| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil Science and Plant Nutrition | ZDF205 | Turkish | Compulsory | 3. Semester | 2 + 2 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Mode of delivery | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator | Prof. Dr. Hüseyin GÜNGÖR |
| Instructor(s) | Prof. Dr. Oktay YILDIZ (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 | his 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 | Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours |
| 2. Week | Soil forming factors | Interview Class Hours Presentation (Preparation) |
| 3. Week | Weathering of rock and minerals | Class Hours Interview Presentation (Preparation) |
| 4. Week | Soil physical properties | Presentation (Preparation) Interview Class Hours |
| 5. Week | Primer and secondary clay minerals | Presentation (Preparation) Interview Class Hours |
| 6. Week | Chemical properties of soils | Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours |
| 7. Week | Salinity and alkalinity of the soils | Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours |
| 8. Week | Midterm Examination | |
| 9. Week | Soil biological properties | Interview Class Hours Presentation (Preparation) |
| 10. Week | Soil organic matter and its decay | Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours |
| 11. Week | Plant nutrients and their nutritional importance | Interview Presentation (Preparation) Class Hours |
| 12. Week | Fertilizers and fertilization practices | Class Hours Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 13. Week | Soil erosion | Class Hours Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 14. Week | Soil drainage and survey and mapping | Class Hours Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 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 | He/she can use the information in his/her area to solve problems and use his/her applying skills in interdiscipliner studies | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | He/she can conduct an independed research in a specified area related with field crops | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | He/she can develop new strategic approaches and can produce solutions taking the responsibility, to the problems unexpected or faced in the practice related with field crops | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | He/she can develope a positive attitute to the lifelong education by knowledge and skils gained in field crops area | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | He/she can control the data collection, evaluation and publication, keeping cultural and scientific and ethical values and can teach these values. | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | He/she can develop strategy, policy and applying plans and can discuss the results obtained in the framework of quality management periods | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | Self-development skill following the developments in science and technology | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | He/she can transfer his/her works and the developlmets in his/her area in a written, audial and visual way. | ✔ | |||||
| 10 | He/she can evaluate the knowledge and skills in field crops area in specified level with a criticising approach | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
|---|---|
| Diğer Kaynaklar |
|
| 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 | ||
