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Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE - FIELD CROPS - Doctorate Degree



General Description
History
The Department of Field Crops started to accept graduate 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. In 2010, a doctorate program initiated to give education and training in Field 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 Doctorate Diploma in Field Crops
Level of Qualification
Third Cycle
Specific Admission Requirements
1. A graduate diploma from acceptable fields 2 - Satisfactory score (at least 55) on Graduate Study Examination (ALES). 3. Satisfactory score (at least 55) on Foreing Language (YDS). In students acceptance to the program, the final passing grade of a student is calculated with the sum of 50% of ALES, 30% of undergradute grade average and 20% of writting examination. For a candidate, to be sccesfull, he/she has to score at least 65 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 Doctorate Diploma in Field Crops, the students are required to; 1. pass at leats 8 courses with 28 credit hours (120 ECTS) available in the curriculum, with a CC grade at least, 2. prepare and present a seminar successfully, 3. prepare a Doctorate 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
There is no any further studies for a doctorate degree
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 65 points from final exam and 70 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 28 credits (120 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 Doctorate 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 DEDE 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
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KNOWLEDGE1
2
SKILLS1
2
3
4
COMPETENCES (Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility)1
2
3
COMPETENCES (Learning Competence)1
COMPETENCES (Communication and Social Competence)1
2
3
COMPETENCES (Field Specific Competence)1
2
3

Course Structure Diagram with Credits
T : Theoretical P: Practice L : Laboratory
1. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 TAB707 ARTIFİCIAL GRASSLAND TECHNIQUES Compulsory 3 0 0 6
2 TAB728 BREEDING OF GRAMINEA FORAGE CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
3 TAB711 CULTURAL APPLICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS OF CEREAL AGRICULTURE Compulsory 3 0 0 6
4 TAB728-10 ECOFISIOLOGY IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
5 TAB721 EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCES AND MEDICINAL PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
6 TAB729-10 GENETIC PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING Compulsory 3 0 0 0
7 TAB714 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PHYSIOLOGY IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
8 FBTB602 NEW APPROACHES TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF MEADOW PASTURE Compulsory 3 0 0 0
9 TAB702 PHYSIOLOGY OF RANGE PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
10 TAB725 PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND HORMONES IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
11 TAB726 PRODUCTION AND EVALUATION METHODS OF FODDER Compulsory 3 0 0 6
12 TAB717 QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS IN OIL CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
13 TAB732 RESISTANCE BREEDING IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
14 TAB713 SEED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN INDUSTRIAL CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
15 TAB715-10 SOIL PREPARATION IN AGRONOMY Compulsory 3 0 0 6
16 TAB700I SPECIAL FIELD COURSE I Compulsory 8 0 0 6
17 TAB733 STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
18 TAB735 SYNTHESIS OF SECONDARY SUBSTANCES IN MEDICINAL PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
19 TAB719 THE IDENTIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE IN MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
20 TAB734 TOBACCO TECHNOLOGY Compulsory 3 0 0 6
Total 65 0 0 102
 
2. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 TAB736-10 AROMATIC PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 0
2 TAB704-10 BASIC METHODS IN PLANT ECOFISIOLOGY RESEARCH Compulsory 3 0 0 0
3 TAB730 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS IN PLANT BREEDING Compulsory 3 0 0 6
4 TAB727 BREEDING OF FORAGE LEGUMES Compulsory 3 0 0 6
5 TAB723 BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS MEDICINAL PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
6 TAB726-10 COMPUTER USE IN FIELD AGRICULTURE Compulsory 3 0 0 6
7 TAB722 DYE PLANTS AND VEGETAL DYES Compulsory 3 0 0 6
8 TAB705 FIBER CROPS TECHNOLOGY Compulsory 3 0 0 6
9 TAB725-10 FORAGE PLANTS AND EROSION CONTROL Compulsory 3 0 0 6
10 TAB709 MUTATION BREEDING IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
11 TAB712 PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF OIL CROPS CULTIVATION Compulsory 3 0 0 6
12 TAB703 PHYSIOLOGY OF CEREALS GROWING Compulsory 3 0 0 6
13 TAB706 POISONOUS PLANTS IN MEADOW AND PASTURE Compulsory 3 0 0 6
14 TAB704 PROPAGATION AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES IN PLANT Compulsory 3 0 0 6
15 TAB729 QUANTITATIVE GENETICS ANALYSIS METHODS IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
16 TAB716 SEED PHYSIOLOGY Compulsory 3 0 0 6
17 TAB715 SEED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN CEREALS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
18 TAB713 SEED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN INDUSTRIAL CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
19 TAB700S SEMINAR Compulsory 0 0 0 24
20 TAB600S-16 SEMINAR Compulsory 0 0 0 18
21 TAB700S-16 SEMINAR Compulsory 0 0 0 32
22 TAB710 SPECIAL BREEDING OF INDUSTRIAL CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
23 TAB700II SPECIAL FIELD COURSE II Compulsory 8 0 0 6
24 TAB701 SPECIAL PRODUCT PHYSIOLOGY Compulsory 3 0 0 6
25 TAB731-10 SPICE PLANTS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
26 TAB731 STRESS PHYSIOLOGY IN FIELD CROPS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
27 TAB732-10 TURKIYE'S ENDEMIC PLANTS WITH MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC CHARACTERISTICS Compulsory 3 0 0 6
Total 77 0 0 206
 
3. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 TAB700III SPECIAL FIELD COURSE III Compulsory 8 0 0 6
Total 8 0 0 6
 
4. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 TAB700IV SPECIAL FIELD COURSE IV Compulsory 8 0 0 6
2 TAB700TI THESIS MANAGEMENT I Compulsory 0 1 0 24
Total 8 1 0 30
 
5. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 TAB700V SPECIAL FIELD COURSE V Compulsory 8 0 0 6
2 TAB700TII THESIS MANAGEMENT II Compulsory 0 1 0 24
Total 8 1 0 30
 
6. Semester
No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
1 TAB700VI SPECIAL FIELD COURSE VI Compulsory 8 0 0 6
2 TAB700-16 SPECIALIZATION FIELD COURSE Compulsory 8 0 0 80
3 TAB700T-16 THESIS MANAGEMENT Compulsory 0 1 0 80
4 TAB700TIII THESIS MANAGEMENT III Compulsory 0 1 0 24
Total 16 2 0 190
 
 
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