LECTURE, READING AND LABORATORY SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2002

Date	#	Lecture Topic		Weekly Reading				Laboratory
Week 1
27 September	1	Course intro. Naming parts		Chapter 1.				no lab
Week 2
30 September	2	Particle sizes and arrangement		Chapter 2 p. 15-23.				Prepare soil, plant seeds, begin texture.
2 October	3	Soil minerals		p. 23-36. Supple. 2-3 p. 44-45.
4 October	4	Soil minerals, mineral properties
Week 3
7 October	5	Mineral properties		p. 36-41.				Finish texture. Initiate water flow.
9 October	6	Organic fraction, soil pores.
11 October	7	Soil atmosphere		Chapter 3 p. 47-51.
Week 4
14 October	8	Water characteristics, amounts in soil and properties of solution.		p. 51-56.				Field trip
16 October	9	Liquid-solid interactions		p. 56-64.
18 October	10	Soil climate		Chapter 4.
Week 5
21 October		First mid-quarter Covers all material to date.					Water flow, bulk density
23 October	11	Heat flow in soil		p. 73-77. Supplement 4-2
25 October	12*	Water movement	p. 85-92.
Week 6
28 October	13	Water movement		p. 92-105.				Microbial respiration
30 October	14	Managing soil water		Chapter 6
1 November	15	Soil organisms-inventory		Chapter 7 p. 131-142.
Week 7
4 November	16	Soil organisms constraints		p. 142-149.				Soil chemistry
6 November	17	Microbial processes		Chapter 8 p. 153-165.
8 November	18*	Microbial processes		p. 165-178.
Week 8
11 November		Veteran’s Day Holiday					harvest plants
13 November	19*	Microbial processes and plant nutrition				Chapter 9; p. 185-189.
15 November		Second mid-quarter Covers primarily material since first mid-quarter.
Week 9
18 November	20	Plant nutrition				p. 189-201.	Soil genesis, profile descriptions
20 November	21	Managing plant nutrients			Chapter 10 p. 207-213.
22 November	22	Managing nutrients			p. 213-230.
Week 10
25 November	23	Acidity				Chapter 11 233-241.	No lab.
27 November	24	Salinity and sodicity				p. 241-250
29 November		NO CLASS, HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Week 11
2 December	25	Factors of soil formation				Chapter 12 p. 260-278.	Soil maps and interpretation
4 December	26	Processes of soil formation				Chapter 12 p. 278-292.
6 December	27	Organizing information; Natural systems				Chapter 14 p. 314-328.
Tuesday 10 December 1:30-3:30 PM		Final Exam Covers entire course; primarily from material since second mid-quarter.

* Guest lectures