Every Other Spring Semester (Even Years)
The prefix of this course has changed it was AGRN and is now PSSC.
Soil development, classification, and mapping. Laboratory work will consist of field study of the morphological features of the soil profile and the mapping of designated areas using standardized methods. Prerequisite: AGRN PSSC 301.
COURSE FEES: n/a
LABORATORY FEES: n/a
REQUIRED TEXT(S):
- Buol, S.W., R.J. Southard, R.C. Graham, and P.A. McDaniel. 2011. Soil Genesis and Classification, 6th edition. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN-13: 978-0-8138-0769-0.
- Soil Survey Staff. 2010. Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Eleventh Edition. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC.
Preparing for Your Class
The reading assignment for Week one is Chapter 1 if you have your text you may begin 🙂
Specific Course Objectives
Classification, and soil genesis discussions are enhanced by field based activities that prepare students for mapping, map interpretation, and landscape processes.
More about textbooks
Soil Genesis and Classification, 6th edition. (Buol et al., 2011)
The text may be purchased from any number of online booksellers, TSU Bookstore, Hastings, Barns & Noble, Amazon, Alibris, etc.
Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Eleventh Edition. Soil Survey Staff. 2010.
Available as a downloadable PDF which can be printed and bound at any office supply store. This text to be brought to all laboratories and field excursions.
Supplemental reading from Soil Survey Manual (Soil Survey Staff, 1993)
References
- Buol, S.W., R.J. Southard, R.C. Graham, and P.A. McDaniel. 2011. Soil Genesis and Classification, 6th edition. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN-13: 978-0-8138-0769-0 [Wiley-Blackwell online] This text is available in numerous digital formats.
- Soil Survey Staff. 2010. Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Eleventh Edition. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC. [Online at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053580]
- Soil Survey Division Staff. 1993. Soil survey manual. Soil Conservation Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 18. [online at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_054262]
- Soil Survey Staff. 1999. Soil taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. 2nd edition. Natural Resources Conservation Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 436. [Online at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053577]
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. National soil survey handbook, title 430-VI. [online at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_054242].
Other sources to be identified during the course.
Latest page update: January 13, 2014.