This program provides opportunities for candidates interested in soil and related water resources to become a professional leader and an independent scholar. Faculty in this program are competent to prepare candidates in the subfields of Soil Science including:

  • soil genesis
  • soil classification
  • soil morphology
  • soil mapping
  • soil physics
  • soil chemistry
  • soil mineralogy
  • soil microbiology
  • soil fertility
  • soil conservation
  • geographic information systems,
  • computer mapping,
  • watershed analysis,
  • soil hydrology,
  • soil and water management,
  • resource inventory and assessment,
  • remote sensing,
  • land evaluation,
  • land waste disposal, and
  • land management.