COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SEC 2052 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR PINAR IŞILDAR

Offered to

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to define and evaluate the sustainable agriculture systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to make synthesis about the aim and benefits of environmental sustainability
2   To be able to develop the proper models for the projects about transforming the existing systems to sustainable systems
3   To be able to have opinion and solutions about the problems of the today s agricultural systems
4   To be able to understand the importance of the use of sustainable agriculture techniques in agricultural production
5   To be able to develop proper methods and techniques for more sustainable systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and importance of sustainable agriculture
2 Results and problems of today s agricultural systems
3 Results and problems of today s agricultural systems
4 Evaluation and presentation of more sustainable systems
5 Goals and techniques for sustainable agricultural systems
6 Soil fertility on sustainable agriculture
7 Midterm exam
8 Midterm exam
9 Plant breeding for sustainable agriculture
10 Control of pest,diseases and weeds on sustainable agriculture
11 Soil tillage on sustainable agriculture
12 Soil tillage on sustainable agriculture
13 Economics of sustainable agriculture
14 Examination and evaluation of sample systems
15 Final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Edwards, A., Lal, R., Madden, P., Mıller, R.H., Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa, 1990. Sürdürülebilir tarım kursu notları, CIHEAM Zaragoza, Ispanya, 11-22. Kasım. 1991.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Homeworks, Assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm Exam: The midterm exam covers the subjects, homeworks and assignments in the course content (40%).
2.Final Exam: The exam will cover all the subjects in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussions, practices, case studies, homeworks and assignments in the course (60%).
3. Resit Exam: Resit exam will cover all the subjects in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice, assignments, homework and case studies in the course (60%).

Assessment Criteria

Midterm Exam (40%) + Final Exam (60%) + Resit Exam (60%)
The level of the student's command of the subjects explained in the lesson, performing the applications, understanding the subject and its concepts, establishing a causal relationship between them, giving examples and using the relevant terminology will be measured by exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The student is required to be at class on time.
The student is expected to obey the rules of the classroom and the school.
The student is expected to attend the course regularly.
The student is expected to fulfil his responsibilities such as passing the exams.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

pinar.isildar@deu.edu.tr, 0232 301 69 28

Office Hours

Monday, 09:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45
LO.555

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