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 |