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Graduate Degree Program in Soil Science
The Soil Science program is administered in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences. Each student will be associated with an adviser who may provide financial support, research facilities, and/or office space. Applicants are encouraged to explore, study, and research opportunities by contacting faculty who may be prospective advisers.
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 fertility, soil conservation, land waste disposal, geographic information systems, soil environmental chemistry, computer mapping, watershed analysis, soil hydrology, soil and water management, resource inventory and assessment, environmental soils, remote sensing, land evaluation, and land management.