ENVS 4527 - Soil Science

Prerequisite: ENVS 4500 or ENVS 6600 or a previous college-level course in physical geology/geography or consent of the instructor. Properties, occurrence, and management of soil as a natural resource. Covers the chemistry, physics, morphology, and mineralogy of soils and their genesis and classification. Soil properties will be related to their role in environmental problem solving and decision making. 3 credits.