Yozgat Bozok University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
OT228	CONSERVATION AND MARKETING OF ORGANIC CROPS	Elective	2	4	3

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Objective of this course by examining the historical development of techniques for housing, preservation of the organic products of developmental processes that are important to describe pre-harvest, preservation and conservation important during the pre-disclosure of the respiratory activity of the products my skin, my skin, and defects that occur after the loss, pre-cooling and maintaining the shapes of the products Discussion of student housing with the transportation of the products in different ways

Name of Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Aysun ŞEHİT

Learning Outcomes

1	To learns information about housing and the marketing of products
2	To receives information about harvest time and technique
3	To learns the ripening ıssues
4	To learn issues packing House Operations, Packaging.
5	To learn the methods of storage.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Products (fruits, vegetables, grapes, strawberries, Saplings, Seed) Guarding and various biological and technical considerations for the preparation of the market, Harvest Time, Harvest Technique, searing, ripening, Packing House Operations, Packaging, Storage Methods, cooling, ventilation, fümikasyon, Occurring after the harvest the products of physical, chemical and physiological changes, post-harvest diseases, transportation of products

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Preservation and marketing of products
2	Harvesting time and technique
3	Ripening
4	Packing House Operations, Packaging
5	Storage Methods
6	Storage Methods
7	Cooling, ventilation, fumigation
8	Midterm Exam
9	Physical, Chemical and Physiological Changes Affecting Postharvest Products
10	Post-harvest diseases
11	Water loss and deterioration after harvest in crops
12	Transportation of products, storage of goods, transportation of prizes and marketing economy.
13	Conservation and marketing of other organic products (animal products)
14	Promotional activities of organic products, advertisement, demand creation, informing activities for consumers.
15	Final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Lecturer notes 1. Marketing of Organic Products, Mehmet Marangoz, 2. Conservation and Marketing of Garden Products, İsmail Karaçalı

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Seminar	1	2	2
Self Study	14	1	14
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	7	2	14
Individual Study for Final Examination	7	2	14
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14
LO1	2				3			4		3
LO2	2				3			4		3
LO3	2				3			4		3
LO4	2				3			4		3
LO5	2				3			4		3

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High