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Farm Management and Organization

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDY LEVEL Undergraduate
COURSE CODE ECO0003 SEMESTER 6th
COURSE TITLE Farm management and Organization
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS
Lectures and laboratory course 5 5
COURSE TYPE Specialization
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S): –
LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS) Greek
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS No (in English)
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) http://www.agro.duth.gr/undergraduate/program/ECO0006.shtml

 

  1. TEACHING OUTCOMES
Teaching outcomes
After having completed this course the student is expected to be familiar and able to comprehend:

  • techniques available to monitor, analyse and improve the financial performance of a farm business at both enterprise and whole-farm levels.
  • factors which affect the efficient use of the principal fixed farm resources – land, labour, machinery and capital.
  • practise the planning of the use of these resources in the preparation of a whole farm physical and financial plan.
  • skills of acquiring and analysing farm data, determining and presenting in written form recommended courses of action.
General capabilities
  • Independent work
  • Literature search, data analysis and synthesis
  • Development of inductive reasoning
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1. Concept, definition, organization and management of farms

2. Purpose and content of the organization and management of farms,

3. Planning the organization and management of farms

4. Organizing and managing applications for farms

5. Control of the organization and management of farms

6. Decision-making,

7. Methods of planning and reorganization of holdings,

8. Agricultural product pricing (concepts, definitions)

9. Agricultural product costing methods

10. Costing techniques),

11. Applications

12. Applications

13. Applicationσ

 

  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
DELIVERING METHOD In classroom
IT USE Powerpoint,

videos e-class
TEACHING ORGANIZATION Activity Semester workload

 
Lectures 39
Laboratory courses 15
Written assignement 15
Independent study 56
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

  

125
STUDENT ASSESSMENT

 

 Written exams at the end of the semester both on theoretical and practical courses.

 

 

  1. PROPOSED LITERATURE
·       Μαρτίκα Βαρκιτζή, Το management στον αγροτικό χώρο, Εκδ. Γράφημα, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2006.

·       Παπαναγιώτου, “Οικονομική Παραγωγής γεωργικών Προϊόντων, Εκδ. Γράφημα, Θεσ/κη, 2005.

 

 

Agricultural Accounting and Valuation

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL ACTICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE CODE ECO0006 SEMESTER 8th (orientation-compulsory), 6th (elective)
COURSE TITLE Agricultural Accounting and Valuation
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
Lectures and Laboratory Exercises / Practice Exercises 4 5
COURSE TYPE SCIENTIFIC AREA / DIRECTION
PREREQUISITES:

 

 –
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: NO
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01247/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
 

The aim of the course is to equip students with the basic concepts of agricultural accounting and valuation and in particular in valuating balance sheets, analysis and interpretation of agricultural accounts, accounting monitoring of agricultural production and farms, accounting methodologies and assessment of the value of farms.

 

At the end of the course students will be able to:

 

· Know / understand basic concepts of agricultural accounting and valuation
· Apply the basic principles of evaluation – assessment farms
· They have understood and appreciated the importance of accounting monitoring of agricultural production and farms
· Combine their knowledge and examine sectors of agricultural production
· Analyze / interpret agricultural accounts
· Form / analyze balance – sheets

 

 
General Skills
 

· Decision making
· Work in interdisciplinary environment
· Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
· Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
· Working in an international environment
· Production of new research ideas
· Exercise criticism and self – criticism
  1. COURSE CONTENT
   Week      Thematic Unit of Lectures

 

1. Basic concepts and definitions
2. Methods of accounting in agriculture
3. Balance sheets
4. Analysis and interpretation of agricultural accounts
5. Accounting monitoring of farms
6. Accounting monitoring of agricultural production sectors
7. Economic mathematics in agricultural accounting and valuation
8. Expenditures and revenues
9. Expenditures and revenues
10. Annuities
11. Agricultural property valuation methodologies
12. Estimation of the value of farms
13. Estimation of financial results using technical – economic indicators

 

 

Week       Thematic Lab Unit

 

