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
9900001064	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS	Compulsory	2	3	5

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

1	Gaining the skills of information about using production factors efficiently in farms
2	Gaining the skills of assigment as a management in farms
3	Principles of general economics apply to agriculture, gaining the skills of decision making and appyling in farms
4	To assignment and consult in issues about agricultural marketing, agricultural credit and finance, cooperatives and investment project
5	To evaluation and comment agricultural policies

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

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Course description, principles
2	Characteristic of the agricultural production
3	Examination of agricultural production factors
4	Determination of importance and point of agriculture in Turkey economics
5	Farms, farms' structures, terms and importance of producer, skills of decision making
6	Principles of economics in farms (Law of Diminishing Returns)
7	Principles of economics in farms (Substitution principles)
8	Midterm exam
9	Principles of economics in farms (opportunity cost, relative advantage, laws of equal marginal revenue)
10	Agricultural marketing, benefits of marketing, additives of marketing to economics
11	Agricultural finance and practices in Turkey
12	Importance and requirements of agricultural cooperatives and practices in Turkey
13	Evaluation of investment projects
14	Final Exam

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

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	10	140
Homework	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8
LO1	2
LO2		3
LO3				3
LO4			2				3
LO5					5

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