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
0701105100	GRASS FORAGES	Elective	3	5	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Giving information about the importance of the types of fodder crops, the benefits to the animals, their usage areas, plant characteristics, climate and soil requirements and growing techniques of these plants

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin önemi
2	Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin hayvanlara faydaları
3	Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin kullanım alanları
4	Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin bitkisel özellikleri
5	Buğdaygil yem bitkilerinin iklim ve toprak istekleri
6	The importance of forage crops, benefits to animals, usage areas, herbal properties of plants, climate and soil requirements and cultivation

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The importance of wheat forage crops, benefits to animals, areas of use, cultivation, harvesting and blending includes issues such as.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Importance and herbal properties of forage crops
2	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Lolium perenne
3	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Agropyron sp.
4	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Cynodon dactylon
5	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Dactylis glomerata
6	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Bromus inermiş
7	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Festuca sp.
8	Midterm Exam
9	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of tussock grass (Poa sp.)
10	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Phleum pratense
11	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Alopecurus sp.
12	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Phalaris sp.
13	The use of wheat forage production in silage
14	Use of wheat forage crops in green area
15	The importance, characteristics and cultivation of Panicum sp.
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Avcıoğlu, R., Hatipoğlu, R., Karadağ, Y. 2009. Yem Bitkileri. T.c. Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanlığı, Manga, İ., Acar, Z., Ayan, İ., 1994. Buğdaygil Yem Bitkileri. Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Gençkan, M. S., 1983. Yem Bitkileri Tarımı. Ege üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No:467

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	5	70
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	15	15
Homework	1	17	17
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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