Minor in Soil Science (Non-Teaching)

Program Learning Outcomes

  • Minor outcomes are embedded in the program outcomes for Soil and Water Option. Expected competencies for LRES majors include a diverse set of discipline-specific and interdisciplinary knowledge, skills, and abilities;
  • Oral and written communication and presentation skills;
  • Problem solving skills, including critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, analytical synthesis, and decision making;
  • Information gathering skills including finding appropriate information sources (e.g., soil maps, vegetation surveys, research articles, etc.), and being able to read and summarize research papers;
  • Data management and quantitative skills such as working with spreadsheets, calculating basic statistics, organizing data layers, and applying data to equations.
ENSC 245INSoils3
ENSC 353Environmental Biogeochemistry3
BIOM 452Soil & Envirnmntl Microbiology3
ENSC 454Landscape Pedology3
ENSC 460Soil Remediation3
Choose two from the following:6
Watershed Hydrology
Restoration Ecology
Ecosystem Biogeochem and Global Change
Total Credits21