BS SOIL
SCIENCE – 2005-07
Catalog
Earth and Soil Sciences Department
Science Bldg. (52), Room C-43
(805) 756-2261 FAX (805) 756-5412
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o 60
units upper division |
o GWR |
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o 2.0 GPA |
o USCP |
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* = Satisfies General
Education requirement |
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MAJOR COURSES |
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SS 110 Orientation in Soil
Science |
1 |
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SS 121 Introductory Soil Science |
4 |
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SS 202 Soil Erosion and Water
Conservation |
4 |
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SS 221 Fertilizers and Plant
Nutrition |
4 |
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SS 223 Rocks and Minerals |
4 |
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SS 321 Soil Morphology |
4 |
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SS 322 Soil Plant Relationships |
4 |
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SS 345 Soil Interpretations and
Management |
4 |
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SS 422 Soil Microbiology and
Biochemistry |
4 |
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SS 423 Soil and Water Chemistry |
5 |
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SS 431 Soil Resource Inventory |
4 |
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SS 432 Soil Physics |
5 |
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SS 461 Senior Project I |
1 |
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SS 462 Senior Project II |
3 |
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SS 463 Undergraduate Soils
Seminar |
2 |
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Concentration courses (see
below) |
28 |
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SUPPORT
COURSES |
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BOT 121 General Botany (B2 &
B4)* |
4 |
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BRAE 340 Irrigation Water
Management (Area F)* |
4 |
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CHEM 127 General Chemistry
(B3&B4)* |
4 |
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CHEM 128 General Chemistry |
4 |
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CHEM 129 General Chemistry |
4 |
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CHEM 313 Survey of Biochemistry |
5 |
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GEOL 201 Physical Geology |
3 |
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FNR/GEOG/LA 318 Applications of
GIS |
3 |
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1 MATH 118
Pre-Calculus Algebra or |
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1 MATH 119
Pre-Calculus Trigonometry or |
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2 PHYS 121/PHYS 131/PHYS 141 |
4 |
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STAT 218 Appl
Statistics-Life Sciences |
4 |
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GENERAL
EDUCATION (GE) |
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72 units required; 20 units are in Support. |
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®See page 79 for complete GE course listing. |
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®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400
level. |
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Area A Communication (12 units) |
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A1 Expository Writing |
4 |
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A2 Oral Communication |
4 |
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A3 Reasoning,
Argumentation, and Writing |
4 |
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Area B Science and Mathematics (no add’l units req’d) |
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B1 Mathematics/Statistics
* 8 units in Support |
0 |
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B2 Life Science * 4 units
in Support |
0 |
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B3 Physical Science * 4 units in Support |
0 |
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B4 One lab taken with either
a B2 or B3 course |
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Area C Arts and Humanities (20 units) |
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C1 Literature |
4 |
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C2 Philosophy |
4 |
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C3 Fine/Performing Arts |
4 |
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C4 Upper-division elective
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4 |
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Area C elective (Choose
one course from C1-C4) |
4 |
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Area D/E Society and the Individual (20 units) |
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D1 The American Experience
(40404) |
4 |
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D2 Political Economy |
4 |
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D3 Comparative Social
Institutions |
4 |
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D4 Self Development (CSU
Area E) |
4 |
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D5 Upper-division elective
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4 |
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Area F Technology Elective (upper
division) * 4 units in Support |
0 |
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ELECTIVES |
0 |
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CONCENTRATIONS (select one):
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Environmental Management
Concentration
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CHEM 312 Survey of Organic
Chemistry (transfer equivalent CHEM 212) |
5 |
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CRSC 411/STAT 313 |
4 |
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SS 433 Land Use Planning |
3 |
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Select from: FNR 202, 306, 311, 416, 425;
PHIL 340, REC 302 |
8 |
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Select from: |
8 |
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Environmental Science and Technology Concentration
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CHEM 316 (transfer
equivalent CHEM 216), 317 (transfer equivalent CHEM 217) Organic Chemistry
I, II |
5,5 |
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Select from: CHEM 218/318, 231/331, 319, 341, 342, 385,
481 |
8 |
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Select from: |
6 |
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STAT 313 Applied
Experimental Design and Regression Models |
4 |
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Land Resources Concentration |
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CHEM 312 Survey of Organic
Chemistry (transfer equivalent CHEM 212) |
5 |
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CRSC 411 Experimental
Techniques and Analysis |
4 |
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Additional courses
selected from approved list. These units may be selected to apply toward an
approved minor. |
19 |
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1 Students in the Environmental Science and Technology
concentration take MATH 141 and MATH 142.
2
Students
in the Environmental Science and Technology concentration take PHYS 131 or PHYS
141.