Information Package / Course Catalogue
Agricultural Cooperative Management
Course Code: TE434
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

The purpose of agricultural orgranization and cooperative class is to raise awareness among students about cooperative trading system, to give necessary information in order to help them benefit from being an organization in the field of agriculture, which has social, cultural and economical dimensions, and to provide a basis for their contribution to the field in their business life.

Course Content

The definition of organization, formal and informal organizations, definition of cooperatives, basic features, history and cooperative principles, classification of agricultural cooperatives

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding problems of agriculture sector.
2.Organizational awareness development
3.Farming issues and association with awareness set reading
4.Solving problems of cooperatives in terms of agricultural sector
5.Cooperatives and farmers and the country's economy gains
6.Co-operative business solutions based on a Project
7.As the ability to use a rural development co-operatives
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Rehber, E., 2011. Kooperatifçilik, Ekin Kitapevi Yayınları, Haziran
2.Mülayim, Z.G., 2013. Kooperatifçilik, Şeçkin Yayınları, Ankara
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to the course
Week 2 - Theoretical
Organization and cooperative definition, scope, basic characteristics, history and principles of cooperative
Week 3 - Theoretical
Some of the countries and in Turkey, birth of economic cooperation and development
Week 4 - Theoretical
Cooperative principles and co-operatives from other features that separate
Week 5 - Theoretical
Cooperatives and economic systems, cooperative-state relations analysis
Week 6 - Theoretical
Co-operative bords, the task and responsibilities
Week 7 - Theoretical
Legal status of cooperatives and cooperative enterprise operations
Week 8 - Theoretical
Control, promoting financing in cooperatives
Week 9 - Theoretical
Integration and organization in cooperatives
Week 10 - Theoretical
Classification of co-operative and case studies
Week 11 - Theoretical
Main types of co-operative encountered in Turkey
Week 12 - Theoretical
Current cooperative policy applications in Turkey
Week 13 - Theoretical
New-generation cooperatives
Week 14 - Theoretical
In general, evaluation of Turkish cooperatives, problems and recommendations
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141242
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026