| SSC (CS) 103 | Introductory Topics in Crop, Soil and Turfgrass Sciences | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Introduction to the scope, purpose, and objectives of a university education with an emphasis on areas related to Crop, Soil and Turfgrass Sciences. Students will explore university, college and departmental resources, academic policies and procedures, opportunities for minors, career opportunities, and current trends and issues in our related disciplines. Students cannot receive credit for both CS 103 and ALS 103. Freshman Only; PAA, PAB, PAC, PAE, PCB, SST, TFG |
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| SSC 185 | Land and Life | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Land quality and the social, economic and political practices of societies utilizing different land resources. The underlying physical reasons for land quality differences and land management options for technological, primitive and developing societies. Stresses macro and micro scale societal responses to land quality. |
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| SSC 200 | Soil Science | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: One semester of college chemistry |
| Fundamentals of soils including origin, composition and classification; their physical, chemical, and biological properties; significance of these properties to soil-plant relationships and soil management. |
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| SSC (BAE) 323 | Water Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: Junior standing |
| Water management principles applied to agriculture; hydrologic cycle, runoff, surface and sub-surface drainage, soil conservation measures to reduce erosion and sedimentation, irrigation, pond construction, open channel flow, water rights and environmental laws pertaining to water management. Emphasis on problem solving |
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| SSC (BAE) 324 | Elementary Surveying | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: Junior standing |
| Theory and practice of plane surveying to include measuring distances as well as record keeping differential leveling, profile leveling, topographic mapping, stadia surveying and the use of these tools in agricultural applications. |
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| SSC 332 | Environmental Soil Microbiology | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: BIO 181 and SSC 200 |
| Analysis of the effects of soil environments on microbial growth. Relationships and significance of microbes to mineral transformations, plant development, and environmental quality. Management of soil microorganisms in different ecosystems. |
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| SSC 341 | Soil Fertility and Fertilizers | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200 |
| Principles of managing plant nutrition for crop production, fertilizer materials, crop fertilization, soil fertility maintenance and management practices for optimizing fertilizer use; soil and plant tissue testing as diagnostic tools in nutrient management. |
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| SSC 342 | Soil Fertility Laboratory | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Corequisite: SSC 341 |
| Soil sampling and analyses for acidity and nutrient content. Calculating lime and fertilizer recommendations and calibrating fertilizer spreaders. Discussion of fertilizer materials and calculation of least cost blends. Computer programs to confirm recommendations and least cost blends. Field trip to a fertilizer distributor and to a fertilizer user. |
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| SSC 361 | Role of Soils in Environmental Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200 |
| Importance of soils in land application of municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes; onsite disposal of domestic wastewater; bioremediation of contaminated sites; erosion and sedimentation control; farm nutrient management; and nonpoint sourcewater pollution. |
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| SSC (BAE) 435 | Precision Agriculture Technology | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Even Years, Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: Junior standing or Senior standing |
| Overview of technology available for implementation of a comprehensive precision agriculture program. Topics include computers, GPS, sensors, mechanized soil sampling, variable rate control system, yield monitors, and postharvest processing controls. Applications of precision agriculture in crop planning, tillage, planting, chemical applications, harvesting and postharvest processing. Credit may not be received for BAE/SSC 435 and BAE/SSC 535 |
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| SSC (BAE) (CS) 440 | Geographic Information Systems in Production Agriculture | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 341 |
| Fundamentals of the global positioning system, geographic information systems, and site-specific management. Geospatially located soil sampling strategies will be addressed as well as appropriate interpolation methods for point-sampled data. The course will cover variable rate fertilizer recommendation models and the technology necessary for variably applying fertilizer. Spatial measurement of crop yields. |
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| SSC 452 | Soil Classification | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200 |
| Genesis, morphology, and classification of soils; characterization of soils according to their diagnostic properties; interpreting soil use potential; emphasis on North Carolina soils and their taxonomy; field exercise in soil mapping and site evaluation; several field trips, one overnight. |
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| SSC 461 | Soil Physical Properties and Plant Growth | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200 |
| Soil physical properties and their influence on plant growth and environmentally sound land use; soil solid-porosity-density relationships, soil water, heat and air relations and transport. Principles and applications of these topics using current literature in agronomy, turf, horticulture, water quality, waste management and urban land use. |
