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| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil Science and Plant Nutrition | PEM108 | Turkish | Compulsory | 2. Semester | 2 + 2 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Mode of delivery | In class lectures enriched with weekly assignment, term papers, lab. practices and field trips. |
| Course Coordinator | Doç. Dr. Murat SARGINCI |
| Instructor(s) | Doç. Dr. Murat SARGINCI (Bahar) |
| Goals | The main objective of this course is to teach students the physical and chemical properties of soils as a plant growing medium, classify the soil type and how to improve and sustain the productivity of a site |
| Course Content | Reasoning, knowledge: Students will gain knowledge about soil type, physical and chemical properties of soils, soil reactions, organic matter and soil water Students will gain ability to define the soil in an ecosystem in terms of plant growing medium. How to tilt soil and improve the site productivity Providing protect and sustainable productivity of soil as an ecosystem’s least renewable resource To evaluate the changes in soil in response to different disturbance regimes such as harvesting, plantation, fire etc. Sensation, attitude(affective): To predict and evaluate the results of management practices in forest sites To give management decisions to ensure sustainable site productivity Perform, skill (psychomotor): |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | Students will gain knowledge about soil type, physical and chemical properties of soils, soil reactions, organic matter and soil water Students will gain ability to define the soil in an ecosystem in terms of plant growing medium. How to tilt soil and improve the site productivity Providing protect and sustainable productivity of soil as an ecosystem’s least renewable resource To evaluate the changes in soil in response to different disturbance regimes such as harvesting, plantation, fire etc. |
| 2 | To protect the productivity of soils, which are the least renewable resource in the ecosystem, and to ensure the sustainability of their productivity. |
| 3 | To predict and evaluate the results of management practices in forest sites To give management decisions to ensure sustainable site productivity |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Introduction to soil science, soil forming factors, soil genesis, basic concepts / Readings and discussions, slide shows about different soil types, forest, agriculture, meadow soils | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 2. Week | Rocks, rock types and their soil forming potentials / Lab demos of common rock types. | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 3. Week | Minerals and their classifications, macro-, and micro nutrients. Plant nutrient contents of common minerals / Lab demos of common mineral types. | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 4. Week | Weathering, physical breakdown and chemical weathering. Residual and transported materials and their classifications / Slide shows and field trip about weathering and transported materials | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 5. Week | Important soil forming processes (melinization, podzolization, calsification etc.). Soil profile and horizons / Soil profile, horizon designation and soil sampling from a soil profile (field) | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 6. Week | Soil texture and structure / Lab demo for soil physical analysis. | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 7. Week | Physical properties of soils ideal soil type and its moisture, pore, mineral, organic and atmospheric contents / Soil drying, weighing, problem solving about bulk density and porosity | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 8. Week | general evaluation | |
| 9. Week | Soil water, field capacity, wilting point, water potentials, drainage, infiltration, percolation / Problem solving related to saturation, volumetric water contents. Slide shows about, Field trip | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 10. Week | Soil compaction, porosity, capillary movement, aeration / Problem solving related to compaction. Field trip | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 11. Week | Chemical properties of soil , pH, availability of soil nutrients. Amelioration of asidic and basic soils. Cation exchange capacity, salinity / pH and salinity measurement in lab and problem solving related to CEC, conversions of units | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 12. Week | Soil colloids, classification of soil colloids and water and nutrient retention potentials of soil colloids / Reading and discussion. | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 13. Week | Soil organic matter, structure and component of organic matters, decomposition, Affects of organic matter on soil and environment / Slide shows and lab demos related to soil organic matters and its use | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| 14. Week | Soil types of different geographical regions of Turkey and their potentials for plant growth / Reading, discussions and slide shows. | Interview, Presentation (Preparation), Fieldwork, Practice |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Knowledge: Within the framework of environmental and social sustainability principles (considering the public interest and value), to have the knowledge and understanding to gain and reflect up-to-date information that will carry out planning, design, management activities and research, | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | Knowledge: To have knowledge in planning and design approaches regarding sustainable resource management, healthy living and access to food, resilience, climate change management, rural / urban development and use of technology, | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | Knowledge: To have knowledge about universal, corporate and professional ethical values related to the field, | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | Knowledge: To have knowledge of national and international norms, conventions, professional principles, laws, regulations and standards related to the field, | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | Skill: The ability to use the necessary tools for the holistic perception, planning, design and creation of management models of processes within the landscape in the context of spatial / temporal scale, in the effects, pressures and changes faced by the inhabited geography, | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | Skill: The ability to develop alternative constructions and solutions in accordance with field-specific theories and methods in planning and design processes, | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | Skill: The ability to take responsibility in an interdisciplinary / transdisciplinary team, to set goals in a collaborative and inclusive manner, to plan tasks and to work in a participatory manner, | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | Skill: The ability to discuss individual views on field-specific issues and to improve oneself | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | Competence: Competence to act with the awareness of lifelong learning and research by internalizing sustainable, innovative and entrepreneurial approaches, | ✔ | |||||
| 10 | Competence: Competence of foreign language skills at a level to communicate and follow the developments in the field, | ✔ | |||||
| 11 | Competence: Competence to make decisions with a fair and participatory consciousness, with respect to environmental rights, social and cultural rights, showing the necessary sensitivity in the protection of natural environment and cultural heritage, based on universal principles in the field of profession, | ✔ | |||||
| 12 | Competence: Competence to prepare, implement, manage and monitor projects about the field, taking into account of knowledge in Landscape Architecture theory and methodology, open green space planning, green and blue infrastructure, management, protection and interpretation of cultural landscapes and landscape management, | ✔ | |||||
| 13 | Competence: Competence to produce projects in interdisciplinary collaborations in landscape planning, design and materials with the experience of tree nursery, application and office internship by integrating knowledge on the management of landscapes of different scales, planning and design of infrastructure projects, material and construction techniques with information technologies in the field, | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PY5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY8 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY9 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY11 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY12 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY13 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
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| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| Bahar Dönemi | |||
| Responsible Personnel | Grup | Evaluation Method | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doç. Dr. Murat SARGINCI | Vize | 40.00 | |
| Doç. Dr. Murat SARGINCI | Devam | 10.00 | |
| Doç. Dr. Murat SARGINCI | Final | 50.00 | |
| Toplam | 100.00 | ||
| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 1 | 56 | 56 |
|
Ders Dışı |
Preparation, After Class Study | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Research | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| Other Activities | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
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Sınavlar |
Midterm | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Homework | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| Homework Preparation | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Final | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total Workload | 102 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
