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
0701505103	FODDER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES	Compulsory	3	5	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To assess the role of forages in productive, sustinable agriculture, to know and identfy the major forage crops, to develp an understanding of principles of orage crop managements

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Students know and can identfy major forage plants
2	Students know and can identfy major forage plants
3	Students know the importance of forage plants in agroecosystems
4	Students know the importance of forage plants in agroecosystems
5	Students can interpret the problems and solutions of forage cultivation
6	Students can interpret the problems and solutions of forage cultivation
7	Students can offer suitable production techniques to farmers in different ecological conditions
8	Students can offer suitable production techniques to farmers in different ecological conditions
9	Students can interpret the nutritive value of different forages
10	Students can interpret the nutritive value of different forages

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Introduction to forage production, definiation, objectives and importance Forages in changing in Turkey and statistical data Ecology of forage crops The botany of grasses and legumes, general characterisitics of forages Symbiosis between nodule bacteria and leguminous plants and nitrogen fixation Forage mixtures Leguminous forage plants Forage grasses Other family forage crops Hay making and seed production Harvesting, storage and utilization of foages Silage plants and technology Hay quality and affecting characterisitics Pasture and pasture plants

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to forage production, definiation, objectives and importance
2	Forages in changing in Turkey and statistical data
3	Ecology of forage crops
4	The botany of grasses and legumes, general characterisitics of forages
5	Symbiosis between nodule bacteria and leguminous plants and nitrogen fixation
6	Forage mixtures
7	Leguminous forage plants
8	Midterm Exam
9	Forage grasses
10	Other family forage crops
11	Hay making and seed production
12	Harvesting, storage and utilization of foages
13	Silage plants and technology
14	Hay quality and affecting characterisitics
15	Pasture and pasture plants
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Ayhan AKSOY course notes

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	2	2
Self Study	10	8	80
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	15	15
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	20	20
Homework	1	8	8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
LO1						1
LO2		2
LO3				3
LO4					4
LO5			3
LO6
LO7
LO8
LO9
LO10

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