Course |
Computer Applications in Animal Production (95461) (1 credit hour) |
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Instructor |
Ahmad Ismail Zaazaa |
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Contact information |
Room 1160 , Khadoory Campus Tel. : 2675893 Email : ahmadzaza @najah.edu
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Semester and academic year |
First semester 2011/2012 |
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Compulsory / Elective |
Compulsory course |
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Prerequisites |
10100 |
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Course Contents (description) |
The course will focus on computer applications in several areas of animal production including ration formulation, animal breeding and management of animal records and statistical analysis of data related to animal science as well as searching electronic resources to find literature and applications related to animal science. |
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Course Objectives |
This course is designed to provide the students with training in the use of software and electronic resources in the field of animal production. |
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Intended Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course students should be able to: 1. Use computer to search literature in animal production. 2. Perform some Excel applications on animal production data. 3. Do basic statistical analysis using SPSS. 4. Use available ration formulation software.
5. Manage animal records and calculate inbreeding coefficients |
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Textbook and References |
None |
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Evaluation of students
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Activity |
Percent (%) |
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Midterm Exam |
30 |
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Reports and assignments |
20 |
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Final Exam |
50 |
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Week |
Subject |
1 |
Overview of syllabus and description of course work |
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Searching literature using online resources |
3 |
Excel applications |
4 |
Excel applications |
5 |
SPSS applications |
6 |
SPSS applications |
7 |
Handling animal records |
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Handling animal records |
9 |
Ration formulation |
10 |
Midterm Exam (13/11/2011) |
11 |
Ration formulation |
12 |
Ration formulation |
13 |
Estimation of breeding values |
14 |
Estimation of breeding values |
15 |
Review |
16 |
FINAL EXAM |