| SSC 185 | Land and Life | 3(3-0-0) F |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| SSC 200 | Soil Science | 4(3-3-0) F,S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| SSC (BAE) 323 | Water Management | 3(2-0-2) F |
| Preq: 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 | ||
| SSC (BAE) 324 | Elementary Surveying | 1(0-3-0) F |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| SSC 332 | Environmental Soil Microbiology | 3(2-3-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| SSC 341 | Soil Fertility and Fertilizers | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: SSC 200, BIO 125 | ||
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC 342 | Soil Fertility Laboratory | 1(0-3-0) F |
| Coreq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC 361 | Role of Soils in Environmental Management | 3(2-3-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| SSC (BAE) 435 | Precision Agriculture Technology | 3(2-3-0) S, Alt. yrs(even) |
| Preq: 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 | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| SSC (BAE) (CS) 440 | Geographic Information Systems in Production Agriculture | 3(2-2-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| SSC 452 | Soil Classification | 4(3-4-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| SSC 461 | Soil Physical Properties and Plant Growth | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC (CS) 462 | Soil-Crop Management Systems | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| SSC 470 | Wetland Soils | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC 472 | Forest Soils | 3(2-3-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| WolfWare Info | ||
| SSC (CS) 490 | Senior Seminar in Crop Science and Soil Science | 1(1-0-0) S |
| Preq: Senior standing | ||
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| SSC 492 | External Learning Experience | 1-6 F,S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 493 | Special Problems in Soil Science | 1-6 F,S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 495 | Special Topics in Soil Science | 1-6 F,S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 511 | Soil Physics | 4(3-3-0) |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC 521 | Soil Chemistry | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| SSC (MB) 532 | Soil Microbiology | 4(3-3-0) |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | WolfWare Info | |
| SSC (BAE) 535 | Precision Agriculture Technology | 3(2-3-0) S, Alt. yrs(even) |
| Preq: 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 | ||
| SSC 541 | Soil Fertility | 3(3-0-0) |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | WolfWare Info | |
| SSC 545 | Remote Sensing Applications in Soil Science and Agriculture | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| SSC 551 | Soil Morphology, Genesis and Classification | 3(3-0-0) |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| SSC 562 | Environmental Applications Of Soil Science | 3(2-3-0) |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sprg | ||
| SSC 570 | Wetland Soils | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC (BAE) 573 | Introduction to Surface Hydrologic/Water Quality Modeling | 3(2-0-2) F |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | WolfWare Info | |
| SSC 590 | Special Problems | 1-3 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: SSC 200 | ||
| Special problems in various phases of soils. Emphasis placed on review of recent and current research. Credits Arranged | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| SSC 601 | Seminar | 1(1-0-0) F, S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| SSC 609 | Colloquium In Soil Science | 1-3 F, S |
| Preq: Graduate standing in SSC | ||
| Seminar-type discussions and lectures on specialized and advanced topics in soil science. Credits Arranged | ||
| SSC 620 | Special Problems | 1-3 F, S |
| Preq: SSC 200 | ||
| Special problems in various phases of soils. Emphasis placed on review of recent and current research. Credits Arranged | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 685 | Master's Supervised Teaching | 1-3 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| SSC 688 | Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half Time Registration | 1(1-0-0) F,S,Sum |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sprg | ||
| SSC 689 | Non-Thesis Master Continuous Registration - Full Time Registration | 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sprg | ||
| SSC 690 | Master's Exam | 1-6 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: 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 | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 693 | Master's Supervised Research | 1-9 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Master's student | ||
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 695 | Master's Thesis Research | 1-9 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Master's student | ||
| Thesis Research | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 696 | Summer Thesis Research | 1(1-0-0) Sum |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sum1 | ||
| SSC 699 | Master's Thesis Preparation | 1-3 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: 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 | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 701 | Tropical Soils: Characteristics and Management | 3(3-0-0) F, Alt yrs |
| Coreq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC 720 | Soil and Plant Analysis | 3(2-3-0) S, Alt yrs |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC 722 | Advanced Soil Chemistry | F, Alt yrs |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC (CS) (HS) (TOX) 725 | Herbicide Chemistry | 1(1-0-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| SSC (CS) (HS) (TOX) 727 | Herbicide Behavior In Soil and Water | 2(2-0-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| SSC 753 | Soil Mineralogy | 3(2-3-0) F, Alt yrs |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| SSC (BAE) 771 | Theory Of Drainage--Saturated Flow | 3(3-0-0) F, Alt yrs |
| 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC (FOR) 773 | Forest Productivity: Edaphic Relationships | 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. Yrs. |
| 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. | ||
| SSC (BAE) 774 | Theory Of Drainage--Unsaturated Flow | 3(3-0-0) S, Alt yrs |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| SSC (BAE) 780 | Transport and Fate Of Chemicals In Soils and Natural Waters | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| SSC (FOR) 782 | Silviculture and Management Of Forest Plantations In the Tropics | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| SSC 790 | Special Topics | 1-3 F,S,Sum |
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC 801 | Seminar | 1(1-0-0) F, S, Sum |
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| SSC 809 | Colloquium In Soil Science | 1-3 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Graduate standing in SSC | ||
| Seminar-type discussions and lectures on specialized and advanced topics in soil science. Credits Arranged | ||
| Course Offerings: fall | ||
| SSC 820 | Special Problems | 1-3 F, S |
| Preq: SSC 200 | ||
| Special problems in various phases of soils. Emphasis placed on review of recent and current research. Credits Arranged | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 885 | Doctoral Supervised Teaching | 1-3 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | ||
| SSC 890 | Doctoral Preliminary Examination | 1-9 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Doctoral student | ||
| For students who are preparing for and taking written and/or oral preliminary exams. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 893 | Doctoral Supervised Research | 1-9 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Doctoral student | ||
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graudate Faculty. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 895 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1-9 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Doctoral student | ||
| Dissertation research. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||
| SSC 896 | Summer Dissertation Research | 1(1-0-0) Sum |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: sum1 | ||
| SSC 899 | Doctoral Dissertation Preparation | 1-3 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: 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. | ||
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | ||