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
0701205109	TOPRAKSIZ TARIM TEKNİKLERİ	Elective	3	5	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

In this course, students are given the history of culture, necessity of soilles culture, application methods, culture medias and features, growing species, resources and applications in our country and throughout world. Moreover, the students are given base information and skill about this plant growing system related to rules and politics general/specific- theory/ application.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	They can learn about and importance soilles culture for our country
2	They can be informed about necessity of soilles culture
3	They will have knowledge about methods and growing of soilles culture.
4	They will be informed about principles of modern horticultural science for soilles culture
5	They can be informed about necessity of soilles culture in global warming period
6	They can learn about general management of soilles culture

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Meet basic food needs are increasing due to population growth in the world is a necessity. Productive agricultural land is an important fact out quickly by hand. At this point, the use of lsoilless culture techniques is important.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The history, explanation and terminology of soilless culture
2	Overview of soilles culture: Advantages, constraints and perspectives for its uses in Mediterranean countries,
3	Necessity of soilless culture
4	Applications of soilless culture
5	Culture medias and features of soilless culture
6	Culture medias and features of soilless culture (continue)
7	Horticulture growing at the soilles culture
8	Horticulture growing at the soilles culture (continue)
9	Reasons of intensive soilles culture applications in greenhouse.
10	Researches and applications in our country and throughout world.
11	Resources, suppots and applications in our country and throughout world.
12	Presentation of homework
13	Presentation of homework (continue)
14	General evaluation of soilless culture in this course.
15
16

Recommended or Required Reading

Rafet Aslantaş (2010) Topraksız Tarım Teknikleri (Ders Notları) Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü Olimpios, C.M. Overview of soilles culture: Advantages, constraints and perspectives for its uses in Mediterranean countries, CHIAM.

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	6	84
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	2	2
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	2	2
Homework	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8
LO1			5
LO2			5
LO3			5
LO4			5
LO5			5
LO6			5

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