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ORM5640Plant-Soil-Water Relations Inforestry3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
Lecturer--
Co-LecturerAsist. Prof. Dr. Murat YILMAZ
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To enable students to understand the relationships among plant-soil-water.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : It is learned importance and using areas of water. Students will be able to learn the characteristics of water1,7,8,111, 4
PO - 2 : learn the relations between the retaining of water in soil and soil water movement1,2,3,4,8,9,10,111, 4
PO - 3 : and evaluate water economy and some processes related to water (interception, evaporation, transpiration, runoff, etc.)3,4,6,101, 4
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), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Water be found in world and improtance, structure of water and physicoshmic features, being held or caught at water in the soil and relationship of soil moisture, hold capacity energy of soil and soil features, underground water and kinds of soil waters, to appear of soil hold capacity methods, water movement in the soil, water balance, relationship soil water-plant.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Availability of water in nature and its importance
 Week 2Structure and physicochemical properties of water
 Week 3Water retention in soil
 Week 4Soil water energy relations
 Week 5The relationships between soil properties and water retention energy
 Week 6Types of underground water and soil water
 Week 7Water types according to water retention energy and accmulating style in soil
 Week 8Mid-term exam
 Week 9Soil water estimation methods
 Week 10Water movement in soil
 Week 11Quantitative and qualitative introduction of processes providing water movement in soil
 Week 12Student presentation, Soil water types in terms of introduction of water economy and for the benefit of plants
 Week 13Water economy
 Week 14Basic approaches regarding estimation of water ecomony
 Week 15Hydrological data or processes constituting of outcomes of water economy, The importance and the evaluation of Soil water - Plant relations in terms of forestry
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Çepel, N., 1993, Bitki-Toprak-Su İlişkileri, İ.Ü. Film ve Basım Merkezi, İ.Ü. yay.no. 3794, enst. yay. no. 5, İstanbul
 
Recommended Reading
1Çepel, N., 1996. Orman Topraklarının Karakteristikleri,Toprak İlmi (Toprakların Oluşumu, Özellikleri ve Ekolojik Bakımdan Değerlendirilmesi), İ.Ü. Yayınları Yayın No: 3995, O.F. Yayın No: 438, İ.Ü. Basımevi ve Film Merkezi, İstanbul.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 09/11/2017 1,5 30
Presentation 12 21/12/2017 1 20
End-of-term exam 15 11/01/2018 1,5 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 7 14 98
Arasınav için hazırlık 12 2 24
Arasınav 1.5 1 1.5
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 15 2 30
Dönem sonu sınavı 1.5 1 1.5
Total work load197