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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | Short Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | ORGANIC FARMING | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | EMEL KAÇAR (emelkacar@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| Soil formation, physical, chemical, and biological properties, soil classification, protection, improvement and sustainability, is to teach students in laboratory and field activities. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can learn the dynamic nature of the soil physical, chemical and biological environment and with its relationship | 
			
		 
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		 Examination | 
	
| LO-2 | Agriculture and environment-related issues identified and solutions encountered in the development of land | 
			
		 
			PO-  | 
		 Examination | 
	
| LO-3 | Can understands the role and importance of soil plant nutrition | 
			
		 
			PO-  | 
		 Examination | 
	
| LO-4 | Has knowledge basic issues such as recycling and improving the protection of the land problem. | 
			
		 
			PO-  | 
		 Examination | 
	
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation  | 
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| Course Contents | ||
| Soil Formation and the Formation of the Factors that Impacted Soil, Soil Classification, Soil Minerals, Soil Physico-Chemical and Biological Properties, Soil Erosion. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | 
| 1 | 1) Formation and description of soil 2) Soil fundamental material | Expression, question and answer | 
| 2 | Factors of soil generation | Expression, question and answer | 
| 3 | Factors of soil generation | Expression, question and answer | 
| 4 | Decomposition and transformation processes in soil formation | Expression, question and answer | 
| 5 | Matters of soil structure 1) Soil organic matter 2) Soil living 3) Soil water and air | Expression, question and answer | 
| 6 | Soil profile, definitions and nomenclature horizons | Expression, question and answer | 
| 7 | Classification of soils | Expression, question and answer | 
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | The physical properties of soil texture, specific gravity, bulk density, porosity, soil structure | Expression, question and answer | 
| 10 | Achievement and maintenance of the structure formation of clusters in soils, soil texture and soil color | Expression, question and answer | 
| 11 | Soil alkalinity Soil reaction and Soil salinity | Expression, question and answer | 
| 12 | Plant nutrients in the soil, essential elements and micro elements, N, P, K and other elements in the soil dynamics | Expression, question and answer | 
| 13 | Soil of Türkiye | Expression, question and answer | 
| 14 | Erosion and soil loss | Expression, question and answer | 
| 15 | Soil water, the water factor in keeping the soil factors, soil water, soil-water movement, soil-environment relationship | Expression, question and answer | 
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Akalan, İ. 1983. Toprak Bilgisi, Ank. Üniv. Zir. Fak. Yayınları, Ders Kitabı No: 243 | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Proposed student resource books, laboratory conditions, computer projector, overhead projectors and visual devices, such as slides | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) | 
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 | 
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 | 
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load | 
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 | 
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 2 | 14 | 28 | 
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 10 | 20 | 
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 2 | 5 | 10 | 
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Own study for final exam | 2 | 9 | 18 | 
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
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| Total work load; | 120 | ||