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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY STG505 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITMaster's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Gains knowledge between agricultural economy and consept.
2) Have knowledge about agricultural production tools.
3) Gains knowledge about the importance of agricultural management.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONThe teaching of this course will enable students to observe and analyze the agriculture sector from micro and macro perspectives. In this course, students will learn the features of agricultural activity, agricultural production factors, agricultural product market, decreasing product principle, average cost principle, substitution principles, and agricultural business functions.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week 1 Introduction to Agricultural Economics
2nd Week 2 Agricultural Economics and Scope I
3rd Week 3 Agricultural Economics and Scope II
4th Week 4 Characteristics of Agricultural Production
5th Week 5 The shape of the production and costs of agricultural production
6th Week 6 Relations with the Agricultural Production Market
7th Week 7 Agricultural Production Vehicles
8th Week 8 Midterm Exam
9th Week 9 Economic principles used in Agribusiness
10th Week 10 Descending Income Principle
11th Week 11 Average Costs Principle
12th Week 12 Substitution Principle
13th Week 13 Introduction to Agricultural Management
14th Week 14 Agricultural Management
15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGOğuz, C., Bayramoğlu, Z., 2014. Tarım Ekonomisi. Atlas Akademi Yayınları, Konya
Ahmet Özçelik, Mevhibe Albayrak, Halil Fidan, Harun Tanrıvermiş, Erdoğan Güneş, Bülent Gülçubuk, Tarım Ekonomisi ve İşletmecilik, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir, 2013
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers yüz yüze
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Assignment15
Quiz15
Total(%)40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)60
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam19090
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam17171
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam133
Homework24692
Total Workload300
Total Workload / 3010
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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