Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Technics for Measuring Grasslands and Practical Studies TB545 2 + 2 3.0 8.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
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Goals To teach the analytical and synthetic characteristics of plant communities existing in grasslands, sampling methods, measuring techniques for qualitative and quantitative characteristics of vegetations, .to gain the ability to use the grazing capacity and related traits of grasslands for the improvement studies.
Course Content
Learning Outcomes - 1. To comprehend the value of grassland management and development for the future of Turkey
- 2. To accomplish the skill to conduct projects aiming to measure and search the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of grasslands with modern techniques and to solve the problems.
- 3. To reach the capability of advising governmental bodies and private sector about the measuring and testing grassland vegetations
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Importance, content and introduction Field Work Visual Presentation Practice Verbal Expression Other Activities Research Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
2. Week The significance of grassland measurements and detection in terms of a sustainable environment in Turkey Other Activities Field Work Research Practice Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study
3. Week Analytical characteristics of grassland vegetations Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Research Practice Visual Presentation Course Hours Field Work Verbal Expression
4. Week Synthetic characteristics of grassland vegetation Course Hours Research Field Work Other Activities Practice Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study
5. Week Sampling methods used in grasslands for measurements and detections Practice Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Field Work
6. Week Qualitative characteristics of grassland vegetation Field Work Practice Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
7. Week Quantitative characteristics of grassland vegetation, Height, weight, volume and frequency traits of grassland vegetations Field Work Practice Preparation, After Class Study Research Course Hours Verbal Expression Other Activities Visual Presentation
8. Week Midterm
9. Week Presence and continuity, fidelity, dominance and physiognomy traits of grassland vegetations Course Hours Research Other Activities Field Work Verbal Expression Practice Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study
10. Week Techniques used in detecting yield in meadows and grazing capacity in pastures and basic principals Verbal Expression Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Field Work Visual Presentation Practice
11. Week Basic principals of Grassland status technique and application Preparation, After Class Study Research Field Work Practice Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Other Activities Course Hours
12. Week Grazing capacity measurement in natural grasslands Other Activities Field Work Practice Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression Research Preparation, After Class Study
13. Week Grazing capacity measurement in artificial grasslands Other Activities Practice Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Research Field Work
14. Week Collecting individual crops of grassland vegetations and Herbarium preparing techniques Field Work Practice Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Research Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities
Recommended Sources
1. Avcıoğlu, R. Çayır-mera Bitki Topluluklarının Özellikleri ve İncelenmesi, II. Basım, E.Ü.Z.F. Yardımcı Ders Kitabı, No: 466, 245 s. Bornova-İzmir. 2. Methods of measuring vegeation. Brown.D.,Commonwealth Agric. Bureau, England, 1965. 3.Tosun, F., 1964. Çayır-mera Bitkilerinin Herbaryum için Toplanması. A.Ü.Z.F., Zirai Araştırma Enst., Teknik Bülten No:1 Erzurum.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 Measurement Method
PY1 4 4 4 4 -
PY2 4 4 4 4 -
PY3 4 4 4 4 -
PY4 4 4 4 4 -
PY5 2 2 2 2 -
PY6 3 3 3 3 -
PY7 3 3 3 3 -
PY8 4 4 4 4 -
PY9 3 3 3 3 -
PY10 5 5 5 5 -
PY11 3 3 3 3 -
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 3 14 42
Preparation, After Class Study 3 14 42
Research 2 14 28
Other Activities 2 11 22
Practice 14 2 28
Verbal Expression 14 1 14
Midterm 1 1 14 14
Final 1 14 14
Total Workload 204
ECTS Credit of the Course 8.0