Agroecology and ecological functions of soils
Course: Natural Geography
Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet
            Title
        
        
            Agroecology and ecological functions of soils
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ВБ 2.12
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2021/2022
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            8 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            4
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            P06. Determine the main characteristics, processes, history and composition of the geographical envelope and its components.
P07. Apply models, methods and data of natural and social sciences, information technologies, etc. when studying the formation and development of objects and processes of the geographical envelope.
P08. Use field and laboratory methods to analyze natural and socio-geographic objects and systems.
P15. Know and explain changes in the geographical envelope from the standpoint of the concept of sustainable development.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Distance form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            1) successful mastering of such academic disciplines as "Soil Science", "Soil Research", "Soil Physics", "Soil Chemistry", "Soil Cover and Land Resources of the World", "Genesis and Morphology of Soils", "Methods of Soil Science Research";
2) mastery of soil research methods;
3) the ability to read and interpret the results of soil science research.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            The educational discipline consists of three content modules. The first of them is devoted to the study of agroecosystems, their components and structure, environmental laws related to agrosystems.
The second module reveals issues related to the chemicalization of agricultural production and its environmental consequences, the main sources of fertilizer pollution, etc.
The third module is devoted to the issues of environmental consequences of agricultural production and optimization of agricultural landscapes and the organization of sustainable agroecosystems.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            1.	Агроекологія. Теорія та практикум / під ред. В. М. Писаренка. – К., 2003. – 318 с.
2.	Агроекологія: Навчальний посібник / О. Ф. Стогній, А. Т. Кардашов та ін. – К.: Вища освіта, 2006. – 671 с.
3.	Брей В.В., Токар Л. М., Бірецький В. І. Екологія сировинних і матеріальних ресурсів у сільському господарстві. – К.: Урожай, 1990. – 248 с.
4.	Мусієнко М. М. Екологія рослин: Навчальний посібник. – К.: Либідь, 2006. – 426 с.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lectures, practical classes, independent work
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Surveys in test and written form of practical and independent work, modular control works
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Serhii 
                    Petrovych
                    Doroshkevych 
                
                
                    Department of Earth Science and Geomorphology 
heohrafichnyi fakultet
            heohrafichnyi fakultet
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Department of Earth Science and Geomorphology
                    
                    
                        heohrafichnyi fakultet