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| ORM3022 | Forest Tending | 2+1+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Fahrettin ATAR | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. İbrahim TURNA | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To provide the students with a general and technical knowledge of tending and tending types, to help them use their knowledge to understand tending workings in some main tree species and mixed forests.
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | summarize general and technical knowledge of tending and tending methods | 2,3,4,5 | | | LO - 2 : | compare application of different types of tending methods | 2,3,4,5 | | | LO - 3 : | evaluate tending according to the ecological factors and silvicultural characteristics of tree species
| 2,3,4,5 | | | LO - 4 : | prepare plans of tending 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 | | |
| tending in high forests (care of regeneration, density tending, thinning methods, lighten, substrate, pruning) , tending principles in coppice and coppice stored forest |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction of Forest Tending, Aim and Task | | | Week 2 | Care of regeneration, aim, principles and methods; density tending, aim, principles and methods, cutting techniques | | | Week 3 | Introduction of thinning, aim, importance, tree and trunk classes | | | Week 4 | Thinning types, selective thinning, low thinning and high thinning, Future tree thinning and systematic thinning | | | Week 5 | Effects of thinning | | | Week 6 | Cutting techniques of thinning | | | Week 7 | Planning of thinning | | | Week 8 | Thinning in even-aged pure and mixed stands | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Thinning in uneven-aged pure and mixed stands | | | Week 11 | Tending in selective structured forests | | | Week 12 | lighten, substrate, pruning | | | Week 13 | Homework assessment | | | Week 14 | Tending principles in coppice and coppice stored forests | | | Week 15 | Planning tending | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Saatçioğlu, F., 1971, Orman Bakımı, İÜ Orman Fakültesi, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Odabaşı, T., Çalışkan, A., Bozkuş, H.F., 2004, Orman Bakımı, İÜ Orman Fakültesi, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Genç, M., 2007, Orman Bakımı, SDÜ Orman Fakültesi, Isparta. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 19/04/2024 | 60 dk | 40 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 15 | 30/05/2024 | | 10 | | Quiz | 13 | | | | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 11/06/2024 | 60 dk | 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 | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 0 | 6 | 0 | | Arasınav | 1 | 7 | 7 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 92 |
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