Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
SOIL AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ZTO442 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery All lectures are made on visual materials (word, excel, ppt and pdf) prepared by using windows software in computer.
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals Learning about sustainable land and water basin management principles
Course Content Soil and land problems, introduction of solution methods, current watershed management plans, technical and administrative legislation
Learning Outcomes 1) It has theoretical and practical knowledge about soil science and plant nutrition, soil fertility, fertilizers and fertilization and soil-water-environment issues.
2) Has knowledge about the management and sustainability of land and water resources.
3) New developments related to the field, scientific and technological evaluation of technology
4) It can measure and evaluate the reliability of the laboratory, field and field studies findings related to the field.
5) Recognize problems related to the field and develop a theoretical and practical solution to the problem.
6) Recognize problems related to the field and develop a theoretical and practical solution to the problem.
7) Depending on regional and climatic differences, he can comment on soil science and plant feeding problems.
8) She can apply current information technology in the field
9) Interdisciplinary studies can be found in scientific approaches to issues related to their field
10) He can train the producer in his field theoretically and practically in scientific terms.
11) He / she can put into practice the information he / she has obtained about the field related issues.
12) It can plan and carry out a study of the field independently or in collaboration.
13) Know how to get information about the field.
14) It is a questioner, a researcher and an innovator in the field.
15) Can contribute to community awareness with knowledge and skills in the field
16) The computer software required by the work areas may use information and communication technologies
17) He has knowledge of the foreign language to follow developments about the subject.
18) It is conscious of behaving in accordance with the laws, regulations and directives related to the area.
19) He has a democratic view, respects the rights of human beings and other creatures, and attaches importance to human solidarity.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week History of land management Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Turkey's soil and land issues Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Catchment elements Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Dry agriculture - Central Anatolia Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Irrigated agriculture - GAP Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Appropriate profile, good seed bed, cultivation Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Compaction, nonsuitable soil structure, surface roughness Lecture

Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Soil temperature, air, solarization, allelopathy, antagonism, lime Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Usability of wastes in agriculture Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Land management in pasture, the use of salt and sodium soils Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Soil management in fruit gardens and forests Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Soil management in home garden Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Results of wrong agricultural practices Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Land consolidation, land evaluation Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week Elements that are not plant nutrients in the soil Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
16. Week Watershed management plans, models Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Atalay, İ. 2006. Toprak Oluşumu, Sınıflandırılması ve Coğrafyası. ÇOB, AEK Gn Md, Ankara.
Aydeniz, A. 1985.Toprak Amenajmanı. AÜZF Yn no 928, Ankara.
Çevre ve Orman Bakanlığı. 2007. Korunan Alan Planlanması ve Yönetimi. DKMP Gn Md, Ankara.
Halilova, H. 2004. Mikroelementlerin Biyojeokimyası. İlke-Emek Yayınları, Ankara.
Özhan, S. 2004. Havza Amenajmanı, İÜ orman Fak Yn no: 481, İstanbul.
Takka, S. 1993. Arazi toplulaştırması. Kültürteknik Derneği Yn no 1, Ankara.
Taylor, R.S. 1995. A Practical Guide to Ecological Management og the Golf Course. BIGGA & STRI, York, UK.
TEMA. 2007. Kuraklık ve Türkiye Tarımı
Yaşar, A. 1997. Arazi Toplulaştırması. Köy Hizmetleri Gn Md, Ankara.
Yeşilsoy, Ş. 1992. Toprak Amenajmanı. ÇÜZF Yn no: 18, Adana.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 16 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 16 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 10
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 20
Total Workload
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