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Soil Science - Academic Minor

MINOR CODE - 134

ADVISOR CONTACT

Lee E. Schweitzer
(765) 494-4789
lschweit@purdue.edu


REQUIREMENTS:

Departmental permission is not required to enroll in this minor. Eighteen (18) credits must be earned.


REQUIRED COURSE

(3) AGRY 255 (Soil Science)

(3) AGRY 365 (Soil Fertility)


ELECTIVE LIST:
Twelve (12) credits from the following courses must be completed.

(3) AGRY 290 (Introduction to Environmental Science)
(3) AGRY 349 (Soil Ecology)
(2) AGRY 355 (Soil Morphology and Geography)

(3) AGRY 385 (Environmental Soil Chemistry)
(3) AGRY 450 (Soil Conservation and Water Management)
(3) AGRY 465 (Soil Physical Properties)
(3) AGRY 515 (Plant Mineral Nutrition)
(3) AGRY 540 (Soil Chemistry)
(3) AGRY 544 (Environmental Organic Chemistry)

(3) AGRY 545 (Remote Sensing of Land Resources)
(3) AGRY 555 (Soil and Plant Analysis)
(3) AGRY 560 (Soil Physics)
(3) AGRY 565 (Soil Classification, Genesis, and Survey)
(3) AGRY 580 (Soil Microbiology)
(3) AGRY 585 (Soils and Land Use)

 


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