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CALENDAR

SUMMER II, 2017

 

Week Date Lecture Topic Laboratory Topic
       
1      
  6/28 - W L.1. Soil definition. Course introduction (pp. 1-15)
L.2. Soil profile in forested and managed ecosystems
Assignment 1
 
  6/29 - Th

L.3. Soil survey and Soil Information Systems
Assignmet # 1 is due


Lab. 1. and Lab. 2. Web Soil Survey, State Soil Project
2 7/03 - M L.4. Parent material. Soil Geography and Genesis: Rocks
Assignment # 2
Quiz 1 (Study Questions: 1, 2)
 
  7/04 - T

Happy 4th of July!


Happy 4th of July!

  7/05 - W

L.5. Soil Forming Factors
L.6. Soil Physical Properties: Texture
Assignment # 2 is due


 

  7/06 - Th

L.7. Soil Orders: Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Gelisols
Geology Museum Tou
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Laboratory 3: Soil Parent Materials

Laboratory 4: Soil Forming Factors

3 7/10 - M

Laboratory 5: Soil physical properties (Soil profile and Texture)
Quiz 2 (Study Questions: 3, 4)
Quiz 3 (Study Questions: 5, 6)


Laboratory 5: Soil physical properties (Soil profile and Texture)

  7/11 - T

L.10. Soil Orders: Alfisols
L.11. Soil Water and Aridisols

EXAM 1 (Study Questions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Soil Orders: Entisols, Inceptisols, Gelisols, Histosols)

Laboratory 6,7: Soil physical properties (Soil BD and Soil Volume)


  7/12 - W L. 12. Soil Physical Properties: Permeability and Septic Tanks
Quiz 4 (Study Questions: 8, 9, 10)

 

  7/13 - Th

L. 13. Soil Chemical Properties: Soil pH
L. 14. Soil Orders: Spodosols
Quiz 5 (Study Questions: 11, 12)

Laboratory 8: Soil water (Septic Suitability Mapping)
4 7/17 - M

L. 15. Soil Organisms
Quiz 6 (Study Questions: 13, 14)

 
  7/18 - T L. 16. Soil Chemical Properties: Organic Matter
L. 17. Composting
L. 18. Soil Orders: Mollisols
Quiz 7 (Study Questions: 15)

Laboratory 9: Soil pH and organic matter

Review for Exam 2!

  7/19 - W L.19. Non-crystalline Soil Colloids and Andisols
L.20. Crystalline Soil Colloids and Ultisols
 
  7/20 - Th

EXAM 2 (Study Questions: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; Soil Orders: Alfisols, Aridisols, Spodosols, Mollisols)

Laboratory 7: Clemson Soil Nutrient Analysis Laboratory.
5 7/24 - M

L. 21. Crystalline Soil Colloids and Vertisols
L. 22. Nonsilicate Soil Colloids and Oxisols


 

  7/25 - T L. 23. Ion Exchange

Quiz 8 (Study Questions: 19, 20 21, 22)
Laboratory 10: Computerized exercises in Soil Information Systems (CEC vs. ECEC)
  7/26 - W L. 24. Soil pH and Liming  
  7/27 - Th

L. 25. Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Quiz 9 (Study Questions: 23, 24)

Laboratory 11: Soil Nutrient Analysis Interpretation. State Soil Project
6 7/31 - M L. 26. Soils of South Carolina and Forest Soils

Quiz 10 (Study Questions: 25)
 
  8/01 - T

L. 27. Lawns, Lakes and Laws

Laboratory 12: State Soil Project
STATE SOIL PROJECT Presentations

Review for Final Exam!

  8/02 - W Review for Final Exam!  
  8/03 - Th FINAL EXAM (Study Questions: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27) Soil Orders: Andisols, Ultisols, Vertisols, Oxisols)  

 

Key Dates for 2nd Summer 2017 are:

Wednesday,   June 27 - Classes begin;
Thursday, June 29 - Last day to register;
Monday,    July 3 - Last day to drop without record (W) or professors to add students to roll;
Monday, July 17 - Last day for instructors to issue midterm evaluations;
Friday,  July 21 - Last day to drop without final grades;
Wednesday,  August 2 - Last day of class.