1. Basic concepts and definitions
2. Accounting methods in agriculture
3. Balance sheets
4. Analysis and interpretation of agricultural accounts
5. Accounting monitoring of farms
6. Accounting monitoring of agricultural production sectors
7. expenditures and revenues
8. Annuities
9. Agricultural property valuation methodologies
10. Estimation of the value of agricultural holdings
11. Estimation of financial results using technical – economic indicators
12. Case studies
13. Case studies

 

 

 

  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 In classroom
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Support of the teaching procedure using e-class platform, e-Media, power point presentations
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Semester workload
Lectures 65
Literature analysis and in classroom presentation 10
Laboratory courses 15
Team projects in case studies 15
Independent study 20
Total

(25 workload hours per ECTS credit)

 125

 

 
Student Evaluation Written exams at the end of the semester (in Greek)

Individual or team project

Students having ascertained dyslexia problems are examined with oral methods.

Students have access to their essay at any time

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
– Suggested bibliography :

1. Filios V. 2007. Economic accounting of agricultural and livestock holdings and agri-business associations (is. A’).  Suchroni editions. Athens.

2. Kitsopanidis G. 2007. Agricultural accounting and estimation. Ziti editions. Thessaloniki.

 

– Related scientific journals:

Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

Department: Agricultural Development
Course: Agricultural Accounting and Valuation
Course code: ECO0006
Teacher: Garyfallos Arabatzis
Contact details: garamp@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) –
Semester: 8th
Study level: (2) Undergraduate
Exams: (3) Written assignment and oral examination with distance learning methods (Microsoft Teams)
Exam implementation instructions: (4) The examinations will be carried out according to the examination program that will be announced by the secretariat of the Department.

The total core of examinations include a) a 20% written assignment and b) 80% oral examination using Microsoft Teams.

The oral examination in the course will be carried out in groups of 5 people (30 minutes per group) according to the order in which the Number of Student Record of the participants appear in the attached list (examination program).

The link of the Microsoft Teams meeting will be sent to students via e-class, exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance teaching.

Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account, otherwise they will not be able to participate. They will also participate in the examination with a camera which they will have opened during the examination. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity card to the camera, so that they can be identified.

Each student should answer in 4 questions. Each of the questions is scored with 2.0 credits.

 

Natural Resources & Environmental Economics

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
COURSE CODE ECO0019 SEMESTER 9th
COURSE TITLE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
Lectures and exercises  (3+2) 5
 
 
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Specialization
PREREQUISITES:

 

 –
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: Yes (in English)
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/GEO111/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
Upon the completion of the course the students should be able to;

To introduce students to the principles of environmental economics

To outline principles of environmental valuation techniques

To provide details concerning the implementation of environmental valuation techniques, using case studies.

To present to students detailed case studies about the assessment of natural resource management programs, using case studies

To recognize and present to students relationships and interactions between agriculture and the environment as well as linkages to environmental and farm policy.
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
  • Knowledge in Public Economics

·        Knowledge on Environmental Problems
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.       The Economy and the Environment (Interlinkages)

2.       Environmental Problems (Definition, Description, Taxonomy)

3.       Economists perception on the environmental issues

4.       Public and Private goods (Definitions and Attributes)

5.       Efficiency in the use of the environmental goods (Static and Dynamic)

6.       Assessment Methods of Environmental Goods

7.       Application of economic theory and analysis of the use of natural resources.

8.       Inventory, classification, evaluation and planning to use natural resources at national and regional levels.

9.       Cost – benefit analysis of alternative uses of natural resources and for integration objectives of economic and social terms.

10.    Determinants of demand and supply in natural resources

11.   Renewable and nonrenewable natural resources

12.    Economic Development and the Environment

13.    International Environmental Agreements
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face, Distance Learning with Microsoft Teams Platform
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 §  Power point

§  e-class

§  Communication via email and eclass platform
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Activity Semester workload

 
Lectures 39
Exercises 26
Individual study 60
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

  

125
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

 

Written exams at the end of the semester both on theory and exercises

OptionalProject and Presentation

Optional Mid term test
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
§  T. Tietenberg, L. Lewis, 2017.  Environmental and Natural Resources Economics 9th Edition. ISBN-13: 978-0131392571

§  Economics of Natural Resources and the environment Chalkos G. (in Greek) Eudoxous code 77112080

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Eleni Zafeiriou
Contact details: ezafeir@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) Yes
Evaluation methods: (2) Written Exam /Optional Mid term test/Optional assignment with presentation
Implementation Instructions: (3) The subjects of the exams will be provided through a file that will be uploaded in the field ‘projects’ for a specific time period according to the program of exams.

