SOILS 401
Soil Composition and Physical Properties (3) Advanced study of mineralogical and physical properties of soils which affect soil-plant-water relationships.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite:
SOILS 101
SOILS 402
Soil Nutrient Behavior and Management (3) Chemical and biological behavior of soil nutrients; management for plant availability and fate in the environment. Laboratory emphasizes soil testing and soil-plant relationships.
Effective: Spring 2009
Prerequisite:
CHEM 112, SOILS 101
SOILS 403
Soil Morphology Practicum (2 per semester/maximum of 4) Students develop field skills to describe soil morphology, classify soils, and make land use interpretations.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite:
SOILS 101 or equivalent
SOILS 404
Urban Soils (3) This course introduces the student to natural and human-influenced soils.
Effective: Summer 2010
Prerequisite:
SOILS 101
SOILS 405
(GEOSC 405)
Hydropedology (3) Soil and water interactions across scales, integrated studies of landscape- soil-water relationships, fundamental processes of water flow and chemical transport.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite:
SOILS 101
SOILS 412W
Soil Ecology (3) Introduction to soil organisms; includes interactions between organisms, their processes, and metabolism with a major focus on microorganisms.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite:
BIOL 011, BIOL 127 orBIOL 110
SOILS 416
Soil Genesis, Classification, and Mapping (4) Lecture and laboratory course on the genesis of soils, their classification, mapping, and interpretation for land use.
Effective: Fall 2011
Prerequisite:
SOILS 101
SOILS 418
(AGECO 418, AN SC 418)
Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems (3) Comprehensive review of nutrient flow in animal agricultural systems, environmental regulations, and environmental stewardship practices.
Effective: Summer 2003
SOILS 419
(GEOSC 418)
Soil Environmental Chemistry (3) Introduction to chemical constituents and processes occurring in soils. Topics include mineral weathering, soil solution chemistry and adsorption of solutes.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite:
CHEM 112
SOILS 420
Remediation of Contaminated Soils (3) Basic principles and technical aspects of remediation of contaminated soils.
Effective: Fall 2012
Prerequisite:
SOILS 101
SOILS 422
Natural Resources Conservation and Community Sustainability (3) Conservation, land-use, and community (soil, water, air, plants, animals, and humans) impacting quality of life and sense of place.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
SOILS 101
SOILS 450
Environmental Geographic Information Systems (3) Use of geographic information systems (GIS) and digital spatial databases to characterize landscapes for environmental assessment and management.
Effective: Summer 1999
Prerequisite:
SOILS 101
SOILS 489
Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3) Participate with instructors in teaching an undergraduate soil science course; assist with teaching and evaluation and with development of instrucitonal materials.
Effective: Summer 1993
Prerequisite:
SOILS 101 approval of instructor
SOILS 490
(AGRO 490)
Colloquium (1) Continuing written and oral presentations developed by students in consultation with the course instructor.
Effective: Fall 1993
Prerequisite:
seventh-semester standing
SOILS 494
Senior Thesis (1-6) Supervised data collection and analysis on a topic of interest to the student culminating in a formal thesis.
Effective: Spring 2000
Prerequisite:
permission of the course coordinator
SOILS 494H
Senior Thesis (1-6) Supervised data collection and analysis on a topic of interest to the student culminating in a formal thesis.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite:
permission of the course coordinator
SOILS 495
Internship (1-18) Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.
Effective: Summer 1990
Prerequisite:
prior approval of proposed assignment by instructor
SOILS 496
Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 1990
SOILS 497
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in-depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 1990
SOILS 499
(IL)
Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Spring 2012
SOILS 502
Soils Properties and Functions (3) Introduction to soil science for graduate students including fundamentals of and applications to plant production and environmental sustainability.
Effective: Summer 2008
SOILS 507
Soil Physics (3-4) Soil physical properties emphasizing water, heat, gas, and ion movement in unsaturated soils. Laboratory included with 4 credits.
Effective: Summer 1992
Prerequisite:
6 credits each of calculus physics and soils
SOILS 510
Geographic Information System Applications (3) Soil data bases, image processing, and geographic information systems will be used to model and understand land and water resources.
