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Soils and Sustainable Land Systems: Environmental Soil Science Option - BA, BS

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

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For more information about Soils and Sustainable Land Systems, see the website.
Following is a sample four-year plan. Please note that student-specific plans may differ.
Admitted students must meet with an advisor. Current students should also meet with an advisor and log on to Degree Works to check student-specific program progress.
Can also have an emphasis in Sustainable Food Production .

Minimum University Requirements
Total Credits	120	Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)	2.00 GPA
Credits of C- or better	100	Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above)	40
Total USU Credits	30	Upper-division USU Credits	20
USU Credits within the Major	10	Credits in Minor (if required)	12
Credits in Major	see below	Credits in American Institutions	3
General Education Requirements	see link	University Studies Depth Requirements	see link
NOTES: The highest math requirement for this degree is STAT 2000: Statistical Methods (QI) or STAT 3000: Statistics for Scientists (QI) .

Admissions Requirements for this Program
New freshmen	Admitted to USU in Good Standing			Transfer students from other institutions or other programs at USU	2.5 GPA

First Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
BIOL 1610: Biology I	3		Breadth Social Sciences (BSS) Course	3
BIOL 1615: Biology I Laboratory	1		CHEM 1110: General Chemistry I (BPS)	4
ENGL 1010: Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (CL1)	3		ENGL 2010: Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2)	3
GEO 1110: Physical Geology (BPS)	3		MATH 1060: Trigonometry	2
GEO 1115: Physical Geology Laboratory	1		WILD 2200: Ecology of Our Changing World (BLS)	3
MATH 1050: College Algebra (QL)	4
Total Recommended Credits:	15		Total Recommended Credits:	15
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Second Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
MATH 1210: Calculus I (QL)	4		CHEM 1120: General Chemistry II (BPS)	4
LAEP 1030: Introduction to Landscape Architecture (BCA)	3	Recommended BCA	CHEM 1125: General Chemistry II Laboratory	1
PSC 3000: Fundamentals of Soil Science	4		PSC 2000: The Atmosphere and Weather (BPS)	3
USU 1300: U.S. Institutions (BAI)	3	Recommended BAI	PSC 3500: Structure and Function of Plants	3
Elective	1		PSC 4810: Climate and Climate Change (DSC/QI)	3
			Elective	1
Total Recommended Credits:	15		Total Recommended Credits:	15
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Third Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
PHYS 2110: General Physics - Life Sciences I	4		PSC 5530: Soil Health and Fertility (QI)	3
PSC 5130: Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification	4		PHYS 2120: General Physics - Life Sciences II (BPS)	4
STAT 2000: Statistical Methods (QI) or STAT 3000: Statistics for Scientists (QI)	4 or 3		Discipline Courses	3
Discipline Courses	3		PSC 5050: Principles of Environmental Soil Chemistry	3	Taught odd years only
Elective	1		PSC 5560: Analytical Techniques for the Soil Environment	3	Taught odd years only
Total Recommended Credits:	15-16		Total Recommended Credits:	16
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Fourth Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
PSC 5670: Environmental Soil Physics	4	Taught even years only (fall semester)	Depth Humanities and Creative Arts (DHA) Course /Communications Intensive (CI) Course	3
Communications Intensive (CI) Course	3		Discipline Courses	6
Discipline Courses	3		Elective	6
APEC 3012: Introduction to Natural Resource Economics (DSS)	3		PSC 5740: Environmental Quality: Soil and Water (CI)	2
Breadth Humanities (BHU) Course	3
Total Recommended Credits:	16		Total Recommended Credits:	17
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Contact Lisa Allen, lisa.allen@usu.edu, 435-797-0454 for advising.

This major requires a minimum GPA of 2.5 in program coursework. Courses for the program may not be taken on a pass/fail basis.

Preparatory Core Requirements:

BIOL 1610 - Biology I 3 credit(s)
BIOL 1615 - Biology I Laboratory 1 credit(s)
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I (BPS) 4 credit(s)
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II (BPS) 4 credit(s)
CHEM 1125 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 credit(s)
GEO 1110 - Physical Geology (BPS) 3 credit(s)
GEO 1115 - Physical Geology Laboratory 1 credit(s)
MATH 1050 - College Algebra (QL) 4 credit(s)
MATH 1060 - Trigonometry 2 credit(s)
MATH 1210 - Calculus I (QL) 4 credit(s)
PSC 2000 - The Atmosphere and Weather (BPS) 3 credit(s)
PSC 3000 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 4 credit(s)
PSC 3500 - Structure and Function of Plants 3 credit(s)
PSC 4810 - Climate and Climate Change (DSC/QI) 3 credit(s)
PHYS 2110 - General Physics - Life Sciences I 4 credit(s)
PHYS 2120 - General Physics - Life Sciences II (BPS) 4 credit(s)
STAT 2000 - Statistical Methods (QI) 4 credit(s) or
STAT 3000 - Statistics for Scientists (QI) 3 credit(s)
WILD 2200 - Ecology of Our Changing World (BLS) 3 credit(s)

