Soil science

General data

Course ID:	1300-OGLC-GES
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:	(in Polish) Przedmiot obowiązkowy na II sem. I roku stud. II st. GES na spec. geologia środowiskowa
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):	Ability to work with geographic data, knowledge of the fundamentals of chemistry and geology, ability to work in chemical lab.
Short description:	The course is focused on rules of soil description, their pedogenesis and development. Their physical, chemical, and biological properties are discussed with particular reference to the formation of soil profiles and their transformation under natural influences and due to human activities. Polish and EU soil classifications are presented and soil geography is discussed.
Full description:	The classes are aimed at presenting methods of analyzing soil properties, description of soil profiles and interpretation of the results obtained from various analytical tests: 1. Grain-size composition of soils (grain-size groups). Type and name of soil setting. Comparison of Soil Classification Systems. 2. Determination of the CaCO3 content by the Scheibler method. 3. Determination of organic matter content in soils: Tiurin method, H2O2 method, ignition loss method. 4. Fractionation of organic matter. Determination of humic and fulvic acid content. 5. Iodometric and spectrophotometric determination of iron 6. Determination of soil pH (Head’s method) 7. Determination of cation exchange capacity (Kappen method). 8. Description of profiles of Polish soils.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Myślińska E. (2001) – Grunty organiczne i laboratoryjne metody ich badania. PWN, Warszawa Myślińska E. (2006) – Laboratoryjne badania gruntów. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Warszawa
Learning outcomes:	On completion of the course, the student: - determines selected physical and chemical parameters of soils in the lab, - defines the interdependence between the parameters - describes soil profiles.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Final written assessment, reports on the conducted analyses.

This course is not currently offered.

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