The answers by the students will be provided by the students through multimedia files.

Each exercise will be graded while the exam contribution will be 100%,

The exam is simultaneous for all the students

The participation in the exams can be done with the use of their institutional account.

Agricultural and food marketing

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
COURSE CODE ECO0007 SEMESTER 7th, 9th
COURSE TITLE Agricultural and food marketing
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
Lectures and Laboratory Exercises / Practice Exercises 5 5
 
 
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific area, skill development
PREREQUISITES:

 

 –
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: –
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01222/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The aim of the course if to provide students with knowledge of the basic concepts of agro-food marketing. In particular, upon the completion of the course, students should be able to:

(a) Apprehend the principles of marketing and obtain skills that will allow them to succeed in different marketing environments.

(b) Understand the structure of agro-food product markets and marketing channels.

(c) Comprehend new consumption patterns and emerging trends.

d) Comprehend the consumer behavior models and the buying behavior models.

(e) Conceptualize the principles of global agro-food marketing environment.

(f)  Analyze strategic planning and marketing process.

 

 
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
·         Introduction to agricultural and food marketing – Analysis of agricultural and food markets.

·         Agricultural production and marketing. Agricultural and food markets and marketing channels.

·         Corporate and division strategic planning – Strategic formulation – Strategic control – Efficiency control – SWOT analysis.

·         Portfolio analysis. Growth strategies. Marketing process.

·         Marketing strategies for ensuring the competitive advantage. Marketing mix development.

·         The global market of agricultural products and foods. Dealing with competition in agricultural and food markets. Global marketing – Developing a strategic marketing plan in the global market.

·         Product characteristics and classification. Brand equity – Brand name decision – Brand strategy decision – Brand repositioning.

·         Differentiation – Differentiation tools.

·         Product positioning – Positioning strategies.

·         Product life cycle marketing strategies. Developing new products.

·         Levels of market segmentation – Segmenting consumers and business markets. Consumer behavior. Buying behavior.

.         Promotion tools (Sales promotion – Advertising and advertising programs-digital marketing).

·         Case studies for agro-food products.

 
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 In classroom (face to face)
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 e-class platform, e-media use, power point presentations
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 39
Practice exercises 26
Team or individual projects in the classroom 20
Individual study 40
Course total 125
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

 

Written exams at the end of the semester

Individual or team projects

Students having ascertained dyslexia problems are examined with oral methods

Students have access to their essay at any time

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Norwood B.F., Lusk J.L. Marketing and Prices of Agricultural Products. Editors: Mattas, K., Rezitis A., Tsakiridou E. Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, 2012.

Armstrong G., Kotler P. Introduction to Marketing. Epikentro Publications, 2009.

Aurier P., Siriex L. Marketing of Agro-food Products. Propobos Publications, 2010.

Fahy J., Jobber D.  Marketing Principles. Kritiki Publications, 2014.

Pantouvakis A., Siomkos G., Christou E. Marketing, Livani Publications, 2015.

Dimitriadis S., Tzortzaki A.M. Marketing: Principles – Strategies – Applications. Rosili Publications, 2010.

Σιώμκος Γ., Βασιλειάδης Χ.Α., Γιοβάνης Α.Ν., Καμενίδου Ε.Χ., Καραγιάννη Δ.Α., Μάμαλης Σ.Α., Μπουτσούκη Χ.Ν., Σαλαμούρα Μ.Α., Φωτιάδης Θ.Α. Μάρκετινγκ: Από τις βασικές αρχές στις σύγχρονες προκλήσεις. ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΚΛΕΙΔΑΡΙΘΜΟΣ ΕΠΕ, 2024.

