GEO 264 - Soils and the Environment

Credits: 3
Credit Configuration: 2+2, 3 Cr.

This course focuses on the role of soils in the environment and society with an emphasis on their methods of study in an earth system science context. A focus of the course is on the role of soils as part of interrelated human-environmental systems and the effects of human action on issues such as erosion, water quality, ecosystems and climate change. Course includes a laboratory component. Field trips are required.

General Education: May be used to partially fulfill the Natural Sciences component of the General Education Requirements.