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| Unit | FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE |
| PEDOLOGY AND PLANT FEEDING PR. | |
| Code | BBT458 |
| Name | Sustainable Land Management |
| Term | 2020-2021 Academic Year |
| Semester | 8. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 3 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Uzaktan Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. İSMAİL ÇELİK |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. İSMAİL ÇELİK
(Bahar)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
This course aims to introduce the scientific, appropriate and rational use of soils, soil management and practices required to conserve and develop the lands.
Course Content
Soil management, Soil as an element of soil management and a general overview of the soils of Turkey. Relationships between adhesion and cohesion in soil, soil tilth and soil consistency, soil tillage and factors influencing the choose of soil tillage systems. Conservational and conventional tillage systems in sustainable soil management and their fundamentals. Preparation of seedbed; Cultivation; Soil compaction problems in soil tillage and solution methods; Soil exhaustion and reasons; Sustainable and conventional agricultural systems, Losses of soil water and regulation methods, Fallow applications in arid and semi-arid regions, Precision agriculture and principles of application, soil erosion and erosion control methods.
Course Precondition
Resources
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Recall the principles and practices of sustainable land management. |
| LO02 | Explains the effects of soil-climate-human relationships on sustainable land management. |
| LO03 | Explains the effects of essential elements for sustainable management of soils and comprehends their scientific methods to determine. |
| LO04 | Explains the dynamic changes that will occur in the soil during tillage. |
| LO05 | Explain the importance, aims and success methods of water storage in fallow practices in arid and semi-arid regions. |
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 | 2 |
| PLO02 | - | Gains basic information about the principles of the intended use of soils | 1 |
| PLO03 | - | Understands the principles of ecological farming in point of sustainable and ecological farming | 2 |
| PLO04 | - | Owns basic scientific information on plant nutrients and their applications which ensure healty nutritions of plants for high quality and economic plant production | 1 |
| PLO05 | - | Has the ability to identify, define, formulize and solve engineering problems. Choses and applies the appropriate analytical and modelling techniques for this purpose. | 0 |
| PLO06 | - | 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, | 2 |
| PLO07 | - | Carries the effective working ability and self-confidence for taking the responsibility in solo and team works | 0 |
| PLO08 | - | Queries, investigates, thinks analytically and produces project. | 1 |
| PLO09 | - | Has the awareness for following the developments in science and technology and renewing them continuously | 0 |
| PLO10 | - | Builds effective oral and written communication in Turkish and has enough knowledge in at least one foreign language | 0 |
| PLO11 | - | Uses information and communication technologies together with suitable softwares at an advanced level. | 0 |
| PLO12 | - | 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 | 0 |
| PLO13 | - | Has enough awareness of project management, workplace applicaitons, health of workers, and environment and job safety | 0 |
| PLO14 | - | Be aware of the legal results of their activities | 0 |
| PLO15 | - | Gains consciousness for professional and ethical resposibilities |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Definitions of sustainable soil management, concepts of land and soil, logic of sustainability in agriculture. | Pre-reading | |
| 2 | Effects of agreement and harmony in soil-climate-human relationships on soil management. | Pre-reading | |
| 3 | Soil as an element of soil management and an overview for soils of Turkey. | Pre-reading | |
| 4 | Soil tilth, indicators of tilth, measurement of soil tilth, Requirements of soil tilth-plant growth- soil tillage. A soil profile in regards to soil tilth. | Pre-reading | |
| 5 | Soil consistency, factors and forces effecting the consistency. Soil consistency and characteristics depending on soil moisture in soil-water system. | Pre-reading | |
| 6 | Soil tillage and purposes of tillage. Importance of soil tillage in sustainable soil management. Factors effecting the soil tillage and problems encountered in soil tillage. | Pre-reading | |
| 7 | Preperation of seedbed, characteristics of a well seedbed, importance and role of soil tillage in seedbed preparation. | Pre-reading | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Mid-Term Exam | |
| 9 | Cultivation and purposes. Causes, indicators and solution recommendations of soil compaction in sustainable soil management | Pre-reading | |
| 10 | Soil tillage systems and factors effective in decision, effects of tillage on soil properties. | Pre-reading | |
| 11 | Soil exhaustion, causes of soil exhaustion and solution recommendations. | Pre-reading | |
| 12 | Assessment of conventional and organic agricultural systems in regard to sustainable soil management. | Pre-reading | |
| 13 | Importance of soil quality in sustainable soil management. Basic indicators of soil quality. | Pre-reading | |
| 14 | Fallow and applications in Turkey. Major problems faced in fallow application. Importance, aim and methods of water conservation in arid and semi-arid regions. | Pre-reading | |
| 15 | Precision agriculture and applications. | Pre-reading | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Final Exam. | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Final Exam. |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
| Assessment Type | Midterm / Year Impact | End of Term / End of Year Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Midterm Exam | 100 | 40 |
| General Assessment | ||
| Midterm / Year Total | 100 | 40 |
| 1. Final Exam | - | 60 |
| Grand Total | - | 100 |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 78 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 3,12 | ||
| ECTS | 3 ECTS | ||