| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | TBBB-116 | SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR TOPRAK YÖNETİMİ | Elective | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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| 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 |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Daytime Class |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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| Course Contents |
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| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 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 | | |
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| 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)
• Soil Management for Sustainability 1991. R.Lal&F.J. Pierce
• Guidelines for Soil Quality Assessment in Conservation Planning USDA-SCS |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| 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) | |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Quiz | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Attending Lectures | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Homework | 2 | 30 | 60 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | LO5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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