10001198Soil and Water Resources
Course Information
Description
Analyze integrated concepts of soil and water resources at the landscape level. Examine physical, chemical, and biological interactions relating to watershed processes and response to land use and management.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Explain the role that soil and water play as components of the natural ecosystem
    Criteria
    Relate soil and water properties to human activity
    Relate soil and water properties to ecology with organisms

  2. Describe physical and chemical property of soil and water
    Criteria
    Describe soil texture, water color, pH, and nutrient analysis

  3. Perform field techniques to measure properties of soil and water
    Criteria
    Measure texture, color, pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium levels in soil
    Measure BOD, conductance, color, and nutrient status of water bodies

  4. Explain how management of soil and water resources affects land use planning, erosion, and nutrient cycling
    Criteria
    Describe the effect of land use on soil and water
    Explain nutrient cycling and how erosion affects it

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