Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
160701103102TARIM EKONOMİSİCompulsory235
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
At the end of this course students gaining the skills about how to using efficiently the scarce resources and general economics' laws and principles in agriculture
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Tarım işletmelerinde üretim faktörlerini en etkin ve verimli şekilde kullanabilme becerisi
2Tarım işletmelerinde yönetici olarak görev alma becerisi
3Genel ekonomi prensiplerini tarıma uygulayabilme, karar alma becerisini edinme ve tarım işletmelerinde uygulama
4Gaining the skills of information about using production factors efficiently in farms
5Gaining the skills of assigment as a management in farms
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Evaluation general characteristic of agriculture,Examination production factors and point of agriculture in the economics,The importance and requirements of decision making in agriculture,Using general economic principles for farms,Case study practices about using general economic principles for farms,Agricultural marketing and marketing channels in farms,Agricultural Finance, credit resources and introduction their practices,Evaluation about Importance and requirements of agricultural cooperatives,Agricultural policies,evaluation aims and tools, practices about agricultural policies in TURKEY,Comparative analysis of agricultural policies EU and TURKEY
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Course description, principles
2Characteristic of the agricultural production
3Examination of agricultural production factors
4Determination of importance and point of agriculture in Turkey economics
5Farms, farms' structures, terms and importance of producer, skills of decision making
6Principles of economics in farms (Law of Diminishing Returns)
7Principles of economics in farms (Substitution principles)
8Midterm exam
9Principles of economics in farms (opportunity cost, relative advantage, laws of equal marginal revenue)
10Agricultural marketing, benefits of marketing, additives of marketing to economics
11Agricultural finance and practices in Turkey
12Importance and requirements of agricultural cooperatives and practices in Turkey
13Evaluation of investment projects
14Final
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16
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Self Study14798
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination11515
Homework11515
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)146
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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