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
TBB-23-126	MANAGEMENT OF PROBLEM SOILS	Elective	1	2	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable students to be informed about problem soils and to have a roadmap for their management when they encounter such soils in practice.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Uğur ŞİMŞEK

Learning Outcomes

1	To identify their problems
2	Understanding the require general management of problem soils
3	Understanding the require special management of problem soils
4	To ability for solving their problems

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

This course is concerned with identify problems of soils, reclaim them, and efficiently and economically utilize them.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Soil compaction; causes
2	Soil compaction: control
3	Salt-affected soils
4	Management and Reclamation of salt-affected soils
5	Management o and reclamation salt affected soils
6	Acid soils
7	Management and Reclamation of acid soils
8	Calcareous soils
9	Management of calcareous soils
10	Sandy soils
11	Physical characteristics of sandy soils
12	Management of the sandy soil
13	soil degradation in general
14	Desertification

Recommended or Required Reading

Toprak Biliminin Esasları, Ergene A ,Atatürk Üni. Ziraat Fak. Yayın No:289 Erzurum, 1987. Balba, A.M., 1995. Management of Problem Soils in Arid Ecosystems,CRC, Lewis Publishers Academic resarch papers on subject

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	50
Quiz	1	30
Question-Answer	1	20
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

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Quiz	1	4	4
Attending Lectures	1	42	42
Discussion	1	20	20
Question-Answer	1	15	15
Self Study	1	50	50
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	15	15
Individual Study for Quiz	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			169

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

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