Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / PM-320 - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Code: PM-320 Course Title: PLANTATIONS AND NURSERY TECNIQUES Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ASLIHAN TIRNAKÇI (aslihanerdogan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to provide basic knowledge about seed and seedling sources. To learn planning and practice techniques of afforestation studies for various purposes

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To be able to learn basic concepts belonging to afforestation technique PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-3 To be able to interdisciplinary team work
PO-5 Ability to acquire, analyze, evaluate and interpret data related to natural and cultural landscapes
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
LO-2 To be able to identify types of saplings PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-3 To be able to interdisciplinary team work
PO-5 Ability to acquire, analyze, evaluate and interpret data related to natural and cultural landscapes
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
LO-3 To be realized the fundamentals of planting PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-3 To be able to interdisciplinary team work
PO-5 Ability to acquire, analyze, evaluate and interpret data related to natural and cultural landscapes
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
LO-4 To have information on removing, handling, storage of saplings PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-3 To be able to interdisciplinary team work
PO-5 Ability to acquire, analyze, evaluate and interpret data related to natural and cultural landscapes
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The main concepts, site selection and establishment of nurseries, protection and tending in afforestations, special kinds of plantation, generative and vegetative seedling production , maintenance, seedling types,deplantation and transplant
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 General concepts of afforestation Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
2 Importance of afforestration in Turkey and in the world Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
3 Site preparation and cultivation Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
4 Planning of a nursery Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
5 Preparation of nursery beds Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
6 Principles of afforestation by sowing Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
7 Principles of afforestation by planting Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Planting bare-root plants Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
10 Planting containerized plants Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
11 Vegetative seedling production Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
12 Maintenance and protection in nursery gardens Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
13 Careful handling, storage, and transportation of seedlings Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
14 Sapling quality Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
15 An review Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Gültekin, E., 1988. Fidanlık Tekniği. Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitabı No:21, Adana, 79 s.
2 Ürgenç, S., 1992. Ağaç ve Süs Bitkileri Fidanlık ve Yetiştirme Tekniği. Üniversite Yayın No: 3676, Fakülte Yayın No: 418, ISBN 975-404-253-5, İstanbul Üniversitesi Basımevi ve Film Merkezi, İstanbul, 569 s
Required Course instruments and materials
book

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) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 14 56
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       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 1 6 6
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 6 6
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 98