Information Package / Course Catalogue
Rural Development
Course Code: TE430
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

At the end of this course, the students will learn the basic concepts and approaches of rural development and acquire the skills to analyse rural development studies and projects and they will become as experienced as to be able to work in the rural development studies that are going to be conducted in the following years and that are being conducted.

Course Content

Purposes and instruments of rural development studies and the methods applied. Potential determination and inventory studies in rural development. Techniques of problem analysis, determination of priorities, risk analysis and solution approaches in rural development studies

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Göksel ARMAĞAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Learning the basic characteristics of rural development policies and their practices
2.To acquire an analytical perspective that can produce solutions to rural problems
3.To be able to evaluate and interpret the rural development studies and approaches in Turkey
4.To develop their skills of project development for rural development and determination of solution strategies
5.Gain the ability to analytically project policy tools and agricultural development relations
Recommended or Required Reading
1.BRYDEN J., HART, K.,2006, A New Aprpoach to Sustanible Rural Development in Europe, The Edwin Melen Pres.
2.Muzaffer Bakırcı Türkiye’de kırsal kalkınma, 2007, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık,416s.
3.Kristof Van Assche, Anna-Katharina Hornige, 2015, Rural Development, Wageningen Academic Publishers.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts of rural development
Week 2 - Theoretical
Determination of fields of study and work in rural development issues
Week 3 - Theoretical
Purposes and instruments of rural development studies and the methods applied
Week 4 - Theoretical
Key features of the rural development policy and practice
Week 5 - Theoretical
Techniques of problem analysis and solution approaches in rural development
Week 6 - Theoretical
Changes experienced in rural development policies in the world
Week 7 - Theoretical
Rural development policies and changes in policies in the EU
Week 8 - Practice
Changes in the field of rural development in the European Union member countries, examination of
Week 9 - Theoretical
Differences in rural development policies of Turkey within European Union
Week 10 - Theoretical
Rural development projects that were implemented and are being implemented in Turkey
Week 11 - Theoretical
Policies of rural development in Turkey, their applications and discussion of the results
Week 12 - Theoretical
Basic concepts in project development
Week 13 - Theoretical
Potential determination and inventory studies in rural development
Week 14 - Theoretical
Project development for rural development
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141242
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)106
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes