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| ORM2027 | Soil Science | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ömer KARA | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ömer KARA | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To give students the basic knowledge about soils. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Students will learn factors that are effective on soil formation such as parent rocks, relief, climate, biota, time | 3,5,11 | | | LO - 2 : | Students will be able to learn general soil structure | 3,5,11 | | | LO - 3 : | Students will be able to learn physical and chemical properties of soil | 3,5,11 | | | LO - 4 : | Students will be able to learn and evaluate soil fertility, major soil properties that are effective on soil fertility, soil melioration possibilities and evaluation of these factors interms of forestry practices. | 3,5,11 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to soil scince, soil parent material, weathering, factors effective in soil formation, soil profile, classification, physical properties of soils, nutrients, soil colloids and their reactions, soil water, organic matter, erosion. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Aim and subject of soil science, Concept of soil and its description | | | Week 2 | Forest soils, Agriculture soils, Landscape soils, Soil structure | | | Week 3 | Soil formation, factors affacting soil formation, Bedrocks and parent materials of soil | | | Week 4 | Elements and minerals in bedrocks, elements forming soil minerals, oxides, silicates, İgneous-metamorphic-sedimentry rocks | | | Week 5 | Soil horizons and soil profile | | | Week 6 | Soil forming processes | | | Week 7 | Major Component of soils, clay minerals in soil and their formation, | | | Week 8 | Soil organisms and soil organic matter, conditions and activities of soil organisms and their effects on soil. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Decomposition of soil organic matter, humification, humus types, importance of soil organic matter, soil properties | | | Week 11 | soil physical properties, inner elements of soil structure and factors affecting these properties | | | Week 12 | Soil texture, Consistency, porosity, particle density, bulk density and permeability of soils | | | Week 13 | Soil water types, soil water movements, Soil humidity | | | Week 14 | Chemical properties of soil, ion adsorption of soils, Cation exchange of soil, soil reaction (pH) | | | Week 15 | Soil taxonomy, Soil types and Major soil types of Turkey | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Çepel, N., 1996, Toprak İlmi. İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Yayınları, İ.Ü. Yayın No: 3945, O.F. Yayın No:438, İSTANBUL | | | 2 | Brady, N.C. 1990. The Nature and Properties of Soils. 10th ed. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York. | | | 3 | Kantarcı, M. D.,2000, Toprak İlmi. İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Yayınları, İ.Ü. Yayın No: 4261, O.F. Yayın No:462, İSTANBUL | | | 4 | Türüdü, Ö.,A., 2004, Toprak Bilgisi. KTÜ Rektörlüğü Meslek Yüksekokulları Serisi, Genel Yayın No: 104, M.Y.O. Yayın No: 1, TRABZON | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 15/11/2019 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/01/2020 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 129 |
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