| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Mechanization | TB205 | Turkish | Compulsory | 3. Semester | 2 + 2 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Mode of delivery | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Bülent PİŞKİN |
| Instructor(s) | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Bülent PİŞKİN (Güz) |
| Goals | Gaining the informmation and skills about tractors, tillage tools and equipment, and sowing, planting, fertilizing and maintenance machinery, and irrigation machinery, plant protection machinery, harvesting-threshing machines, and agricultural machinery management issues |
| Course Content | Definition of agricultural mechanization, historical development, benefits; agricultural mechanization in Turkey (agricultural structure, historical development and the level of turkey important factors that delayed the mechanization of agriculture), agricultural production mechanization of energy sources used in agriculture, agricultural tractors (general properties), agricultural tools and machinery; tillage tools and machinery, sowing, planting machines, fertilizer distribution machines, irrigation mechanization, plant protection machines, harvesting machines |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | The historical development of agricultural mechanization and teaching its benifits, and grasping level of agricultural mechanization in Turkey and in the world |
| 2 | Teaching the soil cultivation and the seedbed preparation techniques to the students |
| 3 | Teaching the technical and functional characteristics of the planting, seedling, hoeing and fertilizing machines to the student |
| 4 | Teaching the technical and functional characteristics of the harvesting-threshing machines to the students |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | The basic concepts of agricultural mechanization | Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours Interview |
| 2. Week | Soil cultivation; The definition of basic concepts, objectives and functions of soil soil cultivation | Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours Interview |
| 3. Week | Soil cultivation tools and machines; general information and classification | Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours |
| 4. Week | The basic soil cultivation tools and machines; classification, characteristics, components and tasks | Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours |
| 5. Week | The secondary soil cultivation tools and machines; classification, characteristics, components and tasks | Presentation (Preparation) Interview Class Hours |
| 6. Week | Sowing machines; technical and functional characteristics of the sowing machines, classification, components and tasks | Presentation (Preparation) Interview Class Hours |
| 7. Week | Planting machines; technical and functional characteristics of the planting machines, classification, components and tasks | Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours Interview |
| 8. Week | Midterm | |
| 9. Week | Fertilizing machines; technical and functional characteristics of the fertilizing machines, classification, components and tasks | Class Hours Interview Presentation (Preparation) |
| 10. Week | Hoeing machines; technical and functional characteristics of the hoeing machines, classification, components and tasks | Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours |
| 11. Week | Plant protection machines; technical and functional characteristics of the plant protection machines, classification, components and tasks | Class Hours Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 12. Week | Harvesting Machinery; technical and functional characteristics and tasks | Class Hours Interview Presentation (Preparation) |
| 13. Week | Threshing machines; technical and functional characteristics of the threshing machines, classification, components and tasks | Class Hours Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 14. Week | Preparation and post-harvest processing techniques | Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours Interview |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Skill of apply basic science and engineering knowledge and principles to Agricultural Engineering problems | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | He/she can conduct an independed research in a specified area related with field crops | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | He/she can develope a positive attitute to the lifelong education by knowledge and skils gained in field crops area | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | He/she can develope a positive attitute to the lifelong education by knowledge and skils gained in field crops area | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | He/she can control the data collection, evaluation and publication, keeping cultural and scientific and ethical values and can teach these values. | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | He/she can develop strategy, policy and applying plans and can discuss the results obtained in the framework of quality management periods | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | He/she can develop strategy, policy and applying plans and can discuss the results obtained in the framework of quality management periods | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
|---|---|
| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
|
Sınavlar |
Midterm 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Homework 1 | 1 | 14.5 | 14.5 | |
| Final | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| Total Workload | 76.5 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 3.0 | ||
