To earn the Soil Science minor, students must complete the courses listed below to total 27 credits.
Soil Core
SOIL 205. *Soil Science (4)
or CSS 305. Principles of Soil Science (4) [Taught at EOU La Grande campus only.]
and CSS 306. Problem Solving: Soil Science Applications (1) [Taught at EOU La Grande campus only.]
SOIL 325. ^Agricultural and Environmental Predicaments: a Case Study Approach (3)
or SOIL 316. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (3)
or CSS 315. ^Nutrient Management and Cycling (4) [Taught at EOU La Grande campus only.]
Biological and Physical Sciences
Select 4 credits of biological science upper-division elective(s) in BB, BI, BOT, ENT, FOR 240, FOR 241, MB or Z
Select 5 credits of physical science upper-division elective(s) in ATS, CH, GEO, GPH, OC, or PH
Soil Electives
Select a minimum of 9–11 credits from below:
BOT 547. Nutrient Cycling (3)
CSS 415. Soil Fertility Management (3) [Taught at EOU La Grande campus only.]
SOIL 316. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (3)
SOIL 325. Agricultural and Environmental Predicaments: a Case Study Approach (3)
SOIL 366. Ecosystems of Wildland Soils (3)
SOIL 395. *World Soil Resources (3)
SOIL 435. Environmental Soil Physics (3)
SOIL 445. Environmental Soil Chemistry (3)
SOIL 455. Biology of Soil Ecosystems (4)
SOIL 466. Soil Morphology and Classification (4)
SOIL 468. Soil Landscape Analysis (4)
SOIL 475. Soil Resource Potentials (4)
SOIL 523. Principles of Stable Isotopes (3)
SOIL 525. Mineral-Organic Matter Interactions (3)
SOIL 536. Vadose Zone Hydrology Laboratory (1)
or a CSS, CROP or SOIL course approved by the advisor.
Total=27