Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND AGRICULTURE	Third cycle	TO 522		2	7.50	7.50	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	PROF. DR. OSMAN SÖNMEZ
Lecturer(s)	PROF. DR. OSMAN SÖNMEZ
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course objective	To teach how environmental pollution occurs due to wrong agricultural practices.
Course description	The course covers the following areas; Entrance of environmental and soil pollution, Environments (Atmosfer ve Hidrosfer, Soil ecosystem), environmental pollution due to wrong agricultural practices and its remediations, environmental analyses (soil, water, plant), plant nutrients and their effects on environment (N, P, S..).

Course contents

1	INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
2	OUR ENVIRONMENT: ATMOSPHERE AND HYDROSPHERE
3	OUR ENVIRONMENT:SOIL ECOSYSTEM
4	SOIL NITROGEN AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
5	SOIL PHOSPHORUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
6	SOIL SULFUR AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
7	TRACE ELEMENTS
8	MIDTERM
9	ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
10	SOIL POLLUTION AND MANAGEMENT
11	SOIL POLLUTION AND MANAGEMENT(cont.)
12	THE ATMOSPHERE: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACIDIC DEPOSITION
13	THE ATMOSPHERE: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACIDIC DEPOSITION
14	REMEDIATION OF SOIL AND GROUNDWATER RISK ASSESSMENT
15	FINAL
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Students will have learned general pollution sources.
2	Students will have learned about soil pollution sources.
3	Students will have learned about water pollution sources.
4	Students will have learned about air pollution sources.
5	Critical limits of pollutants in soil will have been learned.
6	What could have been done to prevent soil pollution.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	1	14
Homework	3	10	30
Presentation / seminar	3	3	9
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	0	0	0
Midterm exams	1	1	1
Project (term paper)	1	96	96
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	0	0	0
Final exam	1	1	1
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			193
ECTS			7.50

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	25
Quiz	0	0
Homework	1	25
Semester total		50
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		50
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		50
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Soils and Environmental Quality, G.M. Pierzynski, J.T. Sims, and G.F. Vance, Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, New York, 2005.
Additional references	Çevre Kirliliği, Yıldırım Akman ve Ark., Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2000.

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