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| PEM1005 | Soil science | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Bülent TURGUT | | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. Dr. Murat YILMAZ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to give information about the soil and the elements which compose the soil in detail. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | learn factors that are effective on soil formation such as parent rocks, relief, climate, biota, tim | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1, 4 | | LO - 2 : | learn general soil structure
a) solid part (inorganic and organic matter)
b) space part (soil air and soil water)
c) living part (soil flora and fauna
| 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1, 4 | | LO - 3 : | learn physical and chemical properties of soil
a) physical (soil depth, texture, structure, | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1, 4 | | LO - 4 : | learn and evaluate soil fertility, major soil properties that are effective on soil fertility, soil melioration possibilities and evaluation of these factors interms of landscape practices | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1, 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to soil science, basic material of soil, weathering, factors effective in soil formation, soil profile, classification, physical properties of soils, nutrients, soil colloids and their reactions, soil water, organic matter, erosion. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Aim and subject of soil science, Concept of soil and its description | | | Week 2 | Forest soils, Agriculture soils, Landscape soils, Soil structure | | | Week 3 | Soil formation, factors affacting soil formation, Bedrocks and parent materials of soil | | | Week 4 | Elements and minerals in bedrocks, elements forming soil minerals, oxides, silicates, İgneous-metamorphic-sedimentry rocks | | | Week 5 | Soil horizons | | | Week 6 | Soil forming processes | | | Week 7 | Soil structure and composition, clay minerals in soil and their transformation, | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Soil organisms and soil organic matter, condations and activities of soil organisms and their effects on soil | | | Week 10 | Decomposition of soil organic matter, humification, humus types, importance of soil organic matter, soil properties | | | Week 11 | soil physical properties, inner elements of soil structure and factors affecting these properties | | | Week 12 | Cohesiveness, prosity, specific weight, volume-weighted and permeability of soils | | | Week 13 | Soil water types, soil water movements, Soil humidity
| | | Week 14 | Quiz | | | Week 15 | Chemical properties of soil, ion adsorption of soils, Cation exchange of soil, soil reaction )pH) | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Türüdü, Ö.A. 2004; Toprak Bilgisi, KTÜ Meslek Yüksekokulları Serisi, Genel Yayın No: 104, MYO Yayın No: 1, Trabzon | | | |
| 1 | Kantarcı, M. D. 2000; Toprak İlmi, İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayın No: 4261, O.F. Yayın No: 462, İstanbul | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 12/11/2010 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 14 | 18/12/2010 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 13/01/2011 | 1 | 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 | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 107 |
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