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• PSC 6420: Landscape Irrigation Design

  2.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Introduction to design of sprinkler and drip irrigation systems for residential and commercial landscapes. Taught during first