O-AE-20-MEL - Soil Management
| Course specification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course title | Soil Management | |||
| Acronym | O-AE-20-MEL | |||
| Study programme | ||||
| Module | ||||
| Type of study | ||||
| Lecturer (for classes) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for practice) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for OTC) | ||||
| ESPB | 6.0 | Status | ||
| Condition | None | Oblik uslovljenosti | ||
| The goal | Understanding the importance and impact of land reclamation on food production, increasing the value of land. Introduction of methods for improving the soil - water relation, drainage and irrigation systems, the soil erosion control, risk management. The student should consider the size of investments as well as to learn to calculate operating costs and maintenance costs of reclamation systems. | |||
| The outcome | The student should demonstrate the skill of connecting theoretical knowledge with the proper methods of soil reclamation, drainage, irrigation and soil erosion control; to understand the increase in the value of land, to know the parts of the irrigation and drainage system, the lifespan for the needs of preparation of investment-technical documentation, to calculate the operating costs. | |||
| Contents | ||||
| Contents of lectures | Impact of land reclamation to agriculture. Soil-plant-atmosphere relationship. Land drainage and irrigation systems. Irrigation water quality. Protection of agricultural land from erosion. Investments in construction, maintenance and use of amelioration systems (prices of mowing, siltation, maintenance, and price of irrigation water, risks, profitability). | |||
| Contents of exercises | Life span of reclamation systems. Land reclamation construction phase - profitability. Bill of quantities of works significant for investment projects of drainage, irrigation and anti-erosion facilities. The price of water for irrigation, the determination of costs for the operation of irrigation systems, drainage and maintenance of embankments. Field teaching. | |||
| Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year | ||||
| Lectures | Exercises | OTC | Study and Research | Other classes |
| 2 | 2 | |||
| Methods of teaching | Lectures: presentation of materials, calculation exercises and checking the understanding of materials through discussion with students, application of computer technology. | |||
| Knowledge score (maximum points 100) | ||||
| Pre obligations | Points | Final exam | Points | |
| Activites during lectures | 0 | Test paper | 60 | |
| Practical lessons | 20 | Oral examination | 0 | |
| Projects | 0 | |||
| Colloquia | 20 | |||
| Seminars | 0 | |||