Course overview
Soil is an essential and non-renewable resource on which life on earth depends. Humans rely on the ecosystem services provided by soil for their food, building materials, fibre, and textiles. Other organisms also rely on soil to provide habitat and food, both in the soil itself and in the ecosystems that grow on it. This course will provide you with a fundamental understanding of how soil develops, how it works, what role it plays in the environment and in supporting human activities, what threatens it and why it should be protected.
- Soil Formation, Description And Classification
- Basic Properties And Functions Of Soil
- Soil Issues, Degradation And Management
Course learning outcomes
- Understand the importance of soils and ecosystem services they provide.
- Understand fundamental principles underlying the formation and physical, chemical and biological properties of soil.
- Determine, document and interpret basic soil properties in the laboratory, field and from written descriptions/data.
- Apply soil physical and chemical properties to classify soils into broad categories using a standard classification system.
- Familiarity with soil degradation processes, their causes, remediation processes and the concept of sustainable use of soil.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 64342
Section PR01
Size 40
Available 39
Class number 64341
Section FR01
Size 40
Available 39
Waite Campus
Group 1
Class number 67479
Section PR01
Size 80
Available 77
Class number 67478
Section FR01
Size 81
Available 78
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