TB526 Quantitative Methods for Measuring Range and Pasture Vegetation

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

Information

Code TB526
Name Quantitative Methods for Measuring Range and Pasture Vegetation
Semester . Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Yüksek Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
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Course Goal

The purpose of this course is to give basic information on the characteristics of the meadow and pasture vegetations and their study methods

Course Content

In this course, the basic concepts and principles of the plant communities in the meadows and pastures will be discussed and quantitative measuring methods of vegetation will be explained

Course Precondition

Non

Resources

Hatipoğlu, R. 2016. Lecture notes of Quantitative methods of vegetation measurig

Notes

Avcıoğlu, R, 1996. Çayır Mera Bitki Topluluklarının Özellikleri ve İncelenmesi. (II. Basım). Eğe Üniv. Ziraat Fak. Yay. No: 466, İzmir. Gökkuş, A., Koç, A. ve B. Çomaklı, 2000. Çayır - Mer’a Uygulama Kılavuzu. Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No : 142, 139 s., Erzurum.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Graduates become a specialist on the field crops area by improving their skills.
LO02 They comprehend interdisciplinary interaction in his specialization area.
LO03 They can follow the latest developments in field crops area and get access to the knowledge source, gather this knowledge, reach new knowledge and synthesize by evaluating available studies and follow the innovations in his field.
LO04 They can synthesize and interpret interdisciplinary knowledge by using theoretical and practical skills at a specialist level in field crops area.
LO05 They find solutions for problems related to field crops by using research methods and establish cause effect relationships.
LO06 They incorporate their knowledge on his special area by combining their knowledge with those from the other scientific areas and produce new knowledge and also solve the problems by using scientific research methods.
LO07 They are qualified to solve a problem in their field.
LO08 They are equipped with analytical and critical thinking ability to direct their learning and to conduct advanced studies in their fields independently.
LO09 They transfer current developments and their own studies in the field crops area systematically to the his working group and to different groups from other study fields orally or visually by supporting them with qualitative and quantitive data.
LO10 They study and improve the social relationships and standards leading these relationship by a critical point of view and take action when needed.
LO11 They develop policy, strategy and experimental plans related to field crops area and evaluate obtained results within the framework of quality processes.
LO12 They are sensitive about scientific and ethical values during the collection, interpretion and announcement of data related to their subject.They are also capable of teaching and checking these values.
LO13 They are able to understand and translate an article written in a foreign language.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates become a specialist on the field crops area by improving their skills. 3
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal They comprehend interdisciplinary interaction in his specialization area. 3
PLO03 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı They can follow the latest developments in field crops area and get access to the knowledge source, gather this knowledge, reach new knowledge and synthesize by evaluating available studies and follow the innovations in his field. 3
PLO04 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı They can synthesize and interpret interdisciplinary knowledge by using theoretical and practical skills at a specialist level in field crops area.
PLO05 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They find solutions for problems related to field crops by using research methods and establish cause effect relationships.
PLO06 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They incorporate their knowledge on his special area by combining their knowledge with those from the other scientific areas and produce new knowledge and also solve the problems by using scientific research methods.
PLO07 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They determine a problem independently in field crops subject, provide solutions, evaluate the results and implement whenever required.
PLO08 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They are qualified to solve a problem in their field.
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They are equipped with analytical and critical thinking ability to direct their learning and to conduct advanced studies in their fields independently.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği They transfer current developments and their own studies in the field crops area systematically to the his working group and to different groups from other study fields orally or visually by supporting them with qualitative and quantitive data.
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik They study and improve the social relationships and standards leading these relationship by a critical point of view and take action when needed.
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik They are able to understand and translate an article written in a foreign language.
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik They develop policy, strategy and experimental plans related to field crops area and evaluate obtained results within the framework of quality processes.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Qualitative characteristics of meadows and pstures Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
2 The methods of studying the qualitative characteristics of meadows and pastures Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
3 Quantitative characteristics of meadows and pastures Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
4 The methods to study the quantitative characteristics of meadows and pastures I: methods to study population density and plant covered area Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
5 methods to study height and weight Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
6 methods to study volume and frequency Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
7 Evaluation of the data on the quantitative characteristics of meadows and pastures Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
8 Mid-Term Exam Prepare of exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 Interpretation of data on the quantitative characteristics of meadows and pastures in pasture management and improvement Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
10 Techniques of making herbarium and an assignment will be given on this topic Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
11 Identification techniques of grass species through using herbarium specimens Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
12 Identification techniques of legume species through the using herbarium specimen Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
13 Identification techniques of species from the other families through using herbarium specimen-I Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
14 Identification techniques of some other species from the other families through using herbarium specimen-II Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
15 Synthetitical characteristics of meadow and pasture vegetations Review of recent literature and Coursebook Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
16 Term Exams Prepare of exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams Prepare of exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 5 70
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 15 15
Final Exam 1 30 30
Total Workload (Hour) 157
Total Workload / 25 (h) 6,28
ECTS 6 ECTS