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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
TAR 4220	AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3

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

To teach and inform about risk management tools and insurance practises in agriculture, agricultural insurance practises in developed and developing countries, technical aspect of insurance practises.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Being able to explain important of insurance as a tool for undertaking risk in agriculture.
2	Being able to display knowledge about agricultural insurance regulations and organizational substructure of insurance system.
3	Being able to analyse difference practises and policies in agricultural risk management with economic aspects.
4	Being able to practise with case studies and discussions in agricultural insurance practises.
5	Being able to determine loss assessment practises.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Definition, historical development, functions and categorization of insurance
2	Definition, scope and categorization of agricultural insurance, it s relationship with private and social insurances
3	Risk theory: definition and categorization of risk, insurance of risk
4	Agricultiral risk and uncertainty, natural, economic and social risk and uncertainty and evaluation of their
5	Decision making under risk and uncertainty conditions, analysis of decision making in agricultire, behaviors of farmers in risk circumstances
6	Insurance pactises in agriculture (evaluation of insurance practises in EU, USA, Canada, Japan, Asian countries)
7	Mid-Term Exam
8	Mid-Term Exam
9	Agricultural insurance regulation and developments in organizational structure
10	Evaluation of Turkish agriculture respect to insurance practises, crops, animal husbandry, fishery products, agricultural machines, agricultural building and natural disaster (earthquake) insurance practises
11	Private life and healty insurances of living and working populations in agriculture with insurance of farmers
12	Insurance mathematics: insurance value, determination of insurance Premium, premium/loss relationships
13	Theory, determination techniques and organizasyonu of loss
14	Problems and solve suggestions of agricultural insurance practises in Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

Main books:
1. G.Eraktan, Türkiye de Zirai Sigortanın Lüzum ve Önemi, TC Ziraat Bankası Matbaası, 1970, Ankara.
2. H. Tanrıvermiş, Tarım Sigortaları, Matsa Basımevi, 1994, Ankara.
3. H. Tanrıvermiş, Türkiye de Tarım Sektörünün Sigorta Sorunu ve Çözüm Önerileri, Milli Reasürans T.A.Ş. Yayını, 1997, Istanbul.
Supplementary books:
1. Anonim, Devlet Destekli Tarım Sigortaları Genel Şartları, TC Başbakanlık Hazine Müsteşarlığı, 2006, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question- answer
3. Active participation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FN	Final
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	VZ0.40 + FN 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	VZ0.40 + 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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	1	12
Preparation for midterm exam	1	15	15
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			68

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.5	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10
LO.1	1		1	1	1
LO.2	1	1	1	1	1
LO.3	1	1	1	1	1
LO.4	1		1	1	1
LO.5	1		1	1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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