| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Soil Information Systems |
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| Course Code |
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TBB-600 |
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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. AKIN OĞUZ DİNÇ
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Explains the relationship between soil making factors and soil properties
Understands the relationship between soil physical, chemical and biological properties and soil mapping .
Establishes the relationship between the soil mapping units determined during the survey and soil management and sustainability.
Determines the spatial distribution of the soil properties and its relations
Enables to perform spatial analysis of soil properties that could effect crop production and soil sustainability
Performs spatial analysis of soil properties and prepares maps using GIS that could be used by planners and researchers from other diciplines who are directly related with soil use.
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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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Analyzing the information from the detailed soil maps using GIS techniques and performing spatial analysis in order to produce spesific maps for end users from other disciplines for a better understanding of distribution of soil qualities and properties. To determine cross reference analysis of different soil properties and their spatial analysis. |
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| Course Contents |
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Soil physical, chemical, biological and morphological properties are determined through detailed soil maps and from soil survey reports and their transfer to GIS environment. Digitation of soil mapping units and creation of soil database. Spatial analysis of soil properties and determination of soil qualities which could effect its utilisation and usage. |
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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 Remote Sensing and GIS Lab. |
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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 |
Principles of detailed soil survey and mapping |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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2 |
Morphological properties of soils |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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3 |
Physical, chemical and biological properties of soils |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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4 |
İnterpretation of soil maps |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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5 |
Relationship between soil mapping units and soil series. |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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6 |
Understanding the soil mapping legend |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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7 |
Principles of GIS |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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8 |
GIS in Soil Science |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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9 |
Transfer of Soil ampping units into GIS environment |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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10 |
Creation of polygons in GIS |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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11 |
Database structures in GIS |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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12 |
Transfer of soil mapping unit properties into polygons and creation of soil database |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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13 |
Entering soil series information into database |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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14 |
Data analysis in GIS |
Pre-reading |
Lecture and discussions |
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15 |
Spatial analysis of soil data base and creation of spesific maps |
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) |
 Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri (CBS) ve Bazı Uygulamaları. Yaz Okulu Ders Notları. 2002. V.Peştemalcı. P. Tekinsoy, M. A. Çullu, M. Kandırmaz, O. Dinç, İ. Yeğengil, S. Şenol, 2002. 16-21 Eylül 2002, Şanlıurfa(In Turkish)
Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri (CBS) Teknolojisi ve Veri Analiz
Yöntemleri. 2000. A.O. Dinç, Ç.Ü. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Yayın No:FBE-2000-1.Adana
(In Turkish)
Fundementals of Spatial Information Systems1992. Robert Laurini and Derek Thompson. Academic Press.
Geographic Information. 1994. Edited by D.R Green, D. Rix and J. Cadoux-Hudson. Taylor and Francis
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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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. |
4 |
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2 |
Based on the BSc adequacy, improves in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition at specialist level |
4 |
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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. |
4 |
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5 |
Gain perfection and prepare projects in every kinds of soil, plant, fertilizer and water analyses and their interpretations |
1 |
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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 |
4 |
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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 |
1 |
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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. |
4 |
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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 |
4 |
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13 |
Is able to get access to knowledge searching literature, databases and using other sources effectively. |
5 |
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14 |
Makes a critical evaluation of information retaled to the field and conducts advanced studies independently. |
3 |
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15 |
Transfers the current developments and their own studies to people who may need them by using different tools. |
1 |
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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. |
5 |
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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. |
5 |
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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. |
5 |
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20 |
Is able to transfer the information and skills to solve a problem in the field to interdisciplinary studies. |
5 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
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