Soil Science (MR)
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| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 5-8 | ||
| Seminar 1 | |||
| Special Problems 2 | |||
| Core Courses | 4-7 | ||
Select four of the following courses: | |||
| Soil Physics | |||
| Soil Chemistry | |||
| Soil Microbiology | |||
| Soil Fertility | |||
| Soil Morphology, Genesis and Classification | |||
| Undergraduate Courses | 6 | ||
400-Level undergraduate courses from outside soil science will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee | |||
| Elective Courses | 18 | ||
"Elective Courses" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee 4 | |||
| Total Hours | 36 | ||
| 1 | Students can take no more than two credits of SSC 601 Seminar total. |
| 2 | Students can take four to six credits of SSC 620 Special Problems. |
| 3 | Students may have courses waived upon proving competency in the following coursework |
| 4 | Students must take at least 18 hours of letter-graded course work – these must be NC State courses or inter-institutional courses. |
Additional Requirements
All Masters students must demonstrate competence in four of the five sub-disciplines listed below, and Doctoral students must demonstrate competency in all five.
- Soil Chemistry
- Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
- Soil Genesis and Classification
- Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
- Soil Physics
The required competencies can be achieved by any combination of the following:
- relevant course work from previous undergraduate and/or graduate degree programs;
- prior professional experience in the major sub-discipline(s); and
- graduate courses included in the student’s Plan of Work (POW) for their current degree program.
Faculty
- Aziz Amoozegar
Area of Research: Environmental Soil Physics - Stephen W. Broome
Area of Research: Environmental Soil Science - David A. Crouse
Area of Research: Soil Science Education - Owen W. Duckworth
Area of Research: Soil Biogeochemistry - Alan J. Franzluebbers
Area of Research: Soil Ecology and Management - John L. Havlin
Area of Research: Soil Fertility - Joshua L. Heitman
Area of Research: Soil Physics & Hydrology - Richard A. McLaughlin
Area of Research: Urban Soil & Water Management - Michael D. Mullen
Area of Research: Soil Biology & Soil Science Education - Deanna L. Osmond
Area of Research: Soil Fertility & Watershed Management - Wei Shi
Area of Research: Soil Microbiology & Ecology - Michael J. Vepraskas
Area of Research: Wetland Soils & Pedology
Associate Professors
- Alexandria K. Graves
Area of Research: Soil Microbiology
- Kevin Garcia
Area of Research: Plant-Microbe Interactions & Nutrient Transport - Terrence G. Gardner
Area of Research: Soil & Environmental Microbial Ecology - Luciano C. Gatiboni
Area of Research: Soil Fertility & Nutrient Management - Amy M. Johnson
Area of Research: Soil Science - Stephanie B. Kulesza
Area of Research: Nutrient Management and Animal Waste - Hui Li
- Matthew C. Ricker
Area of Research: Pedology - Alex L. Woodley
Area of Research: Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Practice/Research/Teaching Professors
- Robert E. Austin
Area of Research: Geospatial Information and Analytics in Soils, Agriculture and Environmental Science
- Stanley W. Buol
- Keith Cassel
- Maurice Cook
- Fred Cox
- Carl Crozier
- George Cummings
- J. Wendell Gilliam
- Dean L. Hesterberg
- Daniel Israel
- Joseph Kleiss
- David Lindbo
- Gordon Miner
- George C. Naderman Jr.
- Wayne Robarge
- Thomas J. Smyth
- Richard Volk
- Michael Wagger
- Jeffrey G. White
- Arthur Wollum