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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Soil Science |
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| Course Code |
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BKP209 |
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| Course Type |
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Compulsory |
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| Level of Course |
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First Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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2 |
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| Course Semester |
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Fall (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. AKIN OĞUZ DİNÇ
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Understands that soil is not a simple living media, but a dynamic entity with organic and inorganic structure.
Estimates the roles of bedrock, topography, time, climate and living organisms on soil formation and their roles on the characteristics of soils.
Understands that soils are not only have impact on the plant growth, yield and quality characteristics, but also have significant effects on obtaining safe food and human health.
Understand the variation of agricultural practices such as irrigation, fertilization and soil tillage according to soil properties.
Understands that soil filters and buffers environmental pollutants in terms of the ecological balance.
Understands that if soil losses agricultural characteristics, soil can´t gain back the production function and soil features can not be recovered to the previous level.
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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None |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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The lecture will gain practical knowledge and experience on; Soil has many functions in the ecosystem with its live, dynamic and heterogeneous structure; growth and development media for plants; decomposition of wastes, filtering the wastes, natural cycling of all macro-micro elements (C, N, S, and so on) take place in soil; determination of important soil properties which are essential for plant growth; calculations of plant available soil water; introducing some soil and plant analysis. |
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| Course Contents |
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Pedosphere, soil formation, decomposition, soil texture, clay minerals, soil organic matter, edaphone, cation exchange capacity, soil acidity, soil structure, soil water, soil temperature, soil colour, soil aeration, plant nutritions, soil formation factors. |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutritoin Lecture Halls |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
Composition and properties of soil parent material. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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2 |
Inorganic parent material, minerals and rocks. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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3 |
Weathering and decomposition of mineral portion, physical, chemical and biological weathering. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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4 |
Soil texture |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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5 |
Clay minerals. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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6 |
Soil organic matter. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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7 |
Edaphone. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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8 |
Mid-term exam. |
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9 |
Cation and anion adsorption. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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10 |
Soil Acidity. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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11 |
Coagulation and peptization. Soil structure. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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12 |
Soil water, Soil aeration. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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13 |
Soil temperature and soil colour. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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14 |
Plant nutritions in soils. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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15 |
Soil erosion. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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16/17 |
Final-Exam. |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Güzel, N., Gülüt, K.Y. 2010. Soil Formation and Properties. Çukurova University, Agriculture Faculty Press. No: 289, Textbook No: A-91,1404 pp. (in Turkish)
Brady N.C., and Weil R.R., The Nature and Properties of Soils, New Jersey, 2001.
Özbek, H., Kaya, Z., Gök, M., Kaptan, H.2007. Soil Science (translation in Turkish). Çukurova Üniversity, Agriculture Faculty Press. No:73, Textbook No: 16, A816 pp, Adana. (in Turkish)
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
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Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
80 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
2 |
20 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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1 |
Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. |
0 |
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2 |
Decide to the best and economic strategy by using knowledge to solve the challenges in plant protection and keep safe the protection of natural and sustainable sources. |
3 |
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3 |
Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them |
0 |
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4 |
Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. |
0 |
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5 |
Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. |
0 |
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6 |
Skills on using a laboratory, identifying of the diseases, pests or weeds in laboratory conditions, analyzing, determination and interpret of the results and prepare reports. |
1 |
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7 |
Acqure the competence to be respectful to the professional ethics, to understand the plant protection challenges within the legal legislations and improve strategies to cope with them |
3 |
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8 |
Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. |
1 |
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9 |
Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches |
2 |
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10 |
Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. |
2 |
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11 |
Learn the basic plant protection topics such as biology, ecology, systematic, control strategies of agents causing economical losses in cultivation |
3 |
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12 |
Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private |
3 |
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13 |
Professional development in accordance with their interests and abilities, as well as the scientific, cultural, artistic and social fields, constantly improves itself by identifying training needs |
3 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
2 |
6 |
12 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
8 |
8 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
12 |
12 |
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Total Workload: | 88 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 3.52 |
| ECTS Credit: | 4 |
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