SOIL SCIENCE

Course Description

Soils vary greatly in their physical properties and chemical compositions as well as in the organisms that live in them. The constituents of soils depend on their parent material and the processes by which they are formed. Different soil constituents include sand and silt, clay, and hummus. Soil occurs in layers called horizons as A, B, C, and the others. The aim of the course is to study soil in all respects and acquire the information related to soil fertility, conservation and soil management. Course content includes; Soil parent rocks, soil formation, and the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, soil organic matter, and soil classifications.

SOIL SCIENCE

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 Students will define what is soil as a part of Lithosphere.
2. 02 Students will be classify soil by means of pH and illustrates methods for increasing and decreasing pH of soil structure.
3. 03 Students will be summarize importance of soil water content by means of adhesion, cohesion and gravitational forces effects.
4. 04 Students will be categorize parent rock material.
5. 05 Students could discuss soil formation periods and predicts age of soils.
6. 06 Students will compare soil horizons and identify soil textures.
7. 07 Students will solve amounts of fertilizers such as nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium regarding their percentages.

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 1. Soil Science and Management 6th Editionby by Edward Plaster (Author) ISBN-13: 978-0840024329 and ISBN-10: 0840024320

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Students will define what is soil as a part of Lithosphere.
2. L02 Students will be classify soil by means of pH and illustrates methods for increasing and decreasing pH of soil structure.
3. L03 Students will be summarize importance of soil water content by means of adhesion, cohesion and gravitational forces effects.
4. L04 Students will be categorize parent rock material.
5. L05 Students could discuss soil formation periods and predicts age of soils.
6. L06 Students will compare soil horizons and identify soil textures.
7. L07 Students will solve amounts of fertilizers such as nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium regarding their percentages.

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Becoming aware of sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic engineering and agricultural science
2. P02 Having sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic agricultural production especially in pomology, viticulture, olericulture, floriculture and agronomy, and their breeding
3. P03 Being well equiped with practical experiences in agriculture
4. P04 Finding the source of environmental, biotic, abiotic, technical and economical problems in agricultural crops which reduce yield and quality, and create solutions to related problems
5. P05 Defining, classifying and naming cultivated crop plants and knowing how to manage them
6. P06 Breeding of horticultural and field crops, developing new cultivars and producing propagation materials of new developed varieties
7. P07 Applying up-to-date methods and techniques for preserving genetic resources and environment for sustainable use in agricultural commodities
8. P08 Evaluating, asseying and analyzing the changes in cultivation of horticultural and agronomic crops in respect to irrigation, fertilization, defining pests and diseases and after postharvest handling
9. P09 Establishing and managing orchards, vineyards and field crop productions and greenhouse operations
10. P10 Obtaining data in horticulture and field crops along with researching, considering, recording, consulting and expert abilities, project writing and applying
11. P11 Identifying different roles in enchancing individual abilities and skills beside taking responsibilities, participations in team works under any given conditions
12. P12 Easily accessing to appropriate information and thinking analytically in their interested area and subjects. They can do accurate timing and planning in agricultural productions in year round. They think analytically, prepare questionaries, have an exploratory and creative vision and use the obtained knowledge for the benefit of farmers and societies
13. P13 Having ability to transfer information and also able to easily communicate with the people in the field at different levels. They have self - confidence and self- improvement skills as well

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