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| SSC (CS) 462 | Soil-Crop Management Systems | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: CS 213, CS 414, SSC 342, SSC 452; senior standing |
| Unites principles of soil science and crop science with those of allied areas into realistic agronomic applications; practical studies in planning and evaluation of soil and crop management systems. |
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| SSC 470 | Wetland Soils | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200, SSC 452 recommended |
| Wetland definitions, concepts, functions and regulations; chemical, physical and morphological characteristics of wetland soils. Wetland soil identification using field indicators and monitoring equipment; principles of wetland creation, restoration and mitigation. Special project required for SSC 570. Two mandatory field trips. Credit will not be given for both SSC 470 and SSC 570. |
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| SSC 472 | Forest Soils | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 341, or FOR 304 |
| Soil as a medium for tree growth; relation of soil physical, chemical and biological factors to the practice of silviculture; extensive soil management in the forest and intensive soil management in forest nurseries and in seed orchards; relation ofsoil and site to forest genetics, ecology, pathology and entomology. |
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| SSC (CS) 490 | Senior Seminar in Crop Science and Soil Science | UNITS: 1 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: Senior standing in Agronomy, Plant and Soil Sciences, or Turfgrass Science |
| Review and discussion of current topics in crop science, soil science, agronomy and natural resource management. Preparation and presentation of scientific information in written and oral format. Senior standing in Agronomy, Plant and Soil Sciences, or Turfgrass Science. |
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| SSC 492 | External Learning Experience | UNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: Sophomore standing |
| A learning experience in agriculture and life sciences within an academic framework that utilizes facilities and resources which are external to the campus. Contact and arrangements with the prospective employers must be initiated by student and approved by a faculty adviser, the prospective employer, the departmental teaching coordinator and the academic dean prior to the experience. |
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| SSC 493 | Special Problems in Soil Science | UNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: Sophomore standing |
| A learning experience in agriculture and life sciences within an academic framework that utilizes campus facilities and resources. Contact and arrangements with prospective employers must be initiated by student and approved by a faculty adviser, the prospective employer, the departmental teaching coordinator prior to the experience. |
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| SSC 495 | Special Topics in Soil Science | UNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200 |
| Offered as needed to present materials not normally available in regular course offerings or for offering of new courses on a trial basis. |
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| SSC 511 | Soil Physics | UNITS: 4 |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200, PY 212 |
| Soil physical properties and theory of selected instrumentation to measure them. Topics including soil solids, soil water, air and heat. Emphasis on transport processes and the energy concept of soil and water. |
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| SSC 521 | Soil Chemistry | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200, one yr. of general inorganic chemistry |
| A consideration of the chemical and colloidal properties of clay and soil systems, including ion exchange and retention, soil solution reactions, solvation of clays and electrokinetic properties of clay-water systems. |
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| SSC (MB) 532 | Soil Microbiology | UNITS: 4 |
| Prerequisite: MB 351; CH 220 |
| Soil as a medium for microbial growth, the relation of microbes to important mineral transformations in soil, the importance of biological equilibrium and significance of soil microbes to environmental quality. |
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| SSC (BAE) 535 | Precision Agriculture Technology | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Even Years, Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: Junior standing or Senior standing |
| Overview of technology available for implementation of a comprehensive precision agriculture program. Topics include computers, GPS, sensors, mechanized soil sampling, variable rate control system, yield monitors, and postharvest processing controls. Applications of precision agriculture in crop planning, tillage, planting, chemical applications, harvesting and postharvest processing. Credit may not be received for BAE/SSC 435 and BAE/SSC 535 |
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| SSC 541 | Soil Fertility | UNITS: 3 |
| Prerequisite: SSC 341 |
| Soil conditions affecting plant growth and the chemistry of soil and fertilizer interrelationships. Factors affecting the availability of nutrients. Methods of measuring nutrient availability. |
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| SSC 545 | Remote Sensing Applications in Soil Science and Agriculture | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200, PY 212 |
| Overview of remote sensing including history, evolution, vocabulary, and physical principles, i.e., electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter. Distant and proximate remote sensing techniques (aerial photography, satellite imaging, radar, lidar, etc.), hardware, and platforms and their application in the characterization and management of soils and crops. Development of strategies for incorporating remote sensing into soil and agronomic research, and of practical skills for processing, analysis, display, and discussion of remote sensing data with applications in soil science and agriculture. |
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| SSC 551 | Soil Morphology, Genesis and Classification | UNITS: 3 |
