Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ZTB3172016955VOCATIONAL PRACTICE I Compulsory352
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Field-based education plays a major role in the training of agricultural program. The professional practices for field crops is the academic and administrative office that provides support and guidance for the field practice component (seed, sowing or planting, fertilization, irrigation-drainage, weed control, harvest processes, etc) of the program, assisting students to prepare for and complete their training experiences.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Gürkan DEMİRKOL, Dr. M. Akif AÇIKGÖZ
Learning Outcomes
1Tarla tarımında tohumluk uygulamalarını kavrayabilme
2Tarla tarımında tohum yatağı hazırlık uygulamalarını kavrayabilme ve ortaya çıkan sorunlar hakkında çözüm önerebilme
3Tarla tarımında ekim ve dikim uygulamalarını kavrayabilme
4Tarla tarımında gübreleme uygulamaları kavrayabilme ve alternatif çözümler türetebilme
5Tarla tarımında tarımsal savaşım uygulamalarını kavrayabilme
6Tarla tarımında sulama-drenaj ve hasat uygulamalarını kavrayabilme ve materyal temini-üretim süreci-ekonomik analiz konularında bilgi verebilme
7Understanding seed fact in field crops section
8Understanding practice of seed bed preparing & some problems and solutions
9Awareness of sowing or planting process in field crops
10Understanding of fertiliser applications and alternative solutions
11Understanding of agricultural protection systems
12Understanding for practice of irrigation-drainage, harvest process and gaining a skill about economic analyses in field crops
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Seed in field crops, preparing of seed bed, techniques of sowing or planting, fertilisation, plant protection, techniques of irrigation-drainage, harvesting
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction, classification of Field Crops, scope of seed fact, seed collection
2Characteristics of seed (purity, 1000 kernel weight, hectolitre moisture content, germination test, etc)
3Techniques of soil tillage (time, depth, some tools & equipments)
4Using of different tools like marker, etc, techniques of sowing or planting (date, depth, methods, etc), thinning, singled, transplanting
5Fertilisers (animal manure, synthetic fertilisers)
6Techniques of fertilisation & its equipments
7Agricultural protection (cultural, chemical biological protection)
8Midterm exam
9Equipments of agricultural protection, spraying of collection plots
10Techniques of irrigation (furrow, sprinkler, dripping systems, etc)
11Determination of yields, dry matter analyses
12Harvest process (objective, time or date, cutting height, etc)
13Threshing tools & equipments
14Excursion (Agr.Res.Institute)
15Presentation of term project
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Avcıoğlu, R. ve M.Tosun, 1991, Tarla Uygulamaları, EÜZF Tarla Bitkileri Bölümü, İzmir, 2. Ceylan, A., 1994, Tarla Tarımı, EÜZF Yay.No:491, İzmir
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14456
Self Study326
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)66
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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