Soil science

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Course ID:	1300-OGL4LC
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.401 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0712) Environmental protection technology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Soil science
Name in Polish:	Gleboznawstwo
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Zaliczenie przedmiotu Geomorfologia i Geologia czwartorzędu (cz. 1 i cz. 2)
Short description:	Soil origin in young glacial landscape – relation on geology, geomorphology and hydrology. Mineral and organic soils. Field examination of soils: morphology of soil profile and stratigraphy of peats. Influence of vegetation, parent rock and water conditions, recultivation of degraded soils.
Full description:	Description of main soil and ing processes against systematics of soils in Poland. Mineral and organic soils, paleosols, anthropogenic soils. Physical, chemical and biological properties of soils, including: density, porosity, grain size, water content, chemical composition of soil solution and air, respiration activity, oxygen content, thermal properties. Nutritions. Organic matter, mineralization and humification. Micro-organisms in transformation of mineral and organic compounds, Degradation and erosion factors. Soil recultivation.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Zawadzki S. (red.), 1999. Gleboznawstwo. Warszawa. Brandyk T., Szajdak L., Szatylowicz J. 2006. Właściwości fizyczne i chemiczne gleb organicznych. Wydawnictwo SGGW, Legros J.P. 2006. Mapping of the soil. Science Publ. Huang P.M., Violante A. (eds.) 2005. Soil abiotic and biotic interactions and the impact on the ecosystem and human welfare. Perminova (eds) 2002. Use of humic substances to remediate polluted environments; from theory to practice.
Learning outcomes:	Competence in planning and realization of field works, including: sampling of soils and peat cores, macrofossil analysis, determination of principal geochemical parameters in the field, preparation of samples to laboratory analyses. Competence in laboratory analyses: sorption capacity, total nitrogen, assimilable phosphorus, fertility of soils. Qualitative, quantitative and fractional analysis of soil humus, contents of organic carbon. Competence in elaboration and interpretation of results.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Evaluation of several field and laboratory analyses.

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