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| Unit | FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
| PEDOLOGY AND PLANT FEEDING PR. | |
| Code | BBT126 |
| Name | Geology-Geomorphology |
| Term | 2017-2018 Academic Year |
| Semester | 2. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-2 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Üniversite Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. Yakup Kenan KOCA |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. SUAT ŞENOL
(Bahar)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
to understand natural structure of the earth especially land forms and parent material as soil forming factors, mineralogical and chemical properties and identification of the common rocks, geographic land forming forces, formation and properties of fluvial land forms and other land forms Origins of the Earth, geologic time, rocks, volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocs, mineralogical composition and properties, land forming forces, geological structure and land forms, mass movements fluvial land forms, wind forced land forms, costal land forms and karstic land forms..
Course Content
Identify common rocks on the Earth, knows their properties, minerals, sedimentary rocks, magmatic rocks and metamorphic rocks, landscape forming forces and their outcomes, fluvial landforms, karst landscapes, landscapes formed by wind and glacial forces, coastal landscape.
Course Precondition
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Has basic knowledge generally in Agricultural Sciences and specifically in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition | |
| PLO02 | - | Owns basic scientific information on plant nutrients and their applications which ensure healty nutritions of plants for high quality and economic plant production | |
| PLO03 | - | Understands the principles of ecological farming in point of sustainable and ecological farming | |
| PLO04 | - | Has the ability to identify, define, formulize and solve engineering problems. Choses and applies the appropriate analytical and modelling techniques for this purpose. | |
| PLO05 | - | Assimilates the information which is used for soil conservation, protection against every kinds of misuses and pollution | |
| PLO06 | - | Analyses soils, their components or their actual process and plans them to accomplish the requirements of sustainable agriculture principles under real limitations | |
| PLO07 | - | Prepares nutritional programmes for regular nutrition of plants cultivated in each kinds of soil or soilless growing medium | |
| PLO08 | - | Leads to the application and development of new technolgies, methods and measuring systems in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition area, under the scope of scientific, economic and rational uses of agricultural areas, | |
| PLO09 | - | Gains the perfection in every kinds of soil, plant, fertilizer and water analyses and their interpretations | |
| PLO10 | - | Carries the effective working ability and self-confidence for taking the responsibility in solo and team works | |
| PLO11 | - | Accesses to information and searches literatures for this purpose ,uses databases and other sources | |
| PLO12 | - | Has the awareness for following the developments in science and technology and renewing them continuously | |
| PLO13 | - | Builds effective oral and written communication in Turkish and has enough knowledge in at least one foreign language | |
| PLO14 | - | Constantly improve themselves with determining their training needs in accordance with their interests and abilities in the scientific, cultural, artistic and social fields in addition to their professional development | |
| PLO15 | - | Gains consciousness for professional and ethical resposibilities | |
| PLO16 | - | Has enough awareness of project management, workplace applicaitons, health of workers, and environemt and job safety | |
| PLO17 | - | Be aware of the legal results of their activities | |
| PLO18 | - | Achieves awareness of the universal and public results of professional solutions and applicaitons and understands the importance of entrepreneurship and modernism |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Definition, formation and classification of rocks | Supplying textbooks | |
| 2 | Magmatic rocks | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 3 | Sedimentary rocks | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 4 | Metamorphic Rocks | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 5 | Kinds of metamorphizm | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 6 | Classification of volcanic rocks Plutonic rocks | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 7 | 1. Mid-term exam | Revision of the subjects taught | |
| 8 | Main principles of Geomorphology | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 9 | Geomorphologic land forming forces, weathering and mass movements | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 10 | Relationships between geological structure and land forms | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 11 | Fluvial landscape | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 12 | Fluvial landscape (continued) | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 13 | Coastal landscapes and aeolian landscapes | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 14 | Karst landscapes | Literature research, and prereading the subject from textbook | |
| 15 | Field exursion | Data collection on the excursion area | |
| 16 | 2. Mid-term exam - Final exam | Revision of the subjects taught | |
| 17 | 2. Mid-term exam - Final exam | Revision of the subjects taught |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
| Assessment Type | Midterm / Year Impact | End of Term / End of Year Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Midterm Exam | 50 | 20 |
| 1. Oral Exam | 50 | 20 |
| General Assessment | ||
| Midterm / Year Total | 100 | 40 |
| 1. Final Exam | - | 60 |
| Grand Total | - | 100 |