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
0701208109	ORGANİK BAHÇE BİTKİLERİ YETİŞTİRİÇİLİĞİ	Elective	4	8	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

to explain defination and genaral charcteristics of organic agriculture, basic principles of organic agriculture and stuation of organic agriculture in Turkey, to provide information about some horticultural crop growing organically, compare between convational and organic agriculture using resistance cultivars against to some dicsease and insects Marketing of organic products in Turkey

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Sadiye Peral EYDURAN

Learning Outcomes

1	They can explain basic principles defining organic agriculture
2	They have information stiuation and capacity of organic agriculture in Turkey
3	Learn hot to grow some horticulture crops organically
4	Leaen differences between conventional and organic agriculture
5	Have information on using resistance cultivar against to disease and insects in organic agriculture

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Learning about organically vegetable and fruit growing

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Genaral charceristics and defination of organic agriculture
2	Principles of organic agriculture
3	Current stiuation of organic agriculture in Turkey
4	Organically grown vegetable species
5	Organically grown vegetable species
6	Organically grown fruit species
7	Organically grown fruit species
8	Organically grown fruit species
9	Compere to characteristics, input and quality of conventional and organic horticultural agriculture
10	Compere to characteristics, input and quality of conventional and organic horticultural agriculture
11	Using resistance cultivar against to disease and insects in organic horticultural growing
12	Possibilities of marketing of horticultural productions
13	Basic problems faced in organic agriculture and solutions
14	Basic problems faced in organic agriculture and solutions
15
16

Recommended or Required Reading

Çakmakçı, R., Erdoğan, U., 2008. Organik Tarım. Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, No: 236, Erzurum, Türkiye Anonim, 2010. Organik Tarım Yönetmeliği ve Esasları. Gıda Tarım ve Hayvancılık Bakanlığı Yayınları. Ankara.

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	14	6	84
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	15	15
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	20	20
Homework	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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