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
1901402202	AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY	Compulsory	1	2	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The purpose of the course , knowing a variety of biological concepts and terminology, understanding the process that allows you to establish a relationship between the relevant events with analysis and synthesis skills, flexible thinking , and all of them are training individuals to express in agricultural ecology perception..

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Süleyman TEMEL

Learning Outcomes

1	He/she will be a capable and qualified on (agricultural) ecology.
2	learns enviromental conditions for plant production
3	Cooperates with other disciplines involved in plant and animal production when needed.
4	Constantly updating the knowledge that the country has possession of natural resource potential and production structure.
5	Know the various sources and factors that effect plant production and their interactions with each other; by analyzing the problems they encounter with their professional knowledge and skill.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Plant physiology of various concepts and terms such as ecology , evaporation, etc introduced the subject described in the nutrition and population context , plant and referring the example of the emergence of animal cultural forms , also described in detail according to the various loop formation logic, various affecting in ecologically of plants. And these are explained by considering the positive and negative aspects.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Explanation of various concept and terms (for instance heat, temperature, genome, biosphere, etc).
2	Photographic explanation of the living creatures of under and upper ground
3	Defination of agriculture and agricultural sources, grouping of field crops and related visual examples
4	Transpiration, Population increasing, World food balance and unbalanced factors, Production of world food methods, world agricultural lands
5	Insufficient and unbalanced nutration, primer amino acids, environmental conditions, what is ecology?
6	Origin of ecology and its defination, various ecological concepts, comparison of ecology and ecosystem as visual, agricultural ecosystem
7	MIDTERM EXAM
8	Formed components of an ecosystem or elements of an ecosystem (Biotic, Abiotic)
9	Formed components of an ecosytem or ecosytem's components (Biotic and Abiotic)
10	Visual examples of the ecosystem, agricultural lands of our country, biochemical cycles, Differences between natural and agroecosytems, Granoculture centers, plant and animal forms appearing with their examples
11	Photosynthesis and Respiration comparison, Temperature, Wind, Biomes
12	Precipitation: Mechanisms, precipitation for plant production, effective precipitation, precipitation and yield relationship
13	Climate and Agriculture: Major climate groups. Soil and agriculture: Soil definition, origin and formation of soil, soil texture and structure
14	Agriculture and Soil factors: Soil water content, terms and concepts about soil water content, plant water requirements, soil nutrients, soil air
15
16

Recommended or Required Reading

Gençtan, T. (2012). Tarımsal Ekoloji. N.K.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Genel Yayın No: 6, Ders. Kitabı Yayın No: 3, s.354.

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
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Self Study	14	4	56
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	13	13
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	20	20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			120

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	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15	PO 16	PO 17	PO 18
LO1	3	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4
LO2	4	2	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	5	4	3
LO3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
LO4	4	4	4	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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