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

Teacher (full name): Elena Raptou
Contact details: elenra@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods: (2) Written examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.

 
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examinations will be carried out according to the examination program that will be announced by the secretariat of the Department

The examination in the course will be written and carried out using e-class.

First, students will have to join Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business in order to be identified. The link of the Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business meeting will be sent to students via e-class, exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance teaching. Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account; otherwise they will not be able to participate. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity card to the camera, so that they can be identified

Then, students will join e-class for their examination. Students will have to answer 20 questions (True of False). Each of the questions is scored with 0.5 credits.

 

 

  • Please write YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

 

  1. a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
  2. b) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the distance learning platforms to be used, the technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the hyperlinks for the examination, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the oral exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.
  3. c) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the written exam of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of students eligible to participate in the examination.

Field Crops (Cereals, Legumes, Forages)

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
COURSE CODE AGRON1010 SEMESTER 7
COURSE TITLE Cereals-Legumes-Forages
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
  4 5
     
     
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.    
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Orientation
PREREQUISITES:

 

 –
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: NO (in English)
COURSE URL: http://www.agro.duth.gr/undergraduate/program/ AGRON0008.shtml
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

 

·         • understand specific technical concepts related to the cultivation of cereals, legumes and forage plants

 

·         • understand specialized problems that arise during the growth and development of the above plants and their solution with the best techniques
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
·         Autonomous work

·         Search, analysis, and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

·         Promotion of inductive thinking
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.       Importance of cereals, legumes and forage plants

2.       Morphological characteristics of cereals

3.       Physiological characteristics of cereals

4.       Basic principles of grain fertilization

5.       Wheat – cultivation practice, products

6.       Barley – cultivation practice, products

7.       Rye, oats, triticale – cultivation practice, products

8.       Maize – propagation, botanical classification, species

9.       Maize – cultivation practice, products

10.   Rice – propagation, botanical classification, species

11.   – Rice – cultivation practice, products

12.   -Field pea, faba bean – cultivation practice, products

13.   Alfalfa – cultivation practice, products
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Lectures in the classroom
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		  
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 39
Laboratory exercises in groups in the Lab. of Agronomy and in the University Farm 26
Independent Study 60
Total course

(25 hours of workload per credit unit)

 125
  125
   
   
   
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

The evaluation of students is carried out as follows:

• Language of assessment: Greek

• Written evaluation in the theoretical part at the end of the semester
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Selected textbooks in the Eudoxus system

 

Τασοπούλου-Παπακώστα, Δ. 2003. «Ειδική Γεωργία – ΣΙΤΗΡΑ & ΨΥΧΑΝΘΗ», Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ, Θεσσαλονίκη

 

Additional bibliographic resources will be available to students during the course

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Christos Damalas
Contact details: cdamalas@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) YES
Evaluation methods: (2)
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examination in the course will take place through the e-class and Skype for Business platform

 

Students should connect to the e-class with the use of their institutional account and go to the course page (it is a prerequisite to have registered for the course) https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01252/ and to the section “EXERCISES”, where they will be given the exam form which they will fill in electronically.

At the same time, students should log in to Skype for Business, following the link posted in the announcements of the course on the e-class platform

 

Each student will have to answer 25 multiple-choice questions, each of the questions being scored 0.4 and there will be a negative score for the wrong answers (not for the blank ones) equal to the correct answer

 

The duration of the examinations will be 25 minutes

 

Beneficiaries of participation in examinations

On the page of the course in the e-class and in the section “DOCUMENTS” before the examination period, a list will be posted with the AEM of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination. This list will be updated by the day of the beginning of the examination period

 

In order for the student to participate in the examinations, he/she must have read and accepted the terms of his/her participation in the examination process. This can be done through the page https://students.duth.gr and from the menu “Service”, by going to the option “Participation in the next exam period”. In addition, he/she must have registered for the course on the e-class page

 

  • Please write YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

 

  1. a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
  2. b) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the distance learning platforms to be used, the technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the hyperlinks for the examination, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the oral exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.
  3. c) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the written exam of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of students eligible to participate in the examination.