COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 4104 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Agricultural Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FEYZA TEKINBAŞ ÖZKAYA

Offered to

Agricultural Management (Evening)
Agricultural Management

Course Objective

Students gaining the skills about learn main concepts and theories related economics, analyse actual economic events and maintain an opinion about economical measurement of problems of agriculture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to understand of principles main business and be able to transfer to practise.
2   Being able to use the most effective and productive productions factors in agricultural business.
3   Being able to serve as a manager in agricultural business.
4   Being able to practise generall economics prenciples to agriculture, gain the skills about decision making and practice in agricultural business.
5   Being able to evaluate and commend country agricultural policies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Description and principles of course
2 Characteristics of agricultural production
3 Examination of agricultural production factors
4 Determination of importance and point of agriculture in Türkiye economics
5 Farms, farms' structures, terms and importance of producer, skills of decision making
6 Factors effect on Agricultural business `s work
7 Factors effect on Agricultural business `s work
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Principles of economics in farms (Law of Diminishing Returns)
10 Principles of economics in farms (Substitution principles)
11 Principles of economics in farms (opportunity cost, relative advantage, laws of equal marginal revenue)
12 Agricultural marketing, benefits of marketing, additives of marketing to economics
13 Agricultural finance and practices
14 Importance and requirements of agricultural organization, evaluate of aim and tolls of agrıcultural policies
15 Contract Production Model in Agriculture

Recomended or Required Reading

Main books :
Inan, I., H., 2006,Tarım Ekonomisi ve Işletmeciliği, Trakya Üniv., Tekirdağ Zir. Fak.
Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları Tarım Ekonomisi
Suplementary books:
Erkuş, A., Bülbül, M., Kıral T., Açıl, F., Demirci, R.,1995, Tarım Ekonomisi, Ankara Üniv. Ziraat Fak. Eğitim, Araştırma ve Geliştirme Vakfı yayın No: 5, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Questions-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 VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


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

Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations are taken into consideration.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

feyza.tekinbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Class days between 12:30-13:00 and 16:30-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
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) 83

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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