Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
9900001072	SOIL SCIENCE	Compulsory	1	2	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To present soil’s role as a natural resource and to summarize information about soil forming factors and processes, classification, diagnostic properties and characteristics in a simple and general way

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Uğur ŞİMŞEK

Learning Outcomes

1	To have neccesary teoratical and applied information about Soil Science And Plant Nutrition
2	To understand ways of produce information
3	To have the information about applied methods and technices, assesment and evaluation
4	To have the information of gathering, analyzing and assesing the data
5	To determine the topics related to the field of study by using instituve and applied sciences with the help of scientific methods and technices.
6	To gain skills chosing and using the technological tools with the help of information resources required for practices.
7	To have the ability of ıdentifying and analyzing the problems and developing the suggestions. To gain the ability of effective oral and written communication.
8	To gain the skills of planning and controlling studies in the field independently, and mentoring and expertising.
9	To gain the skill of working coordinately between disciplines

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

To introduce the soil which is the main material that as agricultural engineeres of the future they will be familiar through their career

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Definition and general characteristics of soils
2	Soil parent materials
3	Factors and processes of physical weathering and chemical dispersion in soil formation
4	Soil forming factors
5	Soil classification
6	Soil texture; definition, determination and textural classes
7	Soil structure; definition and characterization
8	Mid-term exam
9	Soil color and temperature
10	Soil water
11	Colloidal properties of soils and cation Exchange capacity
12	Soil reaction (pH) and buffering capacity
13	Plant nutrients and fertility
14	Soil organisms and organic matter
15	Final exam
16

Recommended or Required Reading

Toprak Biliminin Esasları, Ergene A ,Atatürk Üni. Ziraat Fak. Yayın No:289 Erzurum, 1987. Toprak Bilgisi, O.Aydemir, M.Akgül, M.Y.Canbolat, A.A.Işıldar, S.D.Ü. Zir.Fak.Yay. 10, Isparta, 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Self Study	14	5	70
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	15	15
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	20	20
Homework	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8
LO1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
LO2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
LO3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3
LO4	1	2	3	1	4	2	3	2
LO5	4	2	3	4	2	3	3	2
LO6	4	2	3	3	2	2	3	2
LO7	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
LO8	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
LO9	2	3	2	4	3	4	2	3

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High