Required Professional Core:

APEC 3012 - Introduction to Natural Resource Economics (DSS) 3 credit(s)
PSC 5050 - Principles of Environmental Soil Chemistry 3 credit(s)
PSC 5130 - Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification 4 credit(s)
PSC 5530 - Soil Health and Fertility (QI) 3 credit(s)
PSC 5560 - Analytical Techniques for the Soil Environment 3 credit(s)
PSC 5670 - Environmental Soil Physics 4 credit(s)
PSC 5740 - Environmental Quality: Soil and Water (CI) 2 credit(s)

Further Discipline Courses (choose 15 credits):

ASTE 5260 - Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Systems (CI) 3 credit(s)
BIOL 4400 - Plant Physiology (QI) 4 credit(s)
BIOL 4410 - Plant Structure 3 credit(s)
BIOL 4430 - Introduction to Plant Pathology 4 credit(s)
BIOL 4500 - Applied Entomology 3 credit(s)
BIOL 5310 - Soil Microbiology 3 credit(s)
CEE 3430 - Engineering Hydrology 3 credit(s)
CEE 5000 - Irrigation and Drainage of Agricultural Lands 3 credit(s)
CEE 5003 - Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces 3 credit(s)
CEE 5190 - Geographic Information Systems for Civil Engineers 3 credit(s)
CHEM 3000 - Quantitative Analysis (QI) 3 credit(s)
GEO 2800 - Minerals and Rocks 4 credit(s)
GEO 3150 - Energy in the Twenty-first Century (DSC/QI) 3 credit(s)
GEO 3550 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy 4 credit(s)
GEO 3600 - Geomorphology 4 credit(s) or
WATS 3600 - Geomorphology 4 credit(s)
GEO 5150 - Fluvial Geomorphology 3 credit(s)
GEO 5510 - Groundwater Geology (QI) 3 credit(s)
GEO 5520 - Techniques of Groundwater Investigations (CI) 3 credit(s)
GEO 5600 - Geochemistry 4 credit(s)
GEO 5630 - Geologic Image Analysis 3 credit(s)
GEO 5680 - Paleoclimatology 3 credit(s)
PSC 1800 - Introduction to Horticulture (BLS) 3 credit(s)
PSC 2600 - Herbaceous Plant Materials 3 credit(s)
PSC 2620 - Woody Plant Materials: Trees and Shrubs for the Landscape 3 credit(s)
PSC 3100 - Soils and Civilization (DSC) 3 credit(s)
PSC 3200 - Microbes in Environmental Action (DSC) 3 credit(s)
PSC 3400 - Arboriculture 3 credit(s)
PSC 3600 - An Introduction to Plant Breeding and Heredity 3 credit(s)
PSC 3800 - Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture 3 credit(s)
PSC 3810 - Turfgrass Management 3 credit(s)
PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production 3 credit(s)
PSC 4280 - World Field Cropping Systems 3 credit(s)
PSC 4320 - Forage Production and Pasture Management 3 credit(s)
PSC 4400 - Modern Vegetable Production 3 credit(s)
PSC 4500 - Urban Soil Management and Reclamation 3 credit(s)
PSC 4700 - Irrigated Soils 3 credit(s)
PSC 5003 - Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces 3 credit(s)
PSC 5270 - Environmental Plant Physiology 2 credit(s)
PSC 5310 - Soil Microbiology 3 credit(s)
PSC 5350 - Wildland Soils 3 credit(s)
PSC 5430 - Plant Nutrition 2 credit(s)
PSC 5500 - Environmental Physics of Land Ecosystems and Climate 3 credit(s)
PSC 5530 - Soil Health and Fertility (QI) 3 credit(s)
PSC 5550 - Fundamentals of Integrated Weed Management 4 credit(s)
PSC 6100 - Professional Turf and Urban Landscape Water Management 3 credit(s)
WATS 3700 - Fundamentals of Watershed Science (CI) 3 credit(s)
WATS 4500 - Limnology: Ecology of Inland Waters 3 credit(s)
WATS 4510 - Aquatic Ecology Practicum I: Lab Methods 2 credit(s)
WATS 4530 - Water Quality and Pollution 3 credit(s)
WATS 4930 - Advanced GIS and Spatial Analysis 3 credit(s)
WATS 5003 - Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces 4 credit(s)
WATS 5150 - Fluvial Geomorphology 3 credit(s)
WATS 5640 - Riparian Ecology and Management 3 credit(s)
WILD 3800 - Wildland Plants and Ecosystems 4 credit(s)
WILD 4750 - Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Resource and Environmental Management 4 credit(s)
WILD 4910 - Vegetation Resource Management and Planning (CI) 3 credit(s)
WILD 5350 - Wildland Soils 3 credit(s)
WILD 5750 - Applied Remote Sensing 3 credit(s)

Soils and Sustainable Land Systems: Environmental Soil Science Option - BA, BS

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

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