Information Of Programmes

AVANOS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS / TAB 113 - MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS

Code: TAB 113

Course Title: SOIL SCIENCE

Theoretical+Practice: 2+1

ECTS: 4

Year/Semester of Study

1 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

3rd Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS

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)

Name of Lecturer(s)

EMEL KAÇAR,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

Soil science

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Knowledge of soil can teaches	PO-7 It has biodiversity and environmental awareness. PO-8 Follows the modern agricultural techniques related to the field and puts them into practice.	Examination
LO-2	Knowledge of soil-water relations	PO-11 Solve problems related to sustainable agriculture and to manage sustainable agricultural policies.	Examination
LO-3	Knowledge soil organisms	PO-14 Evaluate the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of the information obtained.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition and basic components of soil; Soil formation; The concept of soil profile and horizon; The main soil groups in our country; Texture and structure concepts, achieving and maintaining soil structure, clustered; Soil organic matter; Soil reaction (acidity, alkalinity); Soil-water relations; Soil organisms.
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

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
			0
			0
Total work load;			120