Educational guide

IDENTIFYING DATA

2023_24

Subject

SOIL EROSION AND DESERTIFICATION

Code

00207025

Study programme

0207 - GRADO EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES

Descriptors

Credit.

Type

Year

Period

Compulsory

Third

First

Language

Castellano

Prerequisites

Department

INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS

Coordinador

ALCALDE APARICIO , SARA

E-mail

salca@unileon.es
smayp@unileon.es

Lecturers

ALCALDE APARICIO , SARA

MAYO PRIETO , SARA

Web

http://

General description

I. Introduction. Concept and classification of ersosion. Mechanism of erosion processes. Factors, agents and forms. Erosion evaluation.II. Water and wind erosion. III. Desertification and soil degradation. IV. Erosion control practices

Tribunales de Revisión

Tribunal titular
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	GONZALEZ ANDRES , FERNANDO
Secretario	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	LORENZANA DE LA VARGA , ALICIA
Vocal	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	HERRAEZ ORTEGA , LUIS

Tribunal suplente
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	VALENCIANO MONTENEGRO , JOSE BENITO
Secretario	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	PASTRANA SANTAMARTA , PABLO
Vocal	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	LOPEZ DIEZ , FRANCISCO JAVIER

Competencias

Code
A13914
A13919
A13947
A13989
A14011
A14013
A14017
B3677
B3688
B3743
B3745
B3746
B3750
C2	CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
C3	CMECES3 That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
C5	CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Learning aims

	Competences
	A13914 A13919 A13947 A13989 A14011 A14013 A14017	B3677 B3688 B3743 B3745 B3746 B3750	C2 C3 C5

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic

Planning

Methodologies :: Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Problem solving, classroom exercises	15	22.5	37.5


Lecture	23	34.5	57.5

Mixed tests	2	3	5

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies ::

	Description
Problem solving, classroom exercises
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Lecture		65%

Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	Morgan R.P.C., Erosión y conservación del suelo, Mundi-Prensa, 1997 Sala, M., Rubio, J.L. y Garcia-Ruiz, J.M. Edrs., Soil erosion studies in Spain, Geoforma Ediciones, 1991

Complementary	Porta, J., Lopez-Acevedo, M. y Roquero, C., Edafología para la Agricultura y el Medio Ambiente, Mundi-Prensa, 2003

Recommendations

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Soil science / 00207018