AGRN 417

Course Outline

Date | Topic | Assignment

Aug 17: Course Overview
Aug 19: Basic Principles | Reading guide 
Aug 22: Soil Macromorphology | Reading guide 
Aug 24: Horizon Designations | Reading guide 
Aug 26: Epipedons | Reading guide 
Aug 29: Diagnostic Subsurface Horizons | Reading guide 
Aug 31: Soil Characterization and Composition I | Reading guide 
Sept 2: Soil Characterization and Composition II
Sept 5: Labor Day—NO CLASS
Sept 7: Dynamic Soil Properties | Reading guide 
Sept 9: Processes of Soil Formation I | Reading guide 
Sept 12: Processes of Soil Formation II | Reading guide 
Sept 14: Processes of Soil Formation III | Reading guide 
Sept 16: EXAM I
Sept 19: Soil as a Natural Body I | Reading guide 
Sept 21: FIELD TRIP I
Sept 23: Soil as a Natural Body II | Reading guide 
Sept 26: Soil as a Natural Body III | Reading guide 
Sept 28: Soil as a Natural Body IV | Reading guide 
Sept 30: Soil as a Natural Body V
Oct 3: SE Regional Soils Contest—NO CLASS
Oct 5: SE Regional Soils Contest—NO CLASS
Oct 7: Soils in Space and Time I | Reading guide 
Oct 10: Soils in Space and Time II | Reading guide 
Oct 12: FIELD TRIP II
Oct 14: EXAM II
Oct 17: Soil Classification I | Reading guide 
Oct 19: Soil Classification II | Reading guide 
Oct 21: Soil Classification III
Oct 24: Entisols | Reading guide 
Oct 26: Inceptisols | Reading guide 
Oct 28: Alfisols | Reading guide 
Oct 31: Ultisols | Reading guide 
Nov 2: Spodosols | Reading guide 
Nov 4: Mollisols | Reading guide 
Nov 7: Soil Science Society of America Meetings—NO CLASS
Nov 9: Soil Science Society of America Meetings—NO CLASS
Nov 11: EXAM III
Nov 14: Gelisols | Reading guide 
.............Histosols | Reading guide 
Nov 16: Oxisols | Reading guide 
.............Vertisols | Reading guide 
Nov 18: Aridisols | Reading guide 
.............Andisols | Reading guide 
Nov 21: Thanksgiving Break—NO CLASS
Nov 23: Thanksgiving Break—NO CLASS
Nov 25: Thanksgiving Break—NO CLASS
Nov 28: Soils & Landscapes I | Reading guide 
Nov 30: Soils & Landscapes II | Reading guide
Dec 2: Soil Use & Management I
Dec 5: Soil Use & Management II
Dec 13: FINAL EXAM—2:00-4:00 PM

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