Soil Science and Landscape Ecology

Major: Environmental Studies
Code of subject: 6.101.00.O.023
Credits: 7.00
Department: Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management
Lecturer: PhD, Assoc. Prof., Zakharko Yaroslava
Semester: 4 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: • the general laws of the biosphere and interoperability ecosystem components; • types of sources and types of soil contamination in industrial production; ways to combat pollution; • types of standards - maximum permissible concentration, the maximum allowable emissions, maximum allowable discharge; • types of environmental control soil in Ukraine.
Required prior and related subjects: • Physics; • Higher mathematics; • Constructive geography.
Summary of the subject: The object and purpose of Soil Science. Soil and soil morphology. Phase composition of the soil. Weathering soil. Mineral soil and chemical composition. The organic matter of the soil. Fertility and soil factors. Soil biogeochemistry. The general scheme of soil. The general scheme of soil Ukraine.
Assessment methods and criteria: • Current control, oral examination (25%) • final control (control measure, differentiated test), written-oral form (75%)
Recommended books: 1. Назаренко І.І., Польчина С.М., Нікорич В.А. Ґрунтознавство: Підручник. – Чернівці, 2003. – 400с. 2. Запольський А.К., Салюк А.І. Основи екології.: Підручник/за ред.. К.М.Ситника. – К.: Вища школа, 2001. – 358с.: іл. 3. Я.М.Захарко, О.Р. Попович, І.М. Петрушка, М.С. Мальований. Грунтознавство: Навч. Посібник. – Львів, 2013. – 128 с.