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Lecture meets every Tuesday, 9:30-10:45 am in Poole Agricultural Center A103.
Laboratory meets every Thursday, 9:30-12:30 pm in Poole Agricultural Center E146.
NOTE: Calendar is subject to change.
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Lecture Topic |
Assignments |
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| 1 |
8/22 - Thu |
Course introduction. What is Soil Genesis and Classification?
L. 1. Soil Definition (What is soil?) |
Assignment 1. Questionaire. Assignment 2. Web Soil Survey |
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8/27 - Tue
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L. 2. Soil profile |
Assignment 3. Soil Series Description |
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8/29 - Thu |
Lab 1. Field work |
Assignment 4. Soil Judging Scorecard |
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9/03 - Tue
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L. 3. Soil survey, and Soil Information Systems
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9/05 - Thu |
Lab. 2. Web Soil Survey and field work |
Assignment 4. Soil Judging Scorecard.
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| 4 |
9/10 - Tue |
L. 4. Rocks, parent material
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9/12 - Thu |
Lab 3. Field work |
Assignment 4. Soil Judging Scorecard |
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9/17 - Tue |
L. 5. Soil forming factors |
Assignment 5. Soil forming factors |
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9/19 - Thu |
EXAM 1 (Study Questions for Exam 1) |
EXAM 1 (Study Questions for Exam 1) |
| 6 |
9/24 - Tue |
L. 6. Soil analysis reports
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9/26 - Thu |
Lab. 4. Tour of Clemson Soil Nutrient Analysis Laboratory |
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| 7 |
10/01 - Tue |
L. 7. Soil physical properties
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10/03 - Thu |
Lab. 5. Soil physical properties |
Assignment 6. Soil physical properties |
| 8 |
10/08 - Tue |
L. 8. Soil colloids |
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10/10 - Thu |
Lab. 6. Soil colloids |
Assignment 7. Soil colloids |
| 9 |
10/15 - Tue |
Fall Break! - No Class! |
Fall Break! - No Class! |
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10/17 - Thu |
L. 9. Soil chemical properties |
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| 10 |
10/22 - Tue |
Lab. 7. Soil chemical properties |
Assignment 8. Soil chemiical properties |
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10/24 - Thu |
Review for Exam 2. |
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| 11 |
10/29 - Tue |
EXAM 2 (Study Questions for Exam 2) |
EXAM 2 (Study Questions for Exam 2) |
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10/31 - Thu |
L. 10. Entisols
L. 11. Inceptisols |
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| 12 |
11/05 - Tue |
Lab. 8. Entisols and Inceptisols |
Assignment 9. Keys to Soil Taxonomy
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11/07 - Thu |
L. 12. Histosols
L. 13. Gelisols |
Assignment 10. Keys to Soil Taxonomy |
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11/12 - Tue |
L. 14. Andisols
L. 15. Vertisols |
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11/14 - Thu |
L. 16. Aridisols
L. 17. Spodosols |
Assignment 11. Keys to Soil Taxonomy |
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11/19 - Tue |
L. 18. Alfisols
L. 19. Mollisols
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11/21 - Thu |
L. 20. Ultisols
L. 21. Oxisols
Lab. 9. Keys to Soil Taxonomy |
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| 15 |
11/26 - Tue |
Thanksgiving Holidays! - No Class! |
Thanksgiving Holidays! - No Class! |
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11/28 - Thu |
Thanksgiving Holidays! - No Class! |
Thanksgiving Holidays! - No Class! |
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12/04 - Tue |
Review for Exam 3. |
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12/06 - Thu |
EXAM 3 (Study Questions for Exam 3) |
EXAM 3 (Study Questions for Exam 3) |
Fall 2019
August 21 (Wed) Classes begin
August 27 (Tue) Last day to register or add a class
September 3 (Tue) Last day to drop a class or withdraw from the University without a W grade
September 10 (Tue) Last day to order diploma for December graduation
October 11 (Fri) Last day for instructors to issue midterm grades
October 14-15 (Mon-Tue) Fall break!
October 29 (Tue) Last day to drop a class or withdraw from the University without final grades
November 4 (Wed) Registration for spring and summer terms begins
November 27-29 (Wed-Fr) Thanksgiving Holidays!
December 5-6 (Thur-Fri) Classes meet; exams permitted in labs only
December 9-13 (Mon-Fri) Examinations
December 16 (Wed) 9:00am - Deadline to submit candidate grades
December 18 (Wed) 9:00am - Deadline to submit other grades
December 19 (Th) Graduation |
