TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Associate Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor Fereshteh Rezaeı
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Have knowledge about precision agriculture and its applications and precision agricultural machinery, 2) Learn the concepts of GPS and GIS and its relationship with precision agriculture.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Basic concepts 2nd Week Precision Agriculture Advantages and Disadvantages 3rd Week Precision Agriculture in Developed Countries 4th Week Practicability of Precision Agriculture in Turkey 5th Week Global Positioning System (GPS) 6th Week Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 7th Week Yield Mapping 8th Week Mid-term Exam 9th Week Innovative Fertilizer Applications in Precision Agriculture 10th Week Precision Technologies in Agricultural Machinery 11th Week Precision Technologies in Agricultural Machinery 12th Week Economic and Environmental Assessment 13th Week relationship between recision Agriculture and Quality 14th Week The Future of Precision Agriculture
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 50 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0 Individual or group work 14 4 56 Preparation for Final exam 1 12 12 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 12 12 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 1 24 24 Total Workload 150 Total Workload / 30 5 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No