Effective: Spring 1993
Prerequisite:
GEOG 457
SOILS 512
Environmental Soil Microbiology (3) Biology and ecology of microorganisms in terrestrial environments; microbiological and molecular analysis methods; microbial processes in carbon and nitrogen cycling.
Effective: Summer 2011
Prerequisite:
two years of chemistry andB M B 401, A B E 308 or equivalent
SOILS 513
Soil Environmental Chemistry (3) Chemical constituents and processes occurring in soils. Discussion of soil components, reactions at the solid-solution interface, and soil chemical processes.
Effective: Spring 2012
Prerequisite:
CHEM 450
SOILS 516
Soil Genesis (1 per semester, maximum of 4) Field trip to study the genesis, classification, and geomorphology of the major soils of the northeastern United States.
Effective: Summer 1992
Prerequisite:
SOILS 416 or 6 credits in geology or physical geography
SOILS 519
Nature of Soil Minerals (3) Constituent minerals of soils: modern methods for identification; relations to soil formation and agricultural practices.
Effective: Fall 2001
SOILS 571
Ecosystem Nutrient Cycles (3) Ecological theory and applications related to water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and cation cycling in managed and unmanaged terrestrial ecosystems.
Effective: Fall 2008
SOILS 590
(AGRO 590)
Colloquium (1-3) Continuing seminars that consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
Effective: Fall 1993 Ending: Fall 2013
SOILS 590
Colloquium (1-3 per semester/maximum of 3) Continuing seminars that consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
Effective: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
SOILS 596
Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, that are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 1992
SOILS 597
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Spring 1992
SOILS 597D
Ecosystem Analytical Techniques (3) Advanced quantitative laboratory experimentation course that is designed to give students a deeper understanding of modern analytical instruments and the background theory and principles underlying ecosystem chemical measurements. Upon completion of the course, the students will be well versed in, and able to apply appropriate techniques used to measure the chemical condition of ecosystems such as atmospheric, soil and geologic, aquatic, plant, anmial, and insect chemical constituents. Instrumental methods of analysis will include: spectroscopic, chromatographic, spectrometric, electrochemical, and thermal methods for ecosystem measurements.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
SOILS 597E
Ecosystem Lab Quality Control (3) This course gives an overview of the necessary actions to be taken to make sure that ecosystem analytical data of known quality objectives are obtained. The data quality objectives covered in the course include accuracy, bias, trueness, recovery, precision, sensitivity, instrument and method detection limits, decision limits, calibration lower range limits, homogeneity of variance and linearity tests, selectivity specificity, measureability, reliability, validity, timeliness and control charts. Implementing a quality control program is one of the requirements to be in compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLPS).
Effective: Summer 2013 Ending: Summer 2013
SOILS 597E
Ecosystem Lab Quality Control (3) This course gives an overview of the necessary actions to be taken to make sure that ecosystem analytical data of known quality objectives are obtained. The data quality objectives covered in the course include accuracy, bias, trueness, recovery, precision, sensitivity, instrument and method detection limits, decision limits, calibration lower range limits, homogeneity of variance and linearity tests, selectivity specificity, measureability, reliability, validity, timeliness and control charts. Implementing a quality control program is one of the requirements to be in compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLPS).
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
SOILS 600
THESIS RESEARCH (1-15) NO DESCRIPTION.
Effective: Summer 1992
SOILS 601
PH.D. DISSERTATION FULL-TIME (0) NO DESCRIPTION.
Effective: Summer 1992
SOILS 602
SUPERVISED EXPERIENCE IN COLLEGE TEACHING (1-3 PER SEMESTER, MAXIMUM OF 6) GRADUATE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN PREPARATION, PRESENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF COURSE MATERIALS FOR UNDERGRADUATE FORMAL COURSES.
Effective: Spring 1992
SOILS 610
Thesis Research Off-Campus (1-15) No description.
Effective: Summer 1992
SOILS 611
PH.D. DISSERTATION PART-TIME (0) NO DESCRIPTION.
Effective: Summer 1992
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