| Prerequisite: MEA 120, SSC 200, SSC 341 |
| Morphology: Chemical, physical and mineralogical parameters useful in characterizing soil. Genesis: soil-forming factors and processes. Classification: historical development and present concepts of soil taxonomy with particular reference to worldwide distribution of great soil groups as well as discussions of logical bases of soil classification. |
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| SSC 562 | Environmental Applications Of Soil Science | UNITS: 3 |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200 |
| Identification and evaluation of basic factors influencing movement of potential pollutants through soil and their underlying strata. Development of understanding of processes of soil and site evaluation for waste disposal and transport of pollutants through soils. |
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| SSC 570 | Wetland Soils | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200, SSC 452 recommended |
| Wetland definitions, concepts, functions and regulations; chemical, physical and morphological characteristics of wetland soils. Wetland soil identification using field indicators and monitoring equipment; principles of wetland creation, restoration and mitigation. Special project required for SSC 570. Two mandatory field trips. Credit will not be given for both SSC 470 and SSC 570. |
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| SSC (BAE) 573 | Introduction to Surface Hydrologic/Water Quality Modeling | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: BAE 471, SSC 200 |
| Concepts in basic hydrologic, erosion and chemical transport used in modeling. Evaluation of typical hydrologic/water quality models on watershed systems. Usage of state-of-the-art models in project examples. |
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| SSC (CS) (FOR) 577 | Conservation and Sustainable Development I: Concepts and Method | UNITS: 3 |
| Agronomic, ecological and economic concepts of sustainability, with emphasis on application in developing countries; forest, soil and wildlife resources; models in conservation biology; historical, cultural and sociological perspectives; policy analysis. Offered as part of the program of the Center for World Environment and Sustainable Development. |
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| SSC 590 | Special Problems | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200 |
| Special problems in various phases of soils. Emphasis placed on review of recent and current research. Credits Arranged |
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| SSC 601 | Seminar | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing in SSC |
| A maximum of two semester hours allowed toward the master's degree, but any number toward the doctorate. Scientific articles, progress reports in research and special problems of interest to soil scientists reviewed and discussed. |
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| SSC 609 | Colloquium In Soil Science | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing in SSC |
| Seminar-type discussions and lectures on specialized and advanced topics in soil science. Credits Arranged |
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| SSC 620 | Special Problems | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200 |
| Special problems in various phases of soils. Emphasis placed on review of recent and current research. Credits Arranged |
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| SSC 685 | Master's Supervised Teaching | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment. |
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| SSC 688 | Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half Time Registration | UNITS: 1 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain half-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. |
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| SSC 689 | Non-Thesis Master Continuous Registration - Full Time Registration | UNITS: 3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain full-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. Students may register for this course a maximum of one semester. |
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| SSC 690 | Master's Exam | UNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students in non thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam. Credits Arranged |
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| SSC 693 | Master's Supervised Research | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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| SSC 695 | Master's Thesis Research | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| Thesis Research |
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| SSC 696 | Summer Thesis Research | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research. |
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| SSC 699 | Master's Thesis Preparation | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students who have completed all credit hour requirements and full-time enrollment for the master's degree and are writing and defending their thesis. Credits arranged |
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| SSC 701 | Tropical Soils: Characteristics and Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Fall Only |
| Corequisite: Six credits in SSC |
| Characteristics of the tropical environment. Distribution and classification of tropical soils. Soil-plant relationships in the tropics. Soil management systems with emphasis on shifting cultivation, flooded rice production, subsistence farming and tropical pasture management. |
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| SSC 720 | Soil and Plant Analysis | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: PY 212; CH 315; at least three soils courses including SSC 341 |
| Theory and advanced principles of utilization of chemical instruments to aid research on the heterogeneous systems of soils and plants. |
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| SSC 722 | Advanced Soil Chemistry | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 521, CH 730 |
| Critical review of application of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics to under standing soil systems, solution equilibria, precipitation and dissolution, complexation, reduction-oxidation, surface-solute interactions and chemical transport. Application of chemical speciation models. |
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| SSC (CS) (HS) (TOX) 725 | Pesticide Chemistry | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: CH 201 and 221 |
| Chemical properties of pesticides including hydration and solvation, ionization, volatilization, lipophilicity, molecular structure and size, and reactivity and classification according to chemical description, mode of action or ionizability. Taughtduring the first 5 weeks of semester. Drop date is last day of 3rd week of the minicourse. |
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| SSC (CS) (HS) (TOX) 727 | Pesticide Behavior and Fate In the Environment | UNITS: 2 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: CS(HS,SSC,TOX) 725,SSC 200 |
| Sorption/desorption, soil reactivity, movement, volatilization, bioavailability, degradation and stability of pesticides in the environment. Taught during the last 10 weeks of semester. Drop date is last day of 3rd week of the minicourse. |
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| SSC 753 | Soil Mineralogy | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200, SSC 341 |
| Composition, structure, classification, identification, origin, occurrence and significance of soil minerals with emphasis on primary weatherable silicates, layer silicate clays and sesquioxides. |
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| SSC (BAE) 771 | Theory Of Drainage--Saturated Flow | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Fall Only |
| Discussion of physical concepts and properties of fluids and porous media in relation to soil-water movement. Derivation and discussion of the fundamental laws and equations governing saturated flow in porous media. Analysis of mathematical solutions of steady-state and transient flow equations to determine their applicability to drainage problems. Consideration of analogs and models of particular drainage problems. |
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| SSC (FOR) 773 | Forest Productivity: Edaphic Relationships | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Fall Only |
| Advanced ecophysiological consideration of forest stand productivity and how influenced by resource availability, genetics and their interactions. This knowledge used as a foundation to discuss the influence of natural stresses, silvicultural treatments and other anthropogenic disturbances on forest productivity. |
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| SSC (BAE) 774 | Theory Of Drainage--Unsaturated Flow | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: BAE 771 |
| Involvement of forces and utilization of theories in unsaturated flow of porous media in relation to soil-water movement. Development and solution of steady-state and transient unsaturated flow equations for horizontal and vertical moisture movement. Application of solutions to present day laboratory and field technology. Consideration of molecular diffusion and hydrodynamic dispersion considered in light of current tracing techniques. |
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| SSC (BAE) 780 | Transport and Fate Of Chemicals In Soils and Natural Waters | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: SSC 511, SSC 521 |
| Ecological and environmental significance of movement of chemicals from agricultural and forested land to water and/or the atmosphere. Movement, depostition and chemical and biological transformations of chemicals. Emphasis on saprolite and the vadose zone. Transport to ground water and/or laterally toward surface water. Design of course for advanced graduate students. |
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| SSC (FOR) 782 | Silviculture and Management Of Forest Plantations In the Tropics | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing |
| Establishment and management of forest tree plantations in the tropics and subtropics. Genetic adaptability of trees used as exotics, establishment and management of tree improvement programs, tree harvesting, wood manufacturing, gene conservation and maintaining site productivity. |
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| SSC 790 | Special Topics | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
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| SSC 801 | Seminar | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
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| SSC 809 | Colloquium In Soil Science | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing in SSC |
| Seminar-type discussions and lectures on specialized and advanced topics in soil science. Credits Arranged |
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| SSC 820 | Special Problems | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: SSC 200 |
| Special problems in various phases of soils. Emphasis placed on review of recent and current research. Credits Arranged |
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| SSC 885 | Doctoral Supervised Teaching | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment, and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment. |
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| SSC 890 | Doctoral Preliminary Examination | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| For students who are preparing for and taking written and/or oral preliminary exams. |
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| SSC 893 | Doctoral Supervised Research | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graudate Faculty. |
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| SSC 895 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| Dissertation research. |
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| SSC 896 | Summer Dissertation Research | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research. |
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| SSC 899 | Doctoral Dissertation Preparation | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| For students who have completed all credit hour, full-time enrollment, preliminary examination and residency requirements for the doctoral degree and are writing and defending their dissertations. |
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