsal Finansman, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara
References: Ağ C., 1995, Işletmelerde Finansal Yönetim, Ekin Yayınları, Bursa

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Question and answer
3. Analysis of Current Events
4. Active Participation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes will be assessed by mid-term and final exams.

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 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 51

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51