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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Procedures and Methods of Soil Survey |
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| Course Code |
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TBB-590 |
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| Course Type |
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Optional |
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| Level of Course |
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Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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1 |
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| Course Semester |
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Spring (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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6 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. SUAT ŞENOL
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Selects the cartographic material used in soil surveys, interprets the results.
Describes soil series in the field
Prepares soil mapping legend.
Draws soil boundaries in the field, and describe soil characteristics.
Prepares soil survey reports.
Creates a soil data bank.
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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 purpose is to equip the students with certain skills to make soil survey and the procedures used throughout the process. |
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| Course Contents |
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Data used in soil surveys, kind of mapping units, procedures of soil survey, cartographic materials used in soil survey and interpretation, mapping of a selected area and writing soil survey reports. |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Classroom, lab, and field excursion |
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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 |
Examples of soil survey works |
None |
Lecture |
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2 |
Soil systematics |
Literature review |
Lecture |
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3 |
Stages of soil survey |
Literature review |
Lecture |
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4 |
Preliminary preparations of a soil survey |
Selection of an area for the practice |
Lecture and practice |
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5 |
1. Office work stage |
Search for available cartographic materials for the selected area |
Lecture and practice |
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6 |
Properties of the cartographic materials |
Search for available cartographic materials for the selected area |
Lecture and practice |
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7 |
Preparation and interpretation of the cartographic materials |
Collection of available soil data for the selected area |
Lecture and practice |
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8 |
Drafts of soil map preparation |
Interpretation of the soil data for the selected area |
Practice |
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9 |
Description of the soil series and sampling (1st field work stage) |
Supplying field equipments |
Field excursion |
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10 |
Description of the soil series and sampling |
None |
Field excursion |
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11 |
Preparation of the soil mapping legend
(2nd office work stage) |
Preparation of the field data for the legend |
Lecture and practice |
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12 |
Mapping soil series and phaesess
(2nd field work stage) |
Checking of the draft soil map |
Field excursion |
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13 |
Completing the final soil map and preparation of soil data bank. |
Completing soil map prepared in the field |
Practice |
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14 |
Preparation and the content of the soil survey reports |
Examining various soil survey reports |
Practice |
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15 |
Mid-term exam |
General Revision |
Written exam |
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16/17 |
Final exam |
General Revision |
Written exam |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Soil Survey Division Staff, 1993. Soil Survey Manual. United State Department of Agriculture, Handbook No. 18, USDA, Washington DC.
Dinç, U., Şenol, S., 1998. Toprak Etüd ve Haritalama. (Soil Survey) Ç. Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Genel Yayın No. 161, Ders Kitapları Yayın No: A-50, 2. Baskı, Ç. Ü. Z. F. Ofset Atölyesi, Adana (In Turkish)
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| Required Course Material(s) |
Digital satellite images, aerial photos
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
40 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
1 |
60 |
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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 |
Recognising the principles of ecological farming in terms of sustainable and ecological farming, contributes to the practical use. |
3 |
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2 |
Based on the BSc adequacy, improves in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition at specialist level |
5 |
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3 |
Understands the interactions between Soil Science and Plant Nutrition and other disciplines |
3 |
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4 |
Has abilities to develop and apply new ideas by identifying the taxonomic level of soils according to natural and technical classification systems and provides sustainable uses of soils using theoretical and applied knowledge in this branch and applies them to other engineering branches. |
5 |
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5 |
Gain perfection and prepare projects in every kinds of soil, plant, fertilizer and water analyses and their interpretations |
0 |
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6 |
Increases his/her qualification to develop new techniques and ideas for plant nutrients necessary for healthy, high quality and economical plant production and to apply these techniques and ideas in practice. |
3 |
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7 |
Applies his/her knowledge on conservation of soils, protection against each kind of misuse and pollution by recognising the relations between other disciplines. |
5 |
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8 |
To analyse soils, their components or actual processes, to plan them to accomplish the requirements of sustainable agriculture principles by adding information from other branches, plans/applies a new research project which might solve an existing project or makes judgements with existing information |
3 |
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9 |
Has skills to prepare and apply a project including other disciplines and can retrieve information to solve the problems in nutrition of plants grown in every kinds of soil or soilless growth medium |
0 |
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10 |
Creates new projects to use and to develop new technologies, methods and measuring systems in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition discipline, under the scope of scientific, economic and rational uses of agricultural areas |
4 |
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11 |
Conducts a project working effectively as an individual and as a team member to solve problems related to the discipline. |
3 |
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12 |
Identifies the possible and future problems in relation to his/her professional area and takes responsibility to solve them by developing new strategies |
1 |
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13 |
Is able to get access to knowledge searching literature, databases and using other sources effectively. |
3 |
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14 |
Makes a critical evaluation of information retaled to the field and conducts advanced studies independently. |
2 |
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15 |
Transfers the current developments and their own studies to people who may need them by using different tools. |
2 |
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16 |
Analyzes the social relations and the norms directing these relations in a critical way and takes resposibility to improve them. |
0 |
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17 |
Can communicate in English written and orally. |
0 |
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18 |
Develops strategies, policies and application plans in the field and assess the obtained results under the scope of quality processes. |
2 |
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19 |
Is sensitive about scientific and ethical values during the collection, interpretion and announcement of data related to their subject. Is also capable of teaching and checking them. |
4 |
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20 |
Is able to transfer the information and skills to solve a problem in the field to interdisciplinary studies. |
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 |
5 |
70 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
12 |
2 |
24 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
1 |
30 |
30 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Total Workload: | 144 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 5.76 |
| ECTS Credit: | 6 |
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