No new students are being admitted into this concentration. Please see the Major in Soil and Crop Sciences, Soil Science and Environmental Solutions Concentration.
Effective Fall 2018
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCC | Credits | ||
| AGRI 192 | Orientation to Agricultural Systems | 1 | |
| Select one from the following: | 3 | ||
| Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| CHEM 111 | General Chemistry I (GT-SC2) | 3A | 4 |
| CHEM 112 | General Chemistry Lab I (GT-SC1) | 3A | 1 |
| CHEM 113 | General Chemistry II | 3 | |
| CHEM 114 | General Chemistry Lab II | 1 | |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
| LIFE 102 | Attributes of Living Systems (GT-SC1) | 3A | 4 |
| MATH 155 | Calculus for Biological Scientists I (GT-MA1) | 1B | 4 |
| PHIL 110 | Logic and Critical Thinking (GT-AH3) | 3B | 3 |
| SOCR 100 | General Crops | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 31 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |
| CHEM 246 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | |
| GEOL 120 | Exploring Earth - Physical Geology (GT-SC2) | 3A | 3 |
| GEOL 121 | Introductory Geology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 3A | 1 |
| LAND 220/LIFE 220 or LIFE 320 | Fundamentals of Ecology (GT-SC2) Ecology | 3A | 3 |
| PH 121 | General Physics I (GT-SC1) | 3A | 5 |
| SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | |
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| General Statistics (GT-MA1) | 1B | ||
| Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods | |||
| Introduction to Biostatistics | |||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Junior | |||
| BC 351 | Principles of Biochemistry | 4 | |
| CO 301B or JTC 300 | Writing in the Disciplines: Sciences (GT-CO3) Strategic Writing and Communication (GT-CO3) | 2 | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | ||
| Geospatial Applications in Natural Resources | |||
| Intro. to Geographic Information Systems | |||
| Geographic Information Systems in Agriculture | |||
| SOCR 322 | Principles of Microclimatology | 3 | |
| SOCR 440 | Pedology | 4 | |
| Diversity and Global Awareness | 3E | 3 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
| Technical Electives (select from list below) | 6 | ||
| Total Credits | 29-30 | ||
| Senior | |||
| SOCR 421 | Agroecosystem Management | 4A,4B,4C | 4 |
| SOCR 455 | Microbiomes of Soil Systems | 3 | |
| SOCR 456 | Soil Microbiology Laboratory | 1 | |
| SOCR 470 | Soil Physics | 3 | |
| SOCR 471 | Soil Physics Laboratory | 1 | |
| SOCR 486 or 487 | Practicum Internship | 1-3 | |
| SOCR 492 | Preparing for Impact--Your Career Journey | 4A | 1 |
| Technical Electives (select from list below) | 10-13 | ||
| Total Credits | 29-30 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||
Soil Ecology Technical Electives Department List
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Group 1: Ecology Technical Electives | ||
| BSPM 308 | Ecology and Management of Weeds | 3 |
| BSPM 526/BZ 526 | Evolutionary Ecology | 3 |
| BSPM 570 | Chemical Ecology | 3 |
| BSPM 571 | Techniques in Chemical Ecology | 1 |
| BZ 348/MATH 348 | Theory of Population and Evolutionary Ecology | 4 |
| BZ 450 | Plant Ecology | 4 |
| BZ 471 | Stream Biology and Ecology | 3 |
| BZ 561 | Landscape Ecology | 3 |
| ESS 353 | Global Change Impacts, Adaptation, Mitigation | 3 |
| F 311 | Forest Ecology | 3 |
| FW 555 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| MIP 432/ESS 432 | Microbial Ecology | 3 |
| MIP 433/ESS 433 | Microbial Ecology Laboratory | 1 |
| NR 220 | Natural Resource Ecology and Measurements | 5 |
| RS 478 | Ecological Restoration | 3 |
| Group 2: Specialization Technical Electives | ||
| BSPM 424/BZ 424 | Principles of Systematic Science | 3 |
| BZ 212 | Animal Biology-Invertebrates | 4 |
| BZ 223 | Plant Identification | 3 |
| BZ 333 | Introductory Mycology | 4 |
| MIP 300 | General Microbiology | 3 |
| MIP 302 | General Microbiology Laboratory | 2 |
| MIP 450 | Microbial Genetics | 3 |
| RS 420 | Grass Taxonomy | 3 |
| SOCR 330 | Principles of Genetics | 3 |
| SOCR 341 | Microbiology for Sustainable Agriculture | 1 |
| SOCR 350 | Soil Fertility Management | 3 |
| SOCR 351 | Soil Fertility Laboratory | 1 |
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| AGRI 192 | Orientation to Agricultural Systems | 1 | |||
| CHEM 111 | General Chemistry I (GT-SC2) | X | 3A | 4 | |
| CHEM 112 | General Chemistry Lab I (GT-SC1) | 3A | 1 | ||
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 | ||
| MATH 155 | Calculus for Biological Scientists I (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 4 | |
| SOCR 100 | General Crops | X | 4 | ||
| Total Credits | 17 | ||||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||||
| Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||||
| CHEM 113 | General Chemistry II | X | 3 | ||
| CHEM 114 | General Chemistry Lab II | 1 | |||
| LIFE 102 | Attributes of Living Systems (GT-SC1) | 3A | 4 | ||
| PHIL 110 | Logic and Critical Thinking (GT-AH3) | 3B | 3 | ||
| CO 150 and AUCC 1B (Quantitative Reasoning) must be completed by the end of Semester 2. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |||
| CHEM 246 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Fundamentals of Ecology (GT-SC2) | 3A | ||||
| Ecology | |||||
| SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | X | 4 | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| GEOL 120 | Exploring Earth - Physical Geology (GT-SC2) | 3A | 3 | ||
| GEOL 121 | Introductory Geology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 3A | 1 | ||
| PH 121 | General Physics I (GT-SC1) | 3A | 5 | ||
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| General Statistics (GT-MA1) | 1B | ||||
| Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods | |||||
| Introduction to Biostatistics | |||||
| CHEM 245 must be completed by the end of Semester 4. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BC 351 | Principles of Biochemistry | 4 | |||
| SOCR 440 | Pedology | 4 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | ||||
| Geospatial Applications in Natural Resources | |||||
| Intro. to Geographic Information Systems | |||||
| Geographic Information Systems in Agriculture | |||||
| Diversity and Global Awareness | 3E | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Sciences (GT-CO3) | 2 | ||||
| Strategic Writing and Communication (GT-CO3) | 2 | ||||
| SOCR 322 | Principles of Microclimatology | 3 | |||
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |||
| Technical Electives (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 6 | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| SOCR 421 | Agroecosystem Management | X | 4A,4B,4C | 4 | |
| SOCR 455 | Microbiomes of Soil Systems | X | 3 | ||
| SOCR 456 | Soil Microbiology Laboratory | X | 1 | ||
| SOCR 470 | Soil Physics | X | 3 | ||
| SOCR 471 | Soil Physics Laboratory | X | 1 | ||
| SOCR 492 | Preparing for Impact--Your Career Journey | X | 4A | 1 | |
| Technical Elective (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| SOCR 441 | Soil Ecology | X | 4C | 3 | |
| Select one course from the following: | X | 1 | |||
| Practicum | |||||
| Internship | |||||
| Technical Electives (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | X | 10 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||||