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| ORM7411 | Colloidal Matters in Soil | 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. Bülent TURGUT | | Co-Lecturer | Asist. Prof. Dr. Murat YILMAZ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim is to introduce, understand and learn colloidal matters in soil |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Students will be introduced soil colloidal matters | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 1, 4 | | PO - 2 : | Students will be able to learn what type of colloidal matters there are (organic and inorganic colloids) | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 1, 4 | | PO - 3 : | Students will be learn something about clay and organic matters and the importance of them | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 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 | | |
| Properties of soil colloidal material. Clay minerals. Formation of clay minerals. Aluminium and iron oxides. Soil organic matter. Humus. Formation of humus. Importance of humus and clay in soil fertility. Cation-exchange capacity. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to soil colloidal matters | | | Week 2 | Introduction to clay minerals | | | Week 3 | Types of clay minerals | | | Week 4 | Formation of clay minerals | | | Week 5 | Transformation of clay minerals | | | Week 6 | Iron (Fe) and aluminium (Al) oxides | | | Week 7 | Soil organic matters | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Definition of humus and its properties | | | Week 10 | Formation of humus | | | Week 11 | Classification of humus | | | Week 12 | Student Presentation. Transformation of humus | | | Week 13 | The matters composing humus (humic substances and nonhumic substances) | | | Week 14 | Accumulating of humus in soil, its breakup and amount | | | Week 15 | Importance of humus and clay for soil and plants, What is cation exchange and cation exchange capacity? Importance of cation exchange capacity | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Türüdü, Ö.A., 2004, Toprak Bilgisi, K.T.Ü. Meslek Yüksek Okulları Serisi, Gen. Yay. No: 104, MYO Yay. No.: 1, Trabzon. | | | 2 | Hızalan, E., 1968, Toprak Organik Maddeleri ve Humus, Erzurum Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fak. Yay., Atatürk Üniversitesi Yayınları 61. Ziraat Fakültesi Yardımcı Ders Kitapları Serisi No 1, Erzurum. | | | |
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 09/11/2010 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | 08/12/2010 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/01/2011 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 2 | 30 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Ödev | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 2 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 193.5 |
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