Information Package / Course Catalogue
Agriculture and Decision Techniques
Course Code: TE384
Course Type: Area 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

To introduce multi-criteria decision-making methods and to gain the ability to apply them in the field of agriculture.

Course Content

Fundamentals of decision, decision making in risk environment, decision process in agricultural enterprises

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Gökhan ÇINAR
Learning Outcomes
1.Explain the decision processes
2.To be able to interpret the causality of events in agricultural economics
3.To be able to model various decision making methods in the agricultural sector.
4.Can model the Decision Problem
5.Can make decisions in an environment of risk and uncertainty
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Yıldırım, F. ve Önder, E. 2021. Çok Kriterli Karar Verme Yöntemleri. Dora Yayıncılık, 338s.
2.Richard H. Thaler, Sunstein R. 2018. Nudge, 336s
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts of decision and decision making
Week 2 - Theoretical
Elements of the decision problem
Week 3 - Theoretical
Decision making process in agricultural enterprises
Week 4 - Theoretical
Types of decision making in agricultural enterprises
Week 5 - Theoretical
Intuitive Decision Making
Week 6 - Theoretical
Intuitive Decision Making
Week 7 - Theoretical
Scientific Decision Making
Week 8 - Theoretical
Qualitative Techniques in Decision Making
Week 9 - Theoretical
Qualitative Techniques in Decision Making
Week 10 - Theoretical
Modeling the Decision Problem
Week 11 - Theoretical
Decision environments in agricultural enterprises
Week 12 - Theoretical
Decision Tree
Week 13 - Theoretical
AHP technique
Week 14 - Theoretical
Application of AHP technique in agriculture
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
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OÇ-1
4
3
3
5
1
4
5
1
1
3
OÇ-2
4
3
3
3
5
1
4
5
2
3
OÇ-3
4
3
3
5
5
1
4
1
2
3
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4
3
3
5
5
1
4
1
2
3
OÇ-5
4
3
3
5
1
4
5
1
1
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026