COURSE SYLLABUS

FARM MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

1	Course Title:	FARM MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
2	Course Code:	TEK4733
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	2
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	1
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
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. Tolga TİPİ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ttipi@uludag.edu.tr, Tel:0 (224) 2941590 U.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Tarım Ekonomisi Bölümü Görükle/Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective of this course is to enable the students to learn evaluation of farm business success and main farm planning methods.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Students can evaluate the success of an agricultural holding and make production planning.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To understand main business principles;
2	To examine structural differences of farms ;
3	To collect data for planning and farm business analysis;
4	To explain farm business success;
5	To determine cost and revenue of production branches;
6	To make decision on efficient resource use;
7	To guide rational input use and production pattern to farmers;
8	To comment relations between structural charecteristics, farm business and production pattern;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Farm management, classification and characteristics of farms	Reading and Literature searching
2	Objectives of farm analysis and collecting the data	Reading and Literature searching
3	Criteria used for farm analysis	Reading and Literature searching
4	Farm business results and measurement of success	Problem solving
5	Definition of farm planning, scope and the data used for planning	Problem solving
6	Basic concepts in farm planning and practices	Problem solving
7	Budgeting Method and planning practices	Problem solving
8	Course review and midterm exam	Solving the exam questions
9	Program planning and practices	Problem solving
10	Linear programming; basic concepts and assumptions	Problem solving
11	Linear programming; profit maximization, graphic solution, interpreting the results	Problem solving
12	Linear programming; model construction, simplex solution	Problem solving
13	Interpreting the simplex solution results, sensitivity analysis	Problem solving
14	Cost minimization Practice	Problem solving and practice exam

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Rehber, E., Tipi, T., 2005. Farm Business Management and Planning (Tarımsal İşletmecilik ve Planlama), Uludağ University, ISBN: 975-6149-06-X. (In Turkish) 2. Kay, R.D., W.M., Edwards, P.E. Duffy, 2004, Farm Management, 5th Edition, Mc Graw Com. Inc 3. Castle, E.N., M.H. Becker, A.G.Nelson, 1987, Farm Business Management, The Decision Making Process, Macmillan Pub. Company. 4. Erkuş, A., Demirci, R., 1996. Farm Business Management and Planning (Tarımsal İşletmecilik ve Planlama), Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture Publications, Publication No: 1435, Textbook No: 417, Ankara. (In Turkish) 5. İnan, İ.H., 2008. Lecture Notes on Farm Management and Planning (Tarımsal İşletme Yönetimi ve Planlanması Ders Notu), Tekirdağ. (In Turkish)
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	10
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	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	During the semester, students will be responsible project tasks. Besides, a final exam with open-ended questions will be conducted at the end of the semester.
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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