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| ORM7412 | Soil Physics | 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. Ömer KARA | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To enable students to understand the physical structure, properties and process in Soil |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | summarize the mechanical properties of the soil and its water, heat and air content. | 1,3,6,11 | 1, 4 | | PO - 2 : | Students will be able to understand that physical components of the soil are important considerations for construction (soil at the site), water supply and distribution (storage of precipitation and ground water), environmental protection (filtering) as well as in other spheres that take place on the soil interface. | 1,3,6,11 | 1, 4 | | PO - 3 : | evaluate soil according to the physical properties, processes and the structure of the soi | 1,3,6,11 | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Soil physical composition and its texturel parts, Clay minerals and its structures, Soil structure and consistance, soil water and soil-water relations, soil air, soil temperature, soil color, soil organic matter, Soil function as a filter, Soil as a plant growing medium |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Concept of soil physics and research subject | | | Week 2 | Soil texture, soil physical composition | | | Week 3 | Clay as an active sol fraction | | | Week 4 | Soil structure and consistance | | | Week 5 | Soil water | | | Week 6 | Relationship of Soil-Water | | | Week 7 | Soil air | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Soil tempereture | | | Week 10 | Soil color | | | Week 11 | Organic matter of soil | | | Week 12 | Student Presentation | | | Week 13 | Permeability of soil | | | Week 14 | Rehabilitation of soil and its physical properties | | | Week 15 | General repeat | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Çepel, N., 1985, Toprak Fiziği, İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Yayınları, İ.Ü. Yayın No: 3313, O.F. Yayın No: 374, İstanbul | | | |
| 1 | Jury, W.A., Horton, R. 2004. Soil Phsics. Wiley Publication, 384 p. ISBN: 978-0-471-05965-3. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 15/11/2021 | 1,5 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | 16/12/2021 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 18/01/2022 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 2 | 20 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Ödev | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 2 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 197 |
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