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Course Name	Turkish	Toprak Bilgisi
	English	Soil Science
Course Code	PEM 222E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	4	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Meltem Erdem Kaya
Course Objectives		1. To provide the concepts of structure, formation and organic materials of soil 2. To provide information about physical and chemical properties of soil material 3. To provide the concepts of soil erosion and soil types.
Course Description		Structure, formation and organic materials of soil. Soil texture and soil-water relations. Soil classification system. Soil reaction and chemical properties. Air, heat, colour and nourishment materials of soil. Soil erosion and its types
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to: 1. Evaluate the structure, formation and organic materials of soil both as a material and as a milliu used in landscape architecture 2. Evaluate the physical and chemical properties of soil 3. Discriminate the different soil types 4. Identify the physical characteristics of soil types on the land 5. Gain insight to reasons of soil erosion 6. Evaluate the problems emerged from soil type on the terrain
Pre-requisite(s)		none
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Craul, J.P. 1992. Urban Soil in Landscape Design. John Wiley & Sons. INC.
Other References		Crauil, T.A. , Craul, P.J. 2006. Soil Design Protocols for Landscape Architects and Contractors, Wiley. Hopper, L.J. 2011. Graphic Standards Field Guide To Softscape, Wiley Huang, P.M., Li, Yuncong, Sumner, M.E. 2012. Handbook of Soil Sciences: Properties and Processes. Boca Raton, Fla: CRC Press Marzluff, M.J. et.al. 2008. Urban Ecology: and international perspective on the interaction between humans and nature, New York: Springer Meuser, H. 2010. Contaminated Urban Soils, Springer, Netherlands

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