1	Course Title:	AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY
2	Course Code:	EBYZ227
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. AHMET TURHAN
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:	To teach students gaining knowledge about basic ecological factors and how to use them to increase agricultural products
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Understand ecological events and evaluate them in agricultural processes

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To learn in general the description of ecology and content; 2 To get familiar with environmental factors and their effects; 3 To gain knowledge about the effects of light, temperature in order to increase agricultural production; 4 To get ideas about the effects of water, atmosphere and soil in order to increase agricultural production; 5 To get knowledge about biotic factors and their effects on agricultural production; 6 To learn about competition and fire and their effects on agricultural production; 7 To learn production and life cycles in ecosystem; 8 To learn about environmental pollution and its effects on agricultural production;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The goal is to teach the description of ecology and the content
2	Environmental factors in general
3	Light and its effect in agriculture
4	Temperature and its effect in agriculture
5	Water and its effect in agriculture
6	Atmosphere and its effect in agriculture
7	Soil and its effect in agriculture
8	Repeating courses and midterm exam
9	Biotic factors and their effects in agriculture
10	Competition and its effect in agriculture
11	Fire and its effect in agriculture
12	Ecosystem and its effect in agriculture-1
13	Ecosystem and its effect in agriculture-2
14	Environmental pollution and its effects on agricultural production

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Sencar, Ö., Gökmen, S. 2004. Traımsal Ekoloji. Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Yayınları, Tokat. Şişli, N. 1999. Ekoloji. Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Gazi Kitapevi, Ankara. Gotelli, NJ. 1995. A Primer of Ecology. Sinauer Associates. Inc. Massachusetts, USA. Akman, Y. ve ark. 2004. Bitki Ekolojisi. Palme Yayıncılık.
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.

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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	2	2
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	12	12
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			90
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 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 0 0 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 LO6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 LO7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 LO8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High