Soil science and Agrochemistry

Learning outcomes and competencies

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of scientific and theoretical foundations, laws and regularities in natural science, socio-humanitarian and economic disciplines that contribute to the formation of a highly educated person with a broad Outlook and culture of thinking;
• Organize work and manage human resources. Apply a wide range of practical and cognitive skills in independent planning, performance and evaluation of work processes and results under management in the field of agriculture, use normative legal documents, normative and technical acts in the field of labor protection.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with information in global computer networks for research and innovation in soil science and Agrochemistry.
• Distinguish by morphological features plants and agricultural crops common in the regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with an assessment of their physiological and microbiological state to determine the development and quality of products.
• Possess the laws of agriculture, technology of crop cultivation, professional knowledge of agriculture, crop production, land management, fruit and vegetable production. Demonstrate knowledge in the preparation and practical use of soil maps and agrochemical cartograms, soil and plant diagnostics to determine methods for optimizing plant nutrition in the development of rational technology for the use of fertilizers.
• Classify and describe the soil profile for recognizing soil types, subtypes, genera, species, and varieties;
• Plan and conduct vegetation, field and production experiments in the soil and climate zones of the Republic of Kazakhstan to assess the effect of various types of fertilizers and meliorants. Carry out statistical and mathematical processing of experimental data and interpret the data obtained, draw conclusions on the accuracy of the experiment.
• Demonstrate knowledge in the issues of objective assessment of soil fertility, taking into account the specifics of soil and climate zones of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the development of technology for the use of fertilizers. Develop measures for plant protection, soil protection, and prevention of chemical contamination of agrocenoses;
• Perform chemical analyses of soils, plants, feed, fertilizers and meliorants and interpret the results for the preparation of soil maps and agrochemical cartograms.
• Apply language and communication skills (state, Russian, English) in the professional sphere for the ability to logically correctly, argumentatively and clearly build oral and written speech;