Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ZBB4072016956NUTSCompulsory473
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
• to equip students with the knowledge and skills of theoretical and practical information about nuts species production
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Saim Zeki BOSTAN
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge and skills of the situation of nuts in our country and the world
2Effectively be able to draw some projection about some nuts for the future
3Effectively be able to build nuts orchards and make all technical and cultural practices
4To have knowledge about and awareness of production of all of nuts species
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
• General situation of fruit production in Turkey • Production and consumption of nuts with projection for future • Hazelnut cultivation • Pistachios cultivation • Walnut cultivation • Pecan nut cultivation • Almond cultivation • Chestnut cultivation
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1General situation of fruit production in Turkey
2Production and consumption of nuts with projection for future
3Hazelnut cultivation
4Hazelnut cultivation
5Hazelnut cultivation
6Pistachios cultivation
7Pistachios cultivation
8Midterm exam
9Walnut cultivation
10Walnut cultivation
11Pecan nut cultivation
12Almond cultivation
13Almond cultivation
14Chestnut cultivation
15Chestnut cultivation
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Özçağıran, R.; Ünal, A.; Özeker, E.; İsfendiyaroğlu, M., 2005. Ilıman İklim Meyve Türleri: Sert Kabuklu Meyveler. Cilt III, EÜZF Yayınları No: 556, 304 s Özbek, S., 1978. Özel Meyvecilik (Kışın Yaprağını Döken Meyve Türleri). Çukurova Üniversitesi Yayınları, No: 128, 486 s., Adana Şen, S.M., 2009. Ceviz: Yetiştiriciliği, BGesin Değeri, Folkloru. ÜÇM Yayınları 1, Tarımsal Yayınlar:1, 207 s. Karadeniz, T., Bostan, S.Z.; Tuncer, C.; Tarakcıoğlu, C., 2009. Fındık Yetiştiriciliği. 154 s, Ordu.
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
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination7321
Individual Study for Final Examination8216
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)97
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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13
LO14            
LO2    44       
LO3            4
LO4    55       
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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