ZMS451 Agricultural History and Deontology

3 ECTS - 2-0 Duration (T+A)- 7. Semester- 2 National Credit

Information

Unit FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
PEDOLOGY AND PLANT FEEDING PR.
Code ZMS451
Name Agricultural History and Deontology
Term 2017-2018 Academic Year
Semester 7. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 3 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Belirsiz
Type Normal
Label E Elective
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. SELİM EKER
Course Instructor Prof. Dr. İBRAHİM ORTAŞ (Güz) (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

Firstly; to give basic information about the conditions that caused agricultural revolution, the importance of agriculture and its place in the history of civilization, and the present and the future of agriculture. Secondly; to create awareness of professional solidarity, professional ethics, and the conduct of the profession of social responsibility, personal rights of Agricultural Engineering, and the legal regulations related to agricultural engineering.

Course Content

Definition and scope of agricultural history, hunting and gathering in pre-agricultural communities, Agricultural Revolution, Agriculture İn Mesopotamia, Egypt And Anatolia, The industrial revolution and the effects to agriculture, Period of the Republic of agriculture, The definition and scope of Agricultural Engineering, Turkish legislation on Agricultural Engineering, professional organizations of agricultural engineers, objectives and functions of TMMOB and ZMO, Concepts and Theories of Agricultural Ethics, Current agricultural ethical issues.

Course Precondition

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Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 - Has basic knowledge generally in Agricultural Sciences and specifically in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
PLO02 - Owns basic scientific information on plant nutrients and their applications which ensure healty nutritions of plants for high quality and economic plant production
PLO03 - Understands the principles of ecological farming in point of sustainable and ecological farming
PLO04 - Has the ability to identify, define, formulize and solve engineering problems. Choses and applies the appropriate analytical and modelling techniques for this purpose.
PLO05 - Assimilates the information which is used for soil conservation, protection against every kinds of misuses and pollution
PLO06 - Analyses soils, their components or their actual process and plans them to accomplish the requirements of sustainable agriculture principles under real limitations
PLO07 - Prepares nutritional programmes for regular nutrition of plants cultivated in each kinds of soil or soilless growing medium
PLO08 - Leads to the application and development of new technolgies, methods and measuring systems in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition area, under the scope of scientific, economic and rational uses of agricultural areas,
PLO09 - Gains the perfection in every kinds of soil, plant, fertilizer and water analyses and their interpretations
PLO10 - Carries the effective working ability and self-confidence for taking the responsibility in solo and team works
PLO11 - Accesses to information and searches literatures for this purpose ,uses databases and other sources
PLO12 - Has the awareness for following the developments in science and technology and renewing them continuously
PLO13 - Builds effective oral and written communication in Turkish and has enough knowledge in at least one foreign language
PLO14 - Constantly improve themselves with determining their training needs in accordance with their interests and abilities in the scientific, cultural, artistic and social fields in addition to their professional development
PLO15 - Gains consciousness for professional and ethical resposibilities
PLO16 - Has enough awareness of project management, workplace applicaitons, health of workers, and environemt and job safety
PLO17 - Be aware of the legal results of their activities
PLO18 - Achieves awareness of the universal and public results of professional solutions and applicaitons and understands the importance of entrepreneurship and modernism


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Definition And Scope Of Agricultural History Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
2 Hunting And Gathering İn Pre-Agricultural Communities Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
3 The Conditions Of Started To Agricultural Revolution Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
4 Agricultural Revolution Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
5 Agriculture İn Mesopotamia, Egypt And Anatolia Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
6 The İndustrial Revolution And The Effects To Agriculture Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
7 Soil Cultivation An Agriculture At Period Os Ottoman Empire Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
8 Period Of The Republic Of Agriculture Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
9 Midterm Exam Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
10 The Definition And Scope Of Agricultural Engineering Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
11 Turkish Legislation On Agricultural Engineering Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
12 Professional Organizations Of Agricultural Engineers Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
13 TMMOB ZMO and Its Purpose And Function Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
14 Concepts and Theories Of Agricultural Ethics, Current Agricultural Ethical İssues Lecture notes and recommended resources relevant sections
15 General Review All lecture notes and resources
16 Final Exam All lecture notes and resources
17 Final Exam All lecture notes and resources


Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria

Assessment Type Midterm / Year Impact End of Term / End of Year Impact
1. Midterm Exam 100 40
General Assessment
Midterm / Year Total 100 40
1. Final Exam - 60
Grand Total - 100

Update Time: 22.08.2017 02:43