Course unit title Level of course unit Course unit code Type of course unit Semester of course unit Local credit ECTS credit Syllabus
FORAGE AND MEADOW PLANT Second cycle GZM 210 4 2.00 2.00 Print
   
Description of course unit
Prerequisites and course requisities
Language of instruction Turkish
Coordinator Professor Yunus SERİN
Lecturer(s) Professor Yunus SERİN
Teaching assitant(s) Teaching assitant Hamdi ÖZAKTAN
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course objective This course can contribute to understand role of grazinglands and meadows with respect to animal production and sustainable use of natural resources
Course description Explain the importance of natural resources and the role of natural rangelands with respect to animal production and ecosystem processes.. Explain physiological processes in range plant growth and development, response of plant to grazing, plant and animal interaction and range readiness. Clarify principles of sustainable use of grazinglands and meadows

Course contents
1 Teorical: Defination range management and explain function of grazinglands in ecosystem Practice: Principles of range management and development of vegetation
2 Teorical: Defination of grazingland types and World and Country grazing land resource Practice: Explain range plant and plant cover properties
3 Toerical: Range plant physiology Practice: Vegetation sampling
4 Teorical: Growth and develpoment of range plants and plant-animal interactions Practice: Analaysis of range survey data
5 Teorical: Rangeland ecology Practice: Defination of range sites
6 Teorical: Grazing capacity and grazing management Practice: Range condition determination I
7 Teorical: Grazing season and critical periods Practice: Range condition determination II
8 Teorical: Uniform grazing pracites Practice: Determination range production
9 Teorical: principles of animal selection for rangeland types Practice: Calculation of grazing capacity I
10 Teorical: Grazing systems Practice: Calculation of grazing capacity II
11 Planning grazing equipment Practice- Introduction to gange equipment
12 Range readiness Practice-
13 Teorical. General principles of meadow management Practice: Introduction to weed in range vegetation II
14 Harvestig, drying and stocking of hay Practice- Practice proficieny exam
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
1 A student taken this course can learn the role of rangeland for animal production
2 can learn basic knowledge about the importance of the basic source of fodder crops for extensive animal husbandry
3 can understand capable of planning an effective and economic use of rangelands for grazing management
4 can find solutions to the problems of the basic improving rangeland
5 can learn rangeland vegetation formation
6 can understand enough knowledge about produced in the evaluation and sustainable use of the fodder
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load
  Quantity Time (hour) Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching) 14 3 42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class) 1 4 4
Homework 0 0 0
Presentation / seminar 0 0 0
Quiz 0 0 0
Preparation for midterm exams 0 0 0
Midterm exams 1 2 2
Project (term paper) 0 0 0
Laboratuar 0 0 0
Field study 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final exam 1 2 2
Research 0 0 0
Total work load     60
ECTS     2.00

Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation during semester Quantity Percentage
Midterm exam 1 40
Quiz 0 0
Homework 0 0
Semester total   40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success   40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success   60
General total   100

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