Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Industrial Crops II TBZ304 Turkish Compulsory 6. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 4.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator
Instructor(s)
Goals The aim of this course is to enable students to understand the general situation and the latest scientific developments regarding industrial plants, to gain information on industrial plant-industry relations, to identify plants, to gain the ability to decide which varieties can be used in the industry in which situations and for what purposes, to determine the selection criteria and to learn the cultivation techniques of plants.
Course Content
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Understands the importance of plants such as sunflower, soybean, rapeseed, sesame, potato and sugar beet in agricultural production.
2 Generates ideas and suggests solutions to problems that arise in the cultivation of industrial plants.
3 They learn about the structural characteristics of industrial plants such as sunflower, soybean, peanut, sesame, rapeseed, safflower, sugar beet and potato, and synthesize the acquired information in industrial plant production projects.
4 Derives appropriate model equations for projects aimed at developing technology by using the properties of oil and starch-sugar plants belonging to industrial plants.
5 It provides information to the producer about the required material supply, production process and economic analysis on oil crops and starch-sugar crops.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Meeting, introducing the course, sharing the course content with students Practice, Research, Preparation, After Class Study
2. Week The importance and uses of oils and vegetable oils. Fatty acids, oil-producing parts, and classification of oil plants as annual and perennial. Preparation, After Class Study, Practice, Research
3. Week An examination of global production, consumption, import, and export of oilseeds, oilseeds, and vegetable oils. The importance of soybeans as oilseeds and their cultivation. Preparation, After Class Study, Practice, Research
4. Week Economic importance of sunflower as an oil crop, agricultural demands and agricultural statistics. Practice, Research
5. Week Economic importance of camelina as an oil crop, agricultural demands and agricultural statistics. Preparation, After Class Study, Practice
6. Week Economic importance of sesame plant as an oil crop, agricultural demands and agricultural statistics. Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Practice
7. Week Economic importance of peanut plant as an oil crop, agricultural demands and agricultural statistics. Practice, Preparation, After Class Study, Research
8. Week Economic importance of safflower as an oil crop, agricultural requirements and agricultural statistics. Research, Practice, Preparation, After Class Study
9. Week Economic importance of rapeseed as an oil crop, agricultural requirements and agricultural statistics. Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Practice
10. Week Economic importance of opium and black cumin plants as oil crops, agricultural demands and agricultural statistics. Research, Practice, Preparation, After Class Study
11. Week Introduction to starch and sugar plants, their economic importance and areas of use Research, Practice, Preparation, After Class Study
12. Week Agricultural and economic importance of the potato plant, its usage areas, trade, agricultural statistics and basic problems and solutions in potato farming Preparation, After Class Study, Practice, Research
13. Week Agricultural and economic importance of sugar beet, its usage areas, trade, agricultural statistics, basic problems and solutions in sugar beet farming Research, Preparation, After Class Study, Practice
14. Week Term project presentations Research, Practice, Preparation, After Class Study
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5
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Diğer Kaynaklar
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ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 2 14 28
Ders Dışı
Homework 2 14 28
Preparation, After Class Study 1 14 14
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 14 1 14
Midterm 2 4 1 4
Final 14 1 14
Total Workload 102
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0