1	Course Title:	HYDROPONICS
2	Course Code:	GBUP221
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. SERAP KIRMIZI
16	Course Lecturers:	Dr. Hüseyin Can Alpsoy
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Dr. Hüseyin Can Alpsoy hcan@uludag.edu.tr 0(224)7736069
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Fundamental information will be given on soilless agricultural practices developed in order to eliminate problems arising from soil in greenhouse cultivation and to obtain higher quality and higher yield under controlled conditions.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To have information on new techniques.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To have knowledge about past, present and future of soilless agriculture; 2 To know the definition, advantages and disadvantages of soilless agriculture; 3 To be able to learn the possibilities of soilless agriculture in greenhouses and the types of soilless agriculture; 4 Learning the preparation and calculation of nutrient solutions used in soilless agriculture;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The definition of soilless culture, history and status in the world and Turkey
2	Reasons why soilless agriculture finds wide use in greenhouse cultivation
3	Advantages and disadvantages of soilless agriculture
4	Soilless cultivation techniques and classification
5	Media used in solid medium technique and their properties
6	Preparation of greenhouse for soilless agriculture
7	Water culture methods used in soilless agriculture
8	Water culture methods used in soilless agriculture (cont.)
9	Comparison of solid culture and water culture methods
10	Definition of nutrients to be used in soilless agriculture
11	Calculation of nutrient solutions to be used in soilless agriculture
12	PH, EC, temperature and oxygen contents of nutrient solutions
13	Future of soilless agriculture
14	Video footage related to soilless agriculture

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Sevgican A., 2003. Örtü Altı Yetiştiriciliği ( Cilt II. Topraksız Tarım ). Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No: 526. Bornova
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Examination
Information

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	14	14
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			104
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 LO2 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 LO3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 LO4 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High