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ORM5080Amelioration of Degraded Forests3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterSpring 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
LecturerDoç. Dr. Ercan OKTAN
Co-LecturerProf. Dr. Zeki YAHYAOĞLU
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge of productive and degraded forest areas, to enable them to define stand structures, to help them use their knowledge to analyze the silvicultural systems for transforming degraded forests into productive areas.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : summarize degraded and productive forests3,8,101,3
PO - 2 : describe and compare necessary silvicultural systems1,2,3,91,3,5
PO - 3 : prepare silvicultural plans for transforming degraded forests into productive areas.1,3,8,91,5,6
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
General information about productive and unproductive forest composed by main and secondary forest species in Turkey. Stand structure of productive (fruitful) and unproductive forest. The techniques of conversion from unproductive to productive forest. The tree breeding of unproductive selection forest.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1General informations and definitions, Distributions of productive and unproductive forests in Turkiye
 Week 2Regional distributions of productive and unproductive forest formed by primary and secondary species
 Week 3Regional distributions of productive and unproductive forest formed by primary and secondary species
 Week 4Evolutions and stand structure of productive and unproductive forests
 Week 5Evolutions and stand structure of productive and unproductive forests
 Week 6Evolutions and stand structure of productive and unproductive forests
 Week 7Conversion techniques of unproductive forests to productive forests
 Week 8Conversion techniques of unproductive forests to productive forests
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Conversion techniques of unproductive forests to productive forests
 Week 11Ameliorations of degraded selective forests
 Week 12Fundamentals of project preparation related with unproductive forest ameliorations
 Week 13Prosecution and control of semester studies
 Week 14Fundamentals of project preparation related with unproductive forest ameliorations
 Week 15Fundamentals of project preparation related with unproductive forest improvements
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Odabaşı, T., 1976. Türkiye'de baltalık ve korulubaltalık ormanları ve bunların koruya dönüştürülmesi olanakları üzerine araştırmalar. İ.Ü. Orman fakültesi yayınları, No 2079/218, İstanbul.
 
Recommended Reading
1Saatçioğlu, F., 1979. Silvikültür tekniği (Silvikültür II). İ.Ü. Orman fakültesi yayınları, No 2490/268, İstanbul.
2Saatçioğlu, F., 1971. Orman bakımı. İ.Ü. Orman fakültesi yayınları, No 1636/160, İstanbul.
3Odabaşı, T.; Çalışkan, A.; Bozkuş, H.,F.,2004. Orman bakımı.İ.Ü. Orman fakültesi yayınları, No 4458/474, İstanbul.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 22/11/2021 1 30
Project 13 20/12/2021 2 20
End-of-term exam 16 10/01/2022 2 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 4 14 56
Laboratuar çalışması 0 0 0
Arasınav için hazırlık 5 2 10
Arasınav 2 1 2
Uygulama 0 0 0
Klinik Uygulama 0 0 0
Ödev 6 3 18
Proje 9 7 63
Kısa sınav 1 1 1
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 10 2 20
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Diğer 1 0 0 0
Diğer 2 0 0 0
Total work load214