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| PEML7261 | Agricultural Landscapes | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nilgün GÜNEROĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | It covers the evaluation of agricultural areas within the framework of ecological continuity and sustainability, landscape characterization of agricultural areas and the importance of the contributions of urban agricultural landscapes to urban ecology. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | They will learn the types of uses of agricultural landscapes and associate these uses with tourism. | 3 | | | PO - 2 : | They will understand the importance of using plants with agricultural value in urban green areas. | 3 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The importance of agricultural lands, their development, the use of agricultural lands for different purposes, urban-rural interaction and ecological continuity, the aesthetic value of agricultural landscapes, agricultural landscape planning, the effects of agricultural landscapes on landscape character, agriculture-culture interaction, Turkey's important agricultural landscape assets, urban agricultural landscapes. , permaculture and edible gardens |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | History of agriculture and agricultural activates | | | Week 2 | The importance of agricultural lands | | | Week 3 | Suitable site selection for agriculture practices | | | Week 4 | Usage of agricultural lands for different purposes | | | Week 5 | Agricultural landscapes | | | Week 6 | Important agricultural landscapes of the world | | | Week 7 | Rehabilitation of agricultural landscapes | | | Week 8 | Agricultural landscape character assessment | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | The impact of agricultural landscape on landscape character | | | Week 11 | Fragmentation of agricultural landscapes | | | Week 12 | Agricultural landscape planning | | | Week 13 | Agriculture and socio cultural interactions | | | Week 14 | Planting design in agricultural landscapes | | | Week 15 | Sustainable ecological agriculture | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Collinge, S. K., 2009. Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. | | | |
| 1 | Forman, R. T. T. ve Godron, M., 1986. Landscape Ecology, Jhon Wiley & Sons, Canada | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 10/04/2018 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 30/04/2018 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 29/06/2018 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 73 |
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