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Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE - FIELD CROPS - Master's Degree



General Description
History
The Department of Field Crops started to accept students in 2002, under the framework of Institution of Science, Karadeniz Technical University of Trabzon. The Faculty of Agriculture joined into newly founded Ordu University in 2006, with its all belongings, and therefore graduate education has being carried out within Institution of Science of Ordu University since then. The Fiedl Crops Department currently has 3 main divisions namely; Cereals and Food Legumes, Industrial Crops and Pasture and Fodder Crops
Qualification Awarded
Upon succesful completion of the program, the students are awarded with a Graduate Diploma in Field Crops
Level of Qualification
Second Cycle
Specific Admission Requirements
-1. An undergraduate diploma from acceptable fields 2 - Satisfactory score (at least 55) on Graduate Study Examination (ALES). In students acceptance to the program, the final passing grade of a student is calculated with the sum of 50% of ALES, 20% of undergradute grade average, 20% of writting examination and 10% of Foreign Language Examination (YDS). For a candidate, to be sccesfull, he/she has to score at least 60 as a final passing grade.
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)
The students who successfully completed at least one semester at the same or equevalent programs and provide student admission requirements are accepted to the Master's Program at Ordu University. In this case, to decide which courses are appropriate to transfer will be decided by supervisor, the Board of Department and Institute.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations
The students may enroll, upon the recommendation of supervisor, any courses within the same or even different department curciculum. To be awarded with a Graduate Diploma in Field Crops, the students are required to; 1. pass at leats 8 courses with 24 credit hours available in the curriculum, with a CC grade at least, 2. prepare and present a seminar successfully, 3. prepare a graduate thesis, defense it against the jury and submit the thesis to the Institute .
Profile of The Programme
In the Department, education-training and research activities are currently carried out within three main divisions namely Cereals and Food Legumes, Industrial crops and Pasture and Forage Crops. The main objective of the program is to provide the students with advanced level of theotical and practical knowledge and experience and to improve their ability to carry out scientific research individually or within a research team.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples
The students graduated with a master's degree from the program, can primarily work as technical staff, researcher, field crops specialist, planner and officer in agricultural provincial directorates and research institutes of the Ministry of Agriculture. They can also serve in public and private foundations such as agricultural cooperatives and producer unions, agriculture-based industrial sectors (sugar, flour, feed and oil factories), seed sector and agricultural chemistry, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, municipalities and universities. They participate in national and international firms working in seed industry, plant breeding and agricultural consultancy. Furthermore, they can set up, drive and manage her/his private agricultural enterprise.
Access to Further Studies
The students successfully completed their graduate study, with a required score on Graduate Study Examination (ALES) and Foreign Language Examination (YDS) or form its equivalents, are welcomed to start doctorate study.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading
The students are subjected to at least a midterm and a final exam in all courses they enrolled. The weight of midterm and final exam, evaluated at 100 points, in passing grade is 40% and 60%, respectively. The students must score at least 60 points from final exam and 65 as a final passing point out of 100 to be successful. The students who get any of AA, BA, BB, CB and CC grades in a given course are considered as successful. The seminar and thesis are non-credit courses and graded on a pass/fail basis. A student who has completed thesis within the given time period, must present his/her thesis to the audience and defense it in front of a jury. The presentation is open to audience but only the jury can participate in thesis defense.
Graduation Requirements
In the program curriculum, the courses of seminar, thesis and special study are compulsory. The students who enrolled to the at least 8 courses of 24 credits (60 ECTS), are successful in all courses she/he enrolls and get a grade point average at least above 2 out of 4, present a seminar and completed a thesis are entitled to a graduate diploma in field crops department.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )
Full-Time
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent
Ordu University, Faculty of Agriculture, Field Crops Department, 52200 - Ordu, Turkey. Phone: 00 90 452 2345010 Fax: 00 90 452 2346632 E-mail: tarla@odu.edu.tr Web: http://ziraat.odu.edu.tr/bolumler/tarla Chair: Prof. Dr. Ş. Metin KARA Phone: 00 90 452 2345010–1427 Fax: 00 90 452 2346632 E-mail: smkara@odu.edu.tr; smkara58@hotmail.com Vice-Chair: Assist. Prof. Dr. Özbay DEDEİ Phone: : 00 90 452 2345010–1423 Fax: 00 90 452 2346632 E-mail: ozbay_dede@hotmail.com
Facilities
Alongside comprehensive education and teaching activities to train qualified agricultural engineers, research projects intended for developing resolutions encountered in cultivation of field crops of economical importance in the Black Sea Region are primarily carried out in the department. The Department employs 2 professors, 2 associated professors, 2 assistant professors and 6 research assistants. In the department, research projects are mainly focused on cereals, edible grain legumes, oil, sugar and starch crops, meadow-range management and improvement, fodder crops, medicinal and aromatic plants, field crops ecology, plant physiology, plant breeding, seed production and technology. There are two plant analysis laboratories and one greenhouse available for researches.

Key Learning Outcomes
1The students successfuly completed the programme have an advanced level of theoretical knowledge and practical ability in field crops and use these gatherings successfully in areas of scientific research and crop production
2Gain the ability to make production planning, problem identification and propose appropriate resolutions in field crops
3Have the skill of effective usage of information and communication technologies in teaching relevant subjects and transferring them to the farmers
4Gain the skill of scientific and analytical thinking, know and use scientific research methods at a level of making research independently
5Follow, learn and use recent improvements and developments in his/her areas at both national and international levels.
6Have a through knowledge and ability to carry out interdisciplinary scientific researches

Key Programme Learning Outcomes - NQF for HE in Turkey
TYYÇKey Learning Outcomes
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KNOWLEDGE1
2
SKILLS1
2
3
COMPETENCES (Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility)1
2
3
COMPETENCES (Learning Competence)1
COMPETENCES (Communication and Social Competence)1
2
3
4
COMPETENCES (Field Specific Competence)1
2
3

Course Structure Diagram with Credits
T : Theoretical P: Practice L : Laboratory
0. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 FBTB520 SEED PRODUCTION IN FORAGE CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
2 FBTB523 SILAGE CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
Total 6 0 0 0
 
1. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 TAB623 ADVANCED PLANT BREEDING IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
2 TAB624 ADVANCED PLANT PHYSIOLOGY IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
3 TAB646 AGRICULTURAL PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Compulsory 3 0 0 6
4 TAB654-22 APPLIED DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION IN AGRICULTURE I Compulsory 3 0 0 0
5 TAB641 AROMATIC PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
6 TAB626 CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
7 TAB609 CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND CROP ROTATION Compulsory 3 0 0 6
8 TAB637 CULTIVATION AND TECHNOLOGY OF SILAGE Compulsory 3 0 0 6
9 TAB602 CULTURE AND BREEDING OF FOOD GRAIN LEGUMES Compulsory 3 0 0 6
10 TAB604 EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN FIELD Compulsory 3 0 0 6
11 TAB645 GRAIN CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES AND QUALITY RELATIONS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
12 TAB622 HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUES IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
13 TAB620 INDUSTRIAL CROPS TECHNOLOGY Compulsory 3 0 0 6
14 TAB607 MEADOW AND PASTURE ECOLOGY Compulsory 3 0 0 6
15 TAB653-22 MIXED SOWING SYSTEMS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
16 TAB649-21 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUES IN PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
17 TAB650-21 MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Compulsory 3 0 0 0
18 TAB611 ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
19 TAB642 PLANNING OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
20 TAB619 PLANT ANALYSIS AND LABORATORY TECHNIQUES Compulsory 2 2 0 6
21 TAB605 PLANT GENE RESOURCES Compulsory 3 0 0 6
22 TAB636 PROBLEMS IN AGRONOMY OF TURKIYE Compulsory 3 0 0 6
23 TAB611-10 PRODUCTION AND EVALUATION METHODS OF FODDER Compulsory 3 0 0 0
24 TAB621 PRODUCTIVITY PHYSIOLOGY IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
25 TAB612 QUALITY OF FORAGE PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
26 TAB608 RANGE MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT Compulsory 3 0 0 0
27 TAB652-21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
28 TAB603 SEED TECHNİQUE Compulsory 3 0 0 6
29 TAB618 SPECIAL CULTIVATION AND BREEDING OF PLEASURE CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
30 TAB622-10 SPECIAL CULTIVATION AND BREEDING OF TOBACCO AND SPICES CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
31 TAB600I SPECIAL FIELD COURSE I Compulsory 8 0 0 6
32 TAB617 SPECIAL PRODUCTION AND BREEDING OF OIL CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
33 TAB616 SPECIAL PRODUCTION OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATICAL PLANTS AND BREEDING Compulsory 3 0 0 6
34 TAB635 SPICE PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
35 TAB625 STORAGE TECHNIQUE OF FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
36 TAB648-21 STRESS PHYSIOLOGY IN PLANT TISSUE CULTURE Compulsory 3 0 0 0
37 TAB633 THE VARIETY CONCEPT AND IDENTIFICATION OF CEREALS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
38 TAB640 TURKIYE'S ENDEMIC PLANTS WITH MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC CHARACTERISTICS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
39 TAB639 USE AND EVALUATION OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
Total 121 2 0 174
 
2. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 TAB655-22 APPLIED DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION IN AGRICULTURE II Compulsory 3 0 0 0
2 TAB606 BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION OF LEGUMES Compulsory 3 0 0 6
3 TAB614-10 BREEDING OF GRAMINEA FORAGE CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
4 TAB613-10 BREEDİNG OF FORAGE LEGUMES Compulsory 3 0 0 6
5 TAB627 CULTURE AND BREEDING OF COOL SEASON CEREALS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
6 TAB643 EVALUATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
7 TAB632 FORAGE PLANTS AND EROSİON CONTROL Compulsory 3 0 0 6
8 TAB634 GENETIC PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING Compulsory 3 0 0 6
9 TAB613 IDENTIFICATION KEY OF FORAGE CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
10 TAB638 LAWN ESTABLISHMENT AND CARE Compulsory 3 0 0 6
11 TAB615-10 ORGANIC AGRICULTURE Compulsory 3 0 0 6
12 TAB601 PRODUCTION AND BREEDING OF WARM SEASON CEREALS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
13 TAB631-10 PRODUCTION AND EVALUATION METHODS OF FODDER Compulsory 3 0 0 0
14 TAB610 QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT METHODS ON MEADOW PASTURE VEGETATION Compulsory 3 0 0 6
15 TAB608 RANGE MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT Compulsory 3 0 0 6
16 TAB600S SEMINAR Compulsory 0 0 0 6
17 TAB600S-16 SEMINAR Compulsory 0 0 0 18
18 TAB631 SOIL PREPARATION IN AGRONOMY Compulsory 3 0 0 6
19 TAB615 SPECIAL CULTIVATION AND BREEDING OF FIBER AND RUBBER CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
20 TAB614 SPECIAL CULTIVATION AND BREEDING OF STARCH AND SUGAR CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
21 TAB600II SPECIAL FIELD COURSE II Compulsory 8 0 0 6
22 TAB637-10 STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
23 TAB628 TECHNIQUES FOR WRITING SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES Compulsory 3 0 0 6
Total 68 0 0 126
 
3. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 TAB600III SPECIAL FIELD COURSE III Compulsory 8 0 0 6
2 TAB600-16 SPECIALIZATION FIELD COURSE Compulsory 8 0 0 30
3 TAB600T THESIS MANAGEMENT Compulsory 0 1 0 24
4 TAB600T-16 THESIS MANAGEMENT Compulsory 0 1 0 30
Total 16 2 0 90
 
 
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