SOIL SCIENCE
Level 3
- SS 3008 - GLOBAL SOIL GEOGRAPHY
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- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr G Paton and Dr Z A Hickman
Pre-requisites
Overview
Factors of soil formation, in particular the importance of parent material; key global soil forming processes; systems of soil classification; geographical distribution of world soils; approaches to mapping and surveying soils.
Structure
Thread I: 6 weeks – 3 one-hour lectures per week, 4 field trips and one practical class.
To pass this course, a pass must be achieved in BOTH the theory exam and the in-course assessment.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (50%) and in-course assessment (50%).
Resit: 1 two-hour examination.