Soil Science Minor

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This minor is administered by the Soil and Waste Resources Discipline.

Consists of 22 credits with at least 15 credits of soils courses.

Required

NRES 251 - Introduction to Soil and Water Resources 4 cr.

Take 9 credits from

Note

Forestry majors may substitute SOIL 361 for one of these courses.

Select the remaining credits from

SOIL 359 - Soil Conservation and Watershed Inventory Techniques 1 cr.
SOIL 360 - Field Experience in Soil Inventory Methods 1 cr.
SOIL 361 - Forest Soils 3 cr.
SOIL 362 - Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification 3 cr.
SOIL 363 - Soil Profile Description Writing 1 cr.
SOIL 364 - Soil and Plant Analysis 3 cr.
SOIL 365 - Soil Quality Assessment and Soil Survey Interpretations 3 cr.
SOIL 366 - Wetland Soils and Wetland Delineation 2 cr. or
WATR 366 - Wetland Soils and Wetland Delineation 2 cr.
SOIL 367 - Wetland Delineation 1 cr. or
WATR 367 - Wetland Delineation 1 cr.
SOIL 461 - Soil Management for Resource Sustainability 3 cr.
SOIL 462 - Environmental Biogeochemistry 3 cr. or
WATR 462 - Environmental Biogeochemistry 3 cr.
SOIL 465 - Soil Physics 3 cr.
SOIL 484 - Environmental Microbiology 4 cr. or
WSTE 484 - Environmental Microbiology 4 cr.
FOR 332 - Forest Ecosystem Ecology 3 cr.
FOR 435 - Nursery Operations and Management 3 cr.
GEOG 241 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 2 cr.
GEOG 312 - Geomorphology 3 cr. or
GEOL 312 - Geomorphology 3 cr.
GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.
GEOG 341 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.
GEOL 300 - Mineralogy and Petrology 4 cr.
GEOL 370 - Glacial Geology 3 cr.
NRES 335 - Turf Management 2 cr.
NRES 336 - Integrated Pest Management Workshop 1 cr.
NRES 373 - Agronomy, Agriculture and Environment 3 cr. **
NRES 484 - Natural Resources Planning 3 cr.
WSTE 380 - Solid Waste Management 3 cr.
WSTE 476 - Hazardous Waste Management 3 cr.
WATR 383 - Hydrogeology 3 cr. or
GEOL 383 - Hydrogeology 3 cr.
WATR 487 - Groundwater Geochemistry 3 cr. or
GEOL 487 - Groundwater Geochemistry 3 cr.
WATR 493 - Advanced Hydrologic Analysis 3 cr.
WLDL 451 - Management of Wildlife Habitat 4 cr.
Other courses need assoc dean approval

Note

* SOIL 362 is necessary for students applying for soil scientist positions with federal agencies.

**NRES 373 has satisfied the crop science requirement for a soil conservationist position with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The soil science minor satisfies the minimum civil service requirements for soil scientist positions (classification and mapping) in federal agencies such as the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Forest Service.

Whether you are a major or minor, check with a soils adviser to determine the minimum core course requirements you need for certification as a professional and/or to take state or national exams or to obtain licenses.