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| ORM3000 | Silvicultural Techniques | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Zafer YÜCESAN | | Co-Lecturer | DOCTOR LECTURER Ercan OKTAN, | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general and technical knowledge of regeneration and regeneration methods, to enable them to understand the forest management types and forms, to help them use their knowledge to understand regeneration workings in some main tree species. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | summarize general and technical knowledge of regeneration and regeneration methods | 2,3,4,5 | | | LO - 2 : | describe forest management types and forms | 2,3,4,5 | | | LO - 3 : | compare application of different types of regeneration methods | 2,3,4,5 | | | LO - 4 : | evaluate regeneration according to the ecological factors and silvicultural characteristics of tree species | 2,3,4,5 | | | LO - 5 : | to prepare plans of silvicultural techniques of the natural and exotic tree species of Turkey | 2,3,4,5 | | | 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 | | |
| Stand development and changing, natural and artificial regeneration, regeneration types, basic forms of regeneration (clearcutting, shelterwood, combined method), forest management systems, high forest systems (clearcutting, shelterwood, group, Wagner?s strip selection method, high forest-two storied, reserve system), coppice and coppice stored systems, silvicultural aims |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction | | | Week 2 | Stand development and dynamic | | | Week 3 | Regeneration (Natural and artificial regeneration, regeneration methods | | | Week 4 | Basic forms of regeneration (Clearcutting, shelterwood and combined method) | | | Week 5 | Forest management systems and forms (high forest systems) | | | Week 6 | Forest management systems and forms ((clearcutting, shelterwood, group, Wagner?s strip selection method, high forest-two storied, reserve system) | | | Week 7 | Regeneration methods in some important tree species of Turkey | | | Week 8 | PRACTICE | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Regeneration in mixed forests | | | Week 11 | Assessment of some regeration applications in some main mixed forests of Turkey | | | Week 12 | Selection method (General information, cutting tecnique) | | | Week 13 | Homework assessment | | | Week 14 | PRACTICE | | | Week 15 | Coppice forests and coppice forests managing systems | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Saatçioğlu, F. , 1971, Silvikültür II ( Silvikültürün Tekniği), İÜ Orman Fakültesi, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Odabaşı, T. , 1983, Silvikültürel Planlama, İÜ Orman Fakültesi, İstanbul | | | 2 | Genç, M., 2004, Silvikültür Tekniği, SDÜ Orman Fakültesi, Isparta. | | | 3 | Odabaşı, T., Çalışkan, A., Bozkuş, H.F., 2004, Silvikültür Tekniği, İÜ Orman Fakültesi, İstanbul | | | 4 | Ata, C., 1995, Silvikültür Tekniği, KTÜ Orman Fakültesi, Trabzon | | | 5 | Smith, D. M. , Larson, B. C. , Kelty, M. J. , Asthon, P. M. S. , 1997,The Practice of Silviculture. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 14/04/2019 | 1,30 | 35 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 05/05/2019 | 10 | 15 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 26/05/2019 | 1,30 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 10 | 30 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 7 | 7 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 6 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 7 | 7 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 122 |
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