| Course Title: Environmental Soil Science |
| Start Date: 03/18/2021 End Date: 05/11/2021 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2021 |
| Description: Introduction to the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and their relationship to environmental quality, agricultural production, and land management. This course will also describe the processes of origin and development of soils as natural entities and how they affect the different ecosystems where they are located. Some field work required. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Eugenio Marcano | 413-538-3237 | emarcano@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Monday | 08:00AM - 09:15AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 306 | Weekly |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 08:00AM - 09:00AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 306 | Weekly |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Wednesday and Friday | 08:00AM - 09:45AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 306 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: Any 100 or 200 level science course or GEOG-107. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ENVST-NS | ENVST-NS: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Natural Science | This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Natural Science area. |
| ENVST-CRSE | ENVST-EL: Env Studies Electives | This course is an approved elective for the Environmental Studies major and minor. |
| MOD0002 | MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2 | This course meets in Module 2. |
| MEET0005 | +MEET-5: Expects to meet 5 days per week, on average | This class is expected to meet 5 days per week, on average |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Soil Science Simplified Author: Eash,, Neal Copyright: 2016 Edition: 6 Volume: ISBN: 0781118540695 Publisher: Wiley Blackwell |
Required | 74.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Library e-resource |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Available as a library e-resource http://proxy.mtholyoke.edu:2048/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/m tholyoke/Doc?id=11110905 Link available in Moodle |