| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil Science and Plant Nutrition | ZDF 221 | Turkish | Compulsory | 3. Semester | 2 + 2 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Mode of delivery | |
| Course Coordinator | Prof. Dr. Oktay YILDIZ |
| Instructor(s) | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Murat SARGINCI (Güz) |
| Goals | Students will learn of differentiating soil, rock and minerals and their origins,soil forming factors, physical, chemical, and biological properties of mineral soils, organic matter, soil slinity and alkalinity, soil drainage and erosion. |
| Course Content | This course covers a range of topics in soil science as soil, rock, and minerals; soil forming factors; physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils; soil organic matter and decay; soil salinity and alkalinity and soil erosion and drainage. |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | Explain how the soil formed, |
| 2 | Identify soil properties and their practical importance |
| 3 | Identify importance of essential nutrients in plant nutrition |
| 4 | Analyze soil, water, and plant |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Rock and minerals | |
| 2. Week | Soil forming factors | |
| 3. Week | Weathering of rock and minerals | |
| 4. Week | Soil physical properties | |
| 5. Week | Primer and secondary clay minerals | |
| 6. Week | Chemical properties of soils | |
| 7. Week | Salinity and alkalinity of the soils | |
| 8. Week | m | |
| 9. Week | Soil biological properties | |
| 10. Week | Soil organic matter and its decay | |
| 11. Week | Plant nutrients and their nutritional importance | |
| 12. Week | Fertilizers and fertilization practices | |
| 13. Week | Soil erosion | |
| 14. Week | Soil drainage |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Skill of apply basic science and engineering knowledge and principles to Agricultural Engineering problems | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | Ability of recognize pathogens, pests, weeds and beneficial organisms frequently seen agricultural fields at microscopic and macroscopic level and able to determine level of damage/benefit together with widespread cases. | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | Having knowledge about the techniques in agricultural production process, identify the basic problems related to the process and the ability to use modern computational tools and techniques in solution of these problems | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | Skill of execute taking into account technical and scientific information defined by current proposals for solving the problems of crop protection, sustainable agriculture, the environment and human health and food safety | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | Disciplinary and interdisciplinary teamwork ability, to act independently required, have the initiative and creativity skills, ability of communicate acts express of ideas as verbally and written, clear and concise. | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | Skill of follow the current national and international problem | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | Recognize of importance of lifelong learning | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | Self-development skill following the developments in science and technology | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | Ability of awareness of professional ethics and quality systems in agriculture | ✔ | |||||
| 10 | Business ethics and responsibility | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PY3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PY9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
|---|---|
| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
|
Ders Dışı |
Preparation, After Class Study | 13 | 1 | 13 |
|
Sınavlar |
Midterm 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Final | 1 | 22 | 22 | |
| Practice | 14 | 2 | 28 | |
| Total Workload | 102 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
