Courses
The following Soil Science Courses are available to students:
NOTE: MANY OTHER UPPER DIVISION COURSES ARE AVAILABLE TO FULFILL UPPER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS.
Upper Division Soil Science Courses
100 Principles of Soil Science
102 Soil and Water Chemistry
105 Field Studies of Soil Resources
107 Soil Physics
109 Nutrient Cycling and Management
111 Soil Microbiology
118 Soils in Land Use and the Environment
120 Soil Genesis, Morphology and Classification
192 Soil Science Internship
198 Directed Group Study
199 Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates
Graduate Courses
| Course # | Title | Quarter | Units |
| SSC 202 | Topics in Advanced Soil Chemistry | II | 3 |
| SSC 205 | Field Studies of Soils in California Ecosystems | IV | 5 |
| SSC 208 | Soil-Plant Interrelationships | II-E | 3 |
| SSC 211 | Advanced Soil Microbiology | I-E | 3 |
| SSC 219 | Ecosystem Biogeochemistry | III-O | 4 |
| SSC 220 | Pedology | II-E | 3 |
| SSC 222 | Global Carbon Cycle (Advance in Soil Organic Matter) | II-O | 3 |
| SSC 298* | Foundations of Soils and Biogeochemistry | II | 2 |
| SSC 299 | Research | I, II, III | 1-12 |
| EBS 215 | Soil-Machine Relations in Tillage and Traction | II alt yr | 3 |
| EBS 240 | Infiltration and Drainage | II alt yr | 3 |
| EBS 242 | Hydraulics of Surface Irrigation | III alt yr | 3 |
| EBS 265 | Design and Analysis of Engineering Experiments | III | 5 |
Additional Graduate Courses
| Course # | Title | Quarter | Units |
| ECI 245A | Applied Environmental Chemistry: Inorganic | III alt yr | 4 |
| ECI 245B | Applied Environmental Chemistry: Organic | III alt yr | 4 |
| ECI 264B | Transport, Mixing and Water Quality in Estuaries and Wetlands | III alt yr | 4 |
| ECI 272C | Multiphase Reactive Transport | III alt yr | 4 |
| ECI 281A | Advanced Soil Mechanics | I | 4 |
| ECI 281B | Advanced Soil Mechanics | II | 4 |
| ECI 283 | Physico-Chemical Aspects of Soil Behavior | I | 3 |
| ECI 284 | Theoretical Geomechanics | II | 4 |
| ECI 240 | Water Quality | II | 4 |
| ECI 276 | Watershed Hydrology | II | 4 |
| ECL 216 | Ecology and Agriculture | I alt yr | 3 |
| ECL 206 | Concepts and Methods in Plant Community Ecology | I | 4 |
| ETX 220L | Analysis of Toxicants Laboratory | I | 2 |
| ETX 240 | Ecotoxicology | III | 3 |
| GEO 200AN | Geographical Concepts | I | 4 |
| GEO 200BN | Theory & Practice of Geography | II | 4 |
| GEOCN | Quantitative Geography | III | 4 |
| GEO 211 | Physical Geography Traditions and Methods | I alt yr | 3 |
| GEL 216 | Tectonics | II alt yr | 3 |
| GEL 227 | Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry | II | 4 |
| GEL 235 | Surface Processes | II | 3 |
| HRT 203 | Research Perspectives in Horticulture | I alt yr | 3 |
| HRT 251 | Modeling Horticultural Systems | II | 3 |
| HYD 210 | Vadose Zone Transport Processes and Modeling | III-O | 3 |
| HYD 252 | Hillslope Geomorphology and Sediment Budgets | III-O | 4 |
| HYD 273 | Introduction to Geostatistics | I-E | 3 |
| PBI 210 | Plant Ecophysiology | II alt yr | 3 |
| PLS 205 | Experimental Design and Analysis | II | 5 |
| PLS 206 | Applied Multivariate Modeling in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences |
I | 4 |
| VEN 216 | Vineyard Establishment and Development | I | 4 |
| VEN 217 | Field and GIS Evaluation of Soils | II alt yr | 3 |
*SSC 298 will be changed to SSC 200 upon course approval.
Quarter Offered: I =Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer, E=even year, O=odd year
