COURSE SYLLABUS

PASTURE GRASS AND FEED PLANTS

1	Course Title:	PASTURE GRASS AND FEED PLANTS
2	Course Code:	ORGZ104
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Mehmet Öz
16	Course Lecturers:	Meslek Yüksek Okulu Yönetim Kurullarının görevlendirdiği öğretim elemanları.
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	esenyigit@uludag.edu.tr 0224 613 3102 Uludağ Üniversitesi Mustafakemalpaşa Meslek Yüksekokulu
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The main aim of this course is to introduce the forage plant species and their growing techniques to the students, and to give informations about meadow-range and their managements. Meanwhile, it is the goal of this course to inform students that meadows, ranges and forages growing in field agriculture are the chief resources of roughages in animal feeding.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To have comprehensive knowledge about Meadows and Pastures

Learning Outcomes:

1	That may know the forage plant species important for Turkey.;
2	That may identify the morphological characteristics of main legume forage plants.;
3	To identify the main forage grasses by their morphological characters.;
4	That may propose the forage plants for differant parts of Turkey considiring climatic and edaphic characters.;
5	To transform the growing techniques of forage plants appropriate fort he region to growers.;
6	That may recognize the differences between meadows and ranges.;
7	That may transfer the informations of range management to animal growers.;
8	That may propose the informations about meadow-range improvements to animal growers.;
9	That may explain the usage of meadow-range lands to users.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Identification of forage plants, importance of forage plants	Legumes Forage crops
2	Classification of forage plants	Legumes Forage crops
3	Sowing and the matters to be observed	Legumes Forage crops
4	Sowing of forage plants with nurse plants and the sowing forage plants in mixtures	Buğdaygil yem bitkileri
5	Care affairs of forage plants	Buğdaygil yem bitkileri
6	Alfalfa and common vetch cultivation	Buğdaygil yem bitkileri
7	Corn and sorghum cultivation	Examples of meadow pastures and livestock from different villages
8	General repeat+Midterm exam week	Examples of meadow pastures and livestock from different villages
9	Range management	Examples of meadow pastures and livestock from different villages
10	Principles of range maangement	Examples of meadow pastures and livestock from different villages
11	Uniform grazing, and grazing with animal appropriate to forage type	Examples of meadow pastures and livestock from different villages
12	Meadow-range improvements	Examples of meadow pastures and livestock from different villages
13	Plant succession (Primer succession)	Examples of meadow pastures and livestock from different villages
14	Seconder plant succession	Examples of meadow pastures and livestock from different villages

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Açıkgöz, E. 2001. Yem bitkileri. III: baskı, VİPAŞ Yay. No: 182, 584 s. 2. Gökkuş, A., Koç, A. 2001. Mera ve Çayır Yönetimi. Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Yayınları No: 228, 329 s.
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	Measurement and evaluation is carried out according to the principles of Bursa Uludağ University Associate and Undergraduate Education Regulation.
Information	Results are determined with the letter grade determined by the student automation system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High