Code: | CAGR1001 | Acronym: | CAGR1001 | Level: | 100 |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Agrarian Sciences |
Active? | Yes |
Web Page: | https://www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/mccunha/ |
Responsible unit: | Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Landscape Architecture |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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L:AP | 28 | Official Study Plan | 2 | - | 6 | 49 | 162 |
The main course's objectives are:
- To develop the technical and scientific vocabulary used in agriculture, agroforestry activities and agronomy practices.
- To apply an integrated view of agriculture and its multifunctionality
- To support the integration of the general crop practices with the physical, ecological, social and economic constraints in the agricultural exploitation and the nature of activities (planta and animal production, involving the rational combination of available resources in different production systems.
- To understand that agriculture and forestry systems, due to the value they generate, the space they occupy, the labour they require, and their implicit tradition, perform diverse functions with significant impact on the use of natural resources, landscape construction, and society. Therefore, the design of agricultural and agroforestry systems should be based on ecologically sustainable and socially responsible processes while also being economically efficient.
After attending the course, students should:
- Acquire an integrated view of agriculture and agroforestry systems
- Know the relevance of agriculture and forestry on the: economy, environment and landscape building.
- systematize the knowledge of the basic disciplines to fundament sustainable agronomic practices.
- Support the integration of the general crop practices with the physical, ecological, social and economic constraints in different production systems (e.g. Organic farming, integrated production).
- Be able to integrate a multidisciplinary team to study complex problems at the agricultural system level
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Historical perspective, Organization of agriculture, and agronomic crop classification.
Structural, economic, and social indicators of agriculture.
Agricultural production environment: socio-economic, edaphic, and climatic.
Main agronomic techniques*.
Monitoring crop growth and development.
Agriculture systems and agroforestry systems*.
Seminars on current topics related to the Curriculum Unit.
*(Topic with continuity in Agriculture II).
**The detailed syllabus of the Course Unit can be accessed on the MOODLE platform. The chronological order of teaching the topics is subject to climatic conditions and the growth cycle of the crops.
Lectures: presentation and discussion of the themes.
Practical classes:
1) Fieldwork to allow students first contact with plants, agricultural practices and crop systems. Some of these works consist of the installation and monitoring of the growth and development of diverse cultures
2) Case studies and exercises. Use of computers for i) simulations of decision-making at the level of the culture system. ii) consulting specialized databases.
3) Part of the agricultural machinery lessons are taught in cooperative farms (in agreement with the FCUP).
4) Field trips are planned.
designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 64,00 |
Trabalho de campo | 19,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 17,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
designation | Time (hours) |
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Elaboração de projeto | 10,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 49,00 |
Trabalho de campo | 10,00 |
Estudo autónomo | 93,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
- Attendance in at least 75% of the scheduled (FCUP rules:https://sigarra.up.pt/up/LEGISLACAO_GERAL.ver_legislacao?p_nr=4025)
- Delivery and acceptance of practical assignments (Tn) within the deadline.
- The students with practical work approval in previous years will be admitted to the final exam, without having to carry out the practical work again.
- Students exempt from fulfilling attendance requirements (special class attendance regime) are not exempt from submitting the practical assignments outlined in the Course Unit.
Course evaluation is based in 3 components:
1 - Written exam (WE) covering all the taught programmatic contents.
2 - Practical work (TP1, TP2 and TP3) (see dossier UC)
3-Continuous assessment (CA) (see dossier UC)
The final grade (CF) is calculated by the algorithm:
CF = (EEx64 + TP1x12 + TP2x12 + TP3x9 + ACx3)/100
To pass the course the CF> = 10 and a minimum score of 8 points in all components. In the case of some of the tests provided does not hold its value in percentage assigned in CF will be added to the written examination (WE).
In the resource examination ('exame de recurso') it is not possible to carry out partial evaluations of the WE component.
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The evaluation of students under the special assessment regime focuses on the written exam (WE) and practical assignments (Pn). Students who are under this regime must submit the PAs one week before the scheduled date for the WE.
Improving the classification can be done only on the component WE