CALENDAR

 

FALL 2005

Week Date Lecture Topic
     
  8/24 Course Introduction
1 8/29 Introduction
  8/31 Basic Soil Properties
2 9/5 Historical Perspectives in Urban Soil Science
  9/7 Urban Soils and Pedodiversity
3 9/12 Urban Soil Formation, Morphology and Classification I
  9/14 Urban Soil Formation, Morphology and Classification II
4 9/19 Soil Information Systems
  9/21 Review
5 9/26 EXAM # 1
  9/28 Regional Geospatial Modeling of Soil Properties in Urban and Non-urban Areas
6 10/3 Physical and Hydrological Properties I
  10/5 Physical and Hydrological Properties II
7 10/10 Ameliorating Soil Physical Properties in Disturbed Landscapes I
  10/12 Ameliorating Soil Physical Properties in Disturbed Landscapes II
8 10/17 Chemistry of Urban Sols
  10/19 Urban Soils Organisms and Microbial Processes
9 10/24 Biogeochemical Cycles in Urban Soils
  10/26 Review
10 10/31 EXAM # 2
  11/2 Roots and the Urban Rhizosphere
11 11/7 Phytoremediation of Urban Soils
  11/9 Soils and Septic Systems
12 11/14 Urban Soil Erosion and Its Control
  11/16 Toxicology of Urban Soils
13 11/21 Organic Wastes in Urban Areas
  11/23 NO CLASS
14 11/28 Forensic Urban Soil Science
  11/30 Project Presentation
15 12/5 Project Presentation
  12/7 Review
16 TBA FINAL EXAM: University Calendar