COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND POLITICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 5126 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND POLITICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YAŞAR UYSAL

Offered to

Economy (UOYLP-Gence State University)
Economics

Course Objective

Theoretical knowledge of the economics of agriculture and agricultural policy, evaluation of applications in the size of tool and purpose

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to to understand the role and importance of the agricultural sector in the economy
2   To be able to analyze that sub-branches of the agricultural sector and conditions of production in the sector to make a comparative analysis with the other sectors.
3   To be able to learn purpose and tools of agricultural policies how to use these
4   To be able to understand importance of agriculture as economically, social and cultural in Türkiye
5   To be able to learn agriculturel policies in Türkiye with results

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Agricultural production and characteristics of the products (KING Law, Cobweb Theorem, elasticities of supply and demand, income elasticity)
2 The importance of the agricultural sector and its functions
3 Tools and purposes of agricultural policies
4 Agriculture in the Türkiye s economy and its functions
5 Evaluation of agricultural policies that implemented in Türkiye
6 Agriculture in The world economy and trade
7 Globalization and Agriculture (WTO agriculture agreement and its effects)
8 EU agricultural policies and the reform process
9 EU agricultural policies and the reform process
10 EU-Türkiye relations in the agriculture (CAP compliance of Türkiye)
11 The current developments in agriculture I (global climate change and its consequences, and the effects of genetically modified organisms)
12 The current developments in agriculture II (GAP, KOP, and the effects of EAP Projects)
13 Discussions on the future of agriculture in Türkiye's economy
14 Discussions on the future of agriculture in the world economy
15 Global warming, climate change, Green Deal and Agriculture

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Refferance : Gülten Kazgan, Tarım ve Gelişme
Oya Köymen, Kapitalizm ve Köylülük
Supplementary Refferance: Zeynel Dinler, Tarım Ekonomisi
Gülcan Eraktan, Tarım Politikası

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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)
Giving the Lecture 14 3 42
Preperation for the mid exam 1 14 14
Preperation for the final exam 1 20 20
Preperation of essay 1 20 20
Before/After Lecture Preperation Process (Weekly) 13 3 39
Final Exam 1 1 1
Mid Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.14334
LO.2535
LO.3354
LO.45244
LO.5435