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| ORML7580 | Soil Degradation | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Turgay DİNDAROĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Sezgin HACISALİHOĞLU | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Teaching the factors that cause deterioration in soil properties and providing information on the practices to be applied in order to ensure sustainable soil fertility. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | They will have information about soil fertility. | | 1,6, | | PO - 2 : | They will learn about the deteriorating factors of soil. | | 5, | | PO - 3 : | They can evaluate soil application for sustainable fertility. | | 1, | | 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 | | |
| It includes the evaluation of deteriorations in the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Consequences of soil degradation on ecosystem functions, food security, biodiversity and human health | | | Week 2 | Causes, processes and impacts of global soil degradation -l | | | Week 3 | Causes, processes and impacts of global soil degradation -ll | | | Week 4 | Processes for the improvement of degraded lands-l | | | Week 5 | Processes for the improvement of degraded lands-ll | | | Week 6 | Processes for the improvement of degraded lands-lll | | | Week 7 | Soil protection measures | | | Week 8 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 9 | Soil changes, weather conditions | | | Week 10 | Mulching, pruning | | | Week 11 | Crop rotation, green manuring, contour cultivation, strip cultivation, street cultivation | | | Week 12 | Surface roughening, windbreak, terracing, sloping agricultural land technology. | | | Week 13 | Dune stabilization | | | Week 14 | Soil pollutions | | | Week 15 | Physical, chemical and biological remediation methods of contaminated soils. | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Lal, R., Blum, W. E., Valentin, C., & Stewart, B. A. (2020). Methods for assessment of soil degradation. CRC press. | | | 2 | Osman, K. T. (2014). Soil degradation, conservation and remediation (Vol. 820). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | | 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 | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 1 | 4 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 4 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 72 |
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