University Catalog 2024-2025

Soil Science (MS)

Degree Requirements

Required Courses15-16
SSC 601Seminar 11
SSC 685Master's Supervised Teaching 21
Select four of the following courses:
SSC 511Soil Physics4
SSC 521Soil Chemistry3
SSC 532Soil Microbiology4
SSC 541Soil Fertility3
SSC 551Soil Morphology, Genesis and Classification3
Elective Courses14-15
"Elective Courses" will be determined in conjunction with the student's advisory committee 3, 4, 5
Total Hours30
1

Students can take no more than two credits of SSC 601 Seminar total.

2

MS students are required to serve as a TA in one section of the appropriate, assigned course for one credit.

3

Students may take no more than six credits of SSC 693 Master's Supervised Research or SSC 695 Master's Thesis Research.

4

Students must take at least 18 hours of letter-graded course work – these must be NC State courses or inter-institutional courses.

5

Not more than 6 credits of 400-level courses may be used in the MS degree and these cannot be SSC courses.

Additional Requirements

  • Completion of at least 30 semester credit hours
  • No more than 6 hours of 400-level courses outside of Soil Science may be used towards the degree
  • Successful completion of a research problem and a completed Master's Thesis
  • Successful completion of the final oral examination
  • Non-credit exit seminar

Faculty

Professors


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Assistant Professors


Practice/Research/Teaching Professor

  • Robert E. Austin
    Area of Research: Geospatial Information and Analytics in Soils, Agriculture and Environmental Science