Course Overview
Enhance your career in natural resources with practical soil assessment skills. This field-based course introduces the Canadian System of Soil Classification (CSSC) and other key techniques used in forestry, arboriculture, natural areas management, ecological restoration, and more. Through hands-on experience at two field sites, you'll learn to dig soil pits, interpret soil horizons, perform hand texturing, differentiate humus forms, and analyze soil properties for resource management applications. This 12-hour course is designed for professionals and students in natural sciences, ecological restoration, forestry, resource management, arboriculture, planning, stewardship, outreach, and education. Students must provide their own transportation.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
1.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Carry out field description of soils for various applications and in a variety of ecosystems using standard practices.
- Describe dominant factors and processes involved in soil formation and development of soil horizons.
- Describe soils using standard Canadian System of Soil Classification terminology
- Demonstrate soil sampling, handling methods and basic soil analyses, including hand texturing soil color assessment using Munsell Soil Color Charts.
- Identify soil humus forms in the field.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2025
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