COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHEMICAL LAND DEGRADATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 6048 CHEMICAL LAND DEGRADATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ADNAN SEMENDEROĞLU

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

The Learning of chemical land degradation concept, the causes and results of the chemical land degradation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the chemical and biological land degradation concept and the types of chemical and biological land degradation
2   Learning the natural factors which effective on chemical land degradation
3   Learning the socio-economic factors which cause chemical land degradation
4   Learning the results of chemical and biological land degradation
5   Learning the dimensions of chemical and biological land degradation in Turkey and around the World

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions and extent of chemical land degradation
2 The types of chemical land degradation
3 Salinization
4 Salinization and alkalization in Turkey and in the World
5 The effects of boron salts as chemical land degradation
6 The effects and results of Alkalization (solonization)
7 The causes, results and effects of Acidification
8 General Review, Course Evaluation
9 The effects and results of Pollution. Decreasing and being exhausted of nutrients in the soil.
10 The biological land degradation.
11 The dimensions and results of chemical land degradation in Turkey.
12 Group studies and activities related to land degradation.
13 The evaluation of the general conclusions.
14 Practices and investigations in sample areas.
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Semenderoğlu, A., (2007). Fiziksel Arazi Degradasyonu. Türk Coğr. Derg. S 47, s 75-99. Istanbul.
Semenderoğlu, A., (2006). Kimyasal ve Biyolojik Arazi Degradasyonu. Türk Coğr. Derg. S 45, s 15-41. Istanbul.
Semenderoğlu, A., (2006). Araziden yararlanma ve arazi degradasyonu (PPT presentation).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, observation and land trips.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the term work scores in semester. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3. The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

a.semenderoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, 15.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Project Preparation 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 22 22
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Field study 2 12 24
Final 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.14434
LO.24535
LO.34535
LO.44535
LO.54535

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2015 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / ABOUT US / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS