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
TBBG-111	SOIL MANAGEMENT	Elective	1	1	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To provide information about technical and cultural practices in order to reestablish stability in degraded soils and to achieve sustainable use of soils under different use and management practices

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Serdar SARI

Learning Outcomes

1	Evaluate sustainable soil use principles and monitoring
2	Have ability making effective soil management decisions, and plans.
3	Evaluates plant-soil management systems
4	Understand the factors and processes cause soil degradation
5	Have capacity for analyzing soil fertility and productivity relations
6	Have capability for producing alternative problem solving-solutions for different soil degradation types

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Soil management; definitions and contents
2	Principles of sustainable soil management
3	Soil fertility-soil productivity relations and interactions
4	Soil degradation; affecting factors and processes
5	Management of eroded soils
6	Soil salinity and alkalinity; formation, reclamation and management principles of sodic soils
7	Soil acidity; formation, reclamation and management principles of acidic soils
8	Mid-term exam	Mid-term exam	Mid-term exam
9	Soil crusting and compaction; formation, reclamation and management principles	Soil crusting and compaction	Soil crusting and compaction
10	Soil pollution; soil pollutants, reclamation and management principles of polluted soils
11	Leaching and removal of soil organic matter
12	Conservational soil tillage systems
13	Management of soil organic matter
14	Soil Quality and health

Recommended or Required Reading

Sürdürülebilir Toprak Verimliliği (Rüştü Karaman, Reşit Brohi, Mücella Müftüoğlu, Taşkın Öztaş, Mehmet Zengin) 2007. Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara Toprak Amenajmanı Ders Notları (Taşkın Öztaş-Draft copy) (Yardımcı Kaynak)

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		50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		50
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Quiz	5	1	5
Attending Lectures	12	3	36
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	30	30
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	60	60
Individual Study for Quiz	5	2	10
Homework	2	12	24
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			168

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5
LO5
LO6

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