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| Info |
http://athene.umb.no/emner/JORD251/ |
| JORD251 |
Soil Classification |
| Course responsible |
Line Tau Strand |
IPM |
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| Number of credits allocated |
5.0 |
| Language |
English if required |
| Limits for class size |
Minimum 5 students. |
| Semester/trimester |
| August block |
Autumn parallel |
January block |
Spring parallel |
June block |
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| Colour explanation: Red/yellow = teaching periods. The red period indicates when the teaching starts. |
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| Type of course |
Lectures: 18-20 hours.
Exercises: 20 hours.
Student presentations: 4-10 hours. |
| Compulsory educational activities |
1. Attendance at compulsory lectures. 2. Oral presentations or poster presentations of an assignment connected to regional soil resources. 3. 80 % of the exercises. |
| Prerequisites |
JORD101. |
| Recommended prerequisites |
JORD250 Soil Morphology. |
| Exam |
L |
| Assessment methods |
The students are assessed individually based on:
selected exercises 50% and
the individual report which is to be submitted on the last day of the course 50%. |
| Grading |
A-F |
| Nominal workload |
150 hours. |
| Course frequency |
Even years |
| Comment on frequency |
- |
| Teaching methods |
The following teaching methods will be used:
- self-tuition, syllabus/maps supported by web pages ;
- student presentation (oral or poster) of assignment related to regional soil resources;
- lectures, compulsory;
- exercises in classifying soil in accordance with a international soil classification systems;
- individual supervision on assignment of own choice |
| Teaching support |
Individual guidance in connection with the student-chosen assignment. |
| Examiner |
The external examiner approves the course arrangements, before the course is carried out and participates in the assessment of the reports, together with the course responsible. |
| Entrance requirements |
Special requirements in Science
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| Note |
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| The course is recommended for all students that are particularlly interested in global soil resources and for students doing their Master’s thesis in soil science where field work and description of soil types are needed. |
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| Objective of course |
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After completing the course, students will be able to: - give an account of the regional distribution, formation, characteristics and use of the important soil types in the world, - describe principles for the formation and classification of soil in reference to the soil classification system Soil Taxonomy (1999), FAO/Unesco system (1975/1990) and WRB (2006), - from the classification nomenclature be able to express the important characteristics of soil that is classified, - classify soil in reference to one of the mentioned international soil classification systems. |
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| Course contents |
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| The national and international history of soil classification. Principles of soil classification, diagnostic layer/characteristics. Regional distribution. Use of information on a regional basis. Use of classification keys. Classification of soil in reference to different classification systems from standard soil profile descriptions. |
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| Syllabus |
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- Driessen P., Deckers, J., Spaargaren, O., and Nachtergaele, F. O. (editors), 2001. Lecture notes on the major soil of the world. FAO, Rome, 329 pp.
- Soil Survey Staff, 1999. Soil Taxonomy, Agricultural Handbook No. 436. Pp. 83-90.
- Soil Survey Staff, 1998, Keys to Soil Taxonomy. United States Department of Agriculture. Pp. 9-40. |
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| Last updated |
2012-03-23 |
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