Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
160701105100	BUĞDAYGİL YEM BİTKİLERİ	Compulsory	3	5	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Giving information about the importance of the types of fodder crops, the benefits to the animals, their usage areas, plant characteristics, climate and soil requirements and growing techniques of these plants

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Bilal KESKİN

Learning Outcomes

1	The importance of forage crops
2	Benefits of livestock forage crops
3	Fields of use of forage crops
4	The herbal properties of forage crops
5	Climate and soil requirements of forage crops
6	Cultivation of forage crops

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

The importance of wheat forage crops, benefits to animals, areas of use, cultivation, harvesting and blending includes issues such as.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Importance and herbal properties of forage crops	2	2
2	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of perennial grass (Lolium perenne)	2	2
3	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of discrete species (Agropyron sp.)	2	2
4	Cynodon dactylon importance, characteristics and breeding	2	2
5	Importance, characteristics and cultivation of Pactylis glomerata	2	2
6	The importance, properties and cultivation of scalloped bromine (Bromus inermis)	2	2
7	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of fecal species (Festuca sp.)	2	2
8	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of cluster weed (Poa sp.)	2	2
9	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of meadow kelp tail (Phleum pratense)	2	2
10	Importance, characteristics and cultivation of Foxtail (Alopecurus sp.)	2	2
11	Importance, characteristics and cultivation of feed bloodsofts (Phalaris sp.)	2	2
12	The use of wheat forage production in silage	2	2
13	Use of wheat forage crops in green area	2	2
14	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of millet species (Panicum sp.)	2	2

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Practice	14	2	28
Field Trip	2	4	8
Self Study	4	5	20
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	20	20
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	20	20
Reading	8	3	24
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11
LO1	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
LO2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4
LO3	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
LO4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
LO5	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO6	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High