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
9900001065	AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY	Compulsory	2	3	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To recognize the agricultural machine, to ensure the development of agricultural mechanization, to teach the working principle of the tractor, to teach the principle of agricultural tools and machines work.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

Teaching students about the basic knowledge of engineering, development of agricultural mechanization, tractors, soil tillage, sowing, transplanting, in-row and inter-row cultivating, manure and fertilizer distribution machines, irrigation machines, plant protection machines and harvesting machines.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Enhance students about the knowledge of mechanization of agriculture, basic terminology related to agricultural mechanization, using of agricultural mechanization and their technical principles.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Mechanization in agriculture
2	Energy and agriculture
3	Working principle of engines, motor fuels and oils
4	Electrical machinery and thermal engines
5	Tractors
6	Soil tillage machines
7	Sowing, transplanting, machinery
8	Fertilizing and in-row and inter-row machinery
9	Midterm exam
10	Irrigation machinery
11	Plant protection machinery
12	Harvesting machinery
13	Threshing machinery
14	Post-harvesting machinery
15	Final exam
16

Recommended or Required Reading

Visual presentations and notes of weekly practices. Keskin R. Ve.. D. Erdoğan, 1996. Tarımsal Mekanizasyon. Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No:927, Ankara. Ülger ve ark., 2011. Tarım Makinaları İlkeleri. Hiperlink Yayınları, İstanbul

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)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Self Study	14	8	112
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	15	15
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	20	20
Homework	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8
LO1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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