Information Of Programmes

AVANOS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS / ORT 206 - ORGANIC FARMING

Code: ORT 206

Course Title: ORNAMENTAL CROPS AND ORGANIC LANDSCAPING

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 2

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

Short Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

Department

ORGANIC FARMING

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

EMEL KAÇAR (emelkacar@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

ATA ESKİN,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to give basic information about ornamental plants and production.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Can tell the importance of ornamental plant breeding.	PO-	Examination
LO-2	Can obtain seeds from ornamental plants.	PO-	Examination
LO-3	Can take vegetative material from ornamental plants.	PO-	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Planning of open and closed area nursery businesses, Seed technology, Production of seedlings with generative material in open and closed areas, Production of seedlings with open and closed areas with vegetative material.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Introduction (Importance of ornamental plant cultivation)	lecture, quession and answer
2	Open space nursery enterprises (site selection and organization)	lecture, quession and answer
3	Closed area nursery establishments (location selection and establishment)	lecture, quession and answer
4	Ornamental plant production techniques (seed technology, seed collection, seed storage, germination barriers)	lecture, quession and answer
5	Open space nursery business in the sexual generation	lecture, quession and answer
6	Open space nursery business in the sexual generation	lecture, quession and answer
7	Open space nursery business in the sexual generation	lecture, quession and answer
8	mid-term exam
9	Production and confusion in indoor nursery enterprises with sexual spores	lecture, quession and answer
10	Production of asexual seedlings	lecture, quession and answer
11	Production of asexual seedlings	lecture, quession and answer
12	Production of asexual seedlings	lecture, quession and answer
13	Production of grafted seedlings	lecture, quession and answer
14	Production of grafted seedlings	lecture, quession and answer
15	Evaluation of nursery products	lecture, quession and answer
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Korkut, A. 2002. Peyzaj Mimarlığı, 3. Baskı. Hasad Yayıncılık, İstanbul
2	Gülnar Onay, Organik Bahçe Rehberi, İnkılap Kitabevi.
Required Course instruments and materials
Korkut, A. 2002. Peyzaj Mimarl???, 3. Bask?. Hasad Yay?nc?l?k, ?stanbul, projector, laptop, herbal seeds, flower pots, sowing-planting materials.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading	2	5	10
b) Search in internet/Library	2	5	10
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	2	4	8
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	2	4	8
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			66