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| ORM3009 | Mapping of Forest Site | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Bülent TURGUT | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To enable students to understand what forest site means and how to make a forest site map |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Know the concepts of forest site and habitat mapping | 1,4,5 | | | LO - 2 : | Know the methods used in mapping forest sites | 1,4,5 | | | LO - 3 : | can map the characteristics of the forest sites | 1,4,5 | | | LO - 4 : | Can classify forest sites | 1,4,5 | | | 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 | | |
| Concept of forest site, Forest site factors, General information of site and soil mapping, used criters in forest site mapping, forest site mapping methods, Classification of ecological soil series. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Concept of forest site and ecological system, Factors of forest site | | | Week 2 | The world as an ecological system, The impact of past eents on ecological systems | | | Week 3 | Classification of regional ecological units in Turkey | | | Week 4 | Basic classification of ecosystems | | | Week 5 | Classification of land ecosystems in Turkey | | | Week 6 | Principles of forest site classification | | | Week 7 | Collection of forest site information, field stedy method | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Regional and local classification of forest site | | | Week 10 | Classification of forest site units | | | Week 11 | Classification of forest site unit groups, classification of ecological soil series | | | Week 12 | Calculation of water capacities of ecological soil series, features used in the separation of ecological soil series | | | Week 13 | Classification of forest site units and describing of forest site units | | | Week 14 | Mapping of ecological soil series and forest site units | | | Week 15 | Mapping of ecological soil series and forest site units | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kantarcı, M.D., 2005. Orman Ekosistemleri Bilgisi, İ.Ü. YayınNo: 4594, O.F. Yayın No: 488, İstanbul | | | |
| 1 | Kantarcı, M.D., 2005.Türkiye'nin Yetişme Ortamı Bölgesel Sınıflandırması ve Birimlerdeki Orman Varlığı İle Devamlılığının önemi, İ.Ü. YayınNo: 4558, O.F. Yayın No: 484, İstanbul | | | 2 | Çepel, N., 1995. Orman Ekolojisi, İ. Ü. Yayınları, Üniversite Yayın No: 3886, Sosyal B.M.Y.O.Yayın No: 433, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 10/11/2019 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 08/01/2020 | 1,5 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 75 |
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