Soil Classification and Mapping

    EXCPE 4297 is offered this spring:

Advanced agrol­o­gy course with empha­sis on clas­si­fi­ca­tion and map­ping of soils. Soil process­es, prin­ci­ples of the Cana­di­an Sys­tem of Soil Clas­si­fi­ca­tion, soil pro­files and diag­nos­tic fea­tures, fac­tors of soil for­ma­tion and soil-for­m­ing process­es, soil sur­vey pro­ce­dures, and uti­liza­tion of exist­ing spa­tial infor­ma­tion to sup­port soil map­ping at a detailed scale are cov­ered. A manda­to­ry field trip to col­lect data for the map­ping exer­cis­e is required; stu­dents need to be fit for duty. Pri­or knowl­edge of soil sci­ence is strong­ly rec­om­mend­ed for this course.

Offered:

Overall Schedule
Apr 30 — pre-class information opens

Students in this course section may have pre-class readings or assessments to complete.

Lecture/Class Schedule
May 7May 11
Mondays

Tuesdays

8:00 am – 5:00 pm MT

Wednesdays

8:00 am – 5:00 pm MT

Thursdays

8:00 am – 5:00 pm MT

Fridays

Saturdays

8:00 am – 5:00 pm MT

Sundays

May 13
Mondays

8:00 am – 5:00 pm MT

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

Thursdays

Fridays

Saturdays

Sundays

May 27 — post-class component closes

Students in this section may have post-class readings or assessments to complete.

Syn­chro­nous online learning, eClass

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Konstantin Dlusskiy

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Konstantin DlusskiyID: konstantin-dlusskiy

Class info
This course has no prerequisites

Students from all educational backgrounds welcome. You can register for this course without applying and enrolling in a program.

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EXCPE 4297 is offered this spring: