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| ORM7400 | Analysis and Synthesis of Sil. Sys. | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Zafer YÜCESAN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge of Silviculture systems, to enable them to define functional stand parameters, to help them use their knowledge to analyze the silvicultural systems, make some synthesis and construct hypothesis to solve the silvicultural problem. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | summarize functional stand parameters | 1,2,3,4 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | describe and compare silvicultural systems | 5,6,7,8 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | evaluate applicability principles of silvicultural treatments and construct hypothesis to solve the silvicultural problem. | 5,6,7,8 | 1 | | PO - 4 : | examine the truth of constructed hypothesis | 5,6,7,8 | 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 | | |
| Defining functional stand parameters, fixation of the silvicultural technologies suitable for the stand and analysis of the adaptation, synthesis of the different silvicultural treatments in specific forest areas and assessment of the applicability principles in practical. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Defining functional stand parameters | | | Week 2 | Silvicultural characteristics of different tree species | | | Week 3 | Lateral and horizontal distributions of the Turkish Forest Tree species | | | Week 4 | Fixation of the suitable silvicultural technologies in stands | | | Week 5 | Analysis of the adaptation of the silvicultural technologies | | | Week 6 | Silvicultural treatments in spacific forest areas | | | Week 7 | Assessment of the different treatments according to the pure stands of Turkey | | | Week 8 | Assessment about pure spruce, beech and fir stands | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Assessment about pure scots pine, crimean pine and brutian pine stands | | | Week 11 | Assessment about pure cedar and oak stands | | | Week 12 | Regeneration of mixed forests | | | Week 13 | Shelterwood and group systems | | | Week 14 | Assessment of the applicability of combined methods in Turkish forest areas | | | Week 15 | Tending treatments in Turkish Forests | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Nayland, R.D., 1996, Silviculture, Concepts and Applications, McGraw-Hill Company, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 7 | 42 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 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 | 6 | 7 | 42 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 213 |
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