Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
9900001119AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES AND IRRIGATIONCompulsory235
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
This course aims at provide knowledge the students on farmstead planning and design; rural settlements planning of several livestock production facilities; planning and design principles of feed and manure storage structures; importance of irrigation and its necessity; water-yield relationships; soil-water-plant relationships; evapotranspiration; irrigation interval and amount of irrigation water; irrigation water quality; irrigation methods.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Understand importance of agricultural structures for agriculture.
2Understand importance of agricultural structures for agriculture.
3Make differences between Turkey and other countries farm structures, and measures need to be taken in Turkey.
4Make differences between Turkey and other countries farm structures, and measures need to be taken in Turkey.
5Learn farm structures technologies and developments.
6Learn farm structures technologies and developments.
7Learn required conditions in different livestock barns and design livestock barns within a certain flow chart.
8Learn required conditions in different livestock barns and design livestock barns within a certain flow chart.
9Possibilities of applying the knowledge gained from other courses and Get skills and self-confidence of design.
10Possibilities of applying the knowledge gained from other courses and Get skills and self-confidence of design.
11Learn importance of water, its necessity and water-yield relationships and our countrys soil and water resources potential and sufficiency.
12Learn importance of water, its necessity and water-yield relationships and our countrys soil and water resources potential and sufficiency.
13Learn soil-water-plant relationships and irrigation interval and irrigation water requirement.
14Learn soil-water-plant relationships and irrigation interval and irrigation water requirement.
15Learn water conveyance and delivery systems.
16Learn water conveyance and delivery systems.
17Provide knowledge on irrigation water quality and usability.
18Provide knowledge on irrigation water quality and usability.
19Provide knowledge on pressure and surface irrigation methods
20Provide knowledge on pressure and surface irrigation methods
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Teoric and aplication
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction and rural settlements
2Environmental Conditions in Agricultural Structures and Basic Control Principles
3Heat and Moisture Balance, Ventilation and Lighting
4Design of Livestock and Cattle Barns
5Tie-stall Barns, Open Yards, Free-stall Barns
6Design of Sheep Barns, Poultry House Planning
7Project design
8Midterm Exam
9Importance of irrigation and its necessity; water-yield relationships
10Soil and water resources potential of Turkey and its sufficiency; irrigation water quality
11Soil-water-plant relationships; infiltration
12Evapotranspiration; effective rain
13Irrigation efficiencies; irrigation interval and amount of irrigation water
14Water conveyance and delivery systems
15Irrigation methods
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
•Balaban, A., Şen, E,. 1988 Tarımsal Yapılar. Ankara Üniv. Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları:1083, Ders Kitabı:311, Ankara. •Güngör, Y., A.Z. Erözel., Yıldırım, O., 2004. Sulama. A.Ü.Ziraat Fakültesi yayınları 1540/493, Ankara •Apan, M., Demir, Y., Öztürk, T., Kara, T., 2010. Kültürteknik. Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, Samsun.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Self Study148112
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination12020
Homework11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)160
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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