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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ELECTIVE

Offered By

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PINAR IŞILDAR

Offered to

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to define and evaluate the sustainable agriculture systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to make synthesis about the aim and benefits of environmental sustainability 2   To be able to develop the proper models for the projects about transforming the existing systems to sustainable systems 3   To be able to have opinion and solutions about the problems of the today s agricultural systems 4   To be able to understand the importance of the use of sustainable agriculture techniques in agricultural production 5   To be able to develop proper methods and techniques for more sustainable systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction and importance of sustainable agriculture 2 Results and problems of today s agricultural systems 3 Results and problems of today s agricultural systems 4 Evaluation and presentation of more sustainable systems 5 Goals and techniques for sustainable agricultural systems 6 Soil fertility on sustainable agriculture 7 Soil fertility on sustainable agriculture 8 Mid-term exam 9 Plant breeding for sustainable agriculture 10 Control of pest,diseases and weeds on sustainable agriculture 11 Soil tillage on sustainable agriculture 12 Economics of sustainable agriculture 13 Economics of sustainable agriculture 14 Development and evaluation of prototype systems 15 Final exam 16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Edwards, A., Lal, R., Madden, P., Mıller, R.H., Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa, 1990. Sürdürülebilir tarım kursu notları, CIHEAM Zaragoza, Ispanya, 11-22. Kasım. 1991.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+RST * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Will be announced.

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 5 LO.2 5 LO.3 5 5 LO.4 5 LO.5 5 5