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
0701405103	FARM BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Elective	3	5	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The present regime of the Ottoman Empire land, property laws, land reform and consolidation, water and pasture law, agricultural law, agricultural sector, insurance law

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Learning basic principles and concepts of agriculture, agricultural industry and resource economy.
2	Learning both technical subjects of agriculture (field crops, horticultural crops, livestock, agricultural products, technology etc.) and basic principles and concepts of social sciences (economics, management, marketing, cooperatives, projects, agricultural extension, agricultural policy, planning, finance and accounting etc.)
3	To bring basic knowledge about information technology and ability to use accounting, statistics and office softwares.
4	Analyzing and interpreting micro and macro data related to the agricultural sector with quantitative methods.
5	Ability to prepare and evaluate the feasibility reports of agriculture, livestock, food and manufacturing industry investment projects

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

As an independent branch of law, agriculture law, the concept of agricultural enterprises, agricultural enterprises elements of agricultural business types, according to the state ownership of means of production types of agricultural enterprises, land regime in the Ottoman Empire, in terms of agricultural law, civil law (property law), land reform and Turkey land reform initiatives, farmers and agrarian reform law topraklandÄ±rma law, land consolidation, water law, law of pasture, agriculture insurance law, Bag-exchange law

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Farm management, classification and characteristics of farms
2	Objectives of farm analysis and collecting the data
3	Criteria used for farm analysis
4	Farm business results and measurement of success
5	Definition of farm planning, scope and the data used for planning
6	Basic concepts in farm planning and practices
7	Course review
8	Midterm Exam
9	Budgeting Method and planning practices
10	Program planning and practices
11	Linear programming; basic concepts and assumptions
12	Linear programming; profit maximization, graphic solution, interpreting the results
13	Linear programming; model construction, simplex solution
14	Interpreting the simplex solution results, sensitivity analysis
15	Cost minimization practice
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Lecturere's notes and slide

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	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	8	112
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	1	1
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	1	1
Homework	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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