BS SOIL SCIENCE  – 2005-07 Catalog
Earth and Soil Sciences Department
Science Bldg. (52), Room C-43
(805) 756-2261 FAX (805) 756-5412

   o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

   o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

   * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

SS 110 Orientation in Soil Science

1

SS 121 Introductory Soil Science

4

SS 202 Soil Erosion and Water Conservation

4

SS 221 Fertilizers and Plant Nutrition

4

SS 223 Rocks and Minerals

4

SS 321 Soil Morphology

4

SS 322 Soil Plant Relationships

4

SS 345 Soil Interpretations and Management

4

SS 422 Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry

4

SS 423 Soil and Water Chemistry

5

SS 431 Soil Resource Inventory

4

SS 432 Soil Physics

5

SS 461 Senior Project I

1

SS 462 Senior Project II

3

SS 463 Undergraduate Soils Seminar

2

Concentration courses (see below)

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SUPPORT COURSES

 

BOT 121 General Botany (B2 & B4)*

4

BRAE 340 Irrigation Water Management (Area F)*

4

CHEM 127 General Chemistry (B3&B4)*

4

CHEM 128 General Chemistry

4

CHEM 129 General Chemistry

4

CHEM 313 Survey of Biochemistry

5

GEOL 201 Physical Geology

3

FNR/GEOG/LA 318 Applications of GIS

3

1  MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra or
MATH 141 Calculus I (B1)*


4

1  MATH 119 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry or
MATH 142 Calculus II (B1)*


4

2  PHYS 121/PHYS 131/PHYS 141

4

STAT 218 Appl Statistics-Life Sciences

4

 

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GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 20 units are in Support.

 

®See page 79 for complete GE course listing.

 

®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing

4

Area B  Science and Mathematics (no add’l units req’d)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics * 8 units in Support

0

B2 Life Science * 4 units in Support

0

B3 Physical Science  * 4 units in Support

0

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 


Area C  Arts and Humanities (20 units)

 

C1 Literature

4

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

C4 Upper-division elective

4

Area C elective (Choose one course from C1-C4)

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (20 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)

4

D5 Upper-division elective

4

Area F Technology Elective (upper division) * 4 units in Support

0

 

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ELECTIVES

0

 

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CONCENTRATIONS (select one):

Environmental Management Concentration

 

CHEM 312 Survey of Organic Chemistry (transfer equivalent CHEM 212)

5

CRSC 411/STAT 313

4

SS 433 Land Use Planning

3

Select from: FNR 202, 306, 311, 416, 425; PHIL 340, REC 302

8

Select from:
CRP 404, 408, 420; FNR 408, 464; LA 451

8

 

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Environmental Science and Technology Concentration

 

CHEM 316 (transfer equivalent CHEM 216), 317 (transfer equivalent CHEM 217) Organic Chemistry I, II

5,5

Select from:  CHEM 218/318, 231/331, 319, 341, 342, 385, 481

8

Select from:
ENVE 325, 330, 434, 439; SS 442

6

STAT 313 Applied Experimental Design and Regression Models

4

 

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Land Resources Concentration

 

CHEM 312 Survey of Organic Chemistry (transfer equivalent CHEM 212)

5

CRSC 411 Experimental Techniques and Analysis

4

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.