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• PSC 5350: Wildland Soils

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Application of basic principles of soil science to wildland ecosystems. Effects of disturbance and land use on wildland soil properties. Role of soils in natural resource management.
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• PSC 5410: Hydroclimate

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course introduces important processes and phenomena related to hydroclimatology from local to global scales. Students are introduced to foundations related to high-impact precipitation processes, atmosphere-land interactions, and floods/droughts. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
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• PSC 5420: Landscape Irrigation Design (QI)

  2.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Introduction to design of sprinkler and drip irrigation systems for residential and commercial landscapes. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
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• PSC 5430: Plant Nutrition

  2.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Mechanisms of nutrient acquisition, rhizosphere interactions, root morphology and distribution, short- and long-distance transport, nitrogen fixation, and biochemical function of essential and beneficial elements.
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• PSC 5500: Environmental Physics of Land Ecosystems & Climate

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  How terrestrial ecosystems and climate affect each other at various scales, from microclimates, to regional and finally global climate. Quantitative exploration of the biophysical processes that connect the land and climate.
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• PSC 5530: Soil Health and Fertility (QI)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Description of forms, transformations, and movement of plant nutrients in soils. Discussion of factors affecting nutrient supply, both qualitatively and quantitatively, for nutrient elements essential for plant growth.
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  General Education Course

  This course is a general education course.

• PSC 5550: Fundamentals of Integrated Weed Management

  4.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Students will gain a deeper understanding about weeds, not just how to identify and kill them, but why and where they occur. Course also explores what that means for long-term, sustainable weed management.
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• PSC 5560: Analytical Techniques for the Soil Environment

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Analysis of chemical and biological soil characteristics. Results interpreted for soil fertility, land use, and environmental remediation. Graduate credit requires a paper reviewing analysis of element or compound class.
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• PSC 5670: Environmental Soil Physics

  4.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Characterization of the physical properties of soils and other porous media. Measurement, prediction, and control of processes taking place in and through soils (e.g., water flow and solute transport), including atmospheric and groundwater interactions.
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• PSC 5680: Paleoclimatology

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Covers climate through the past four billion years of geologic time. Explores driving forces behind climate changes. Examines data and methods used in paleoclimate research. Includes discussion of literature and stresses local paleoclimate records. Three lectures per week, along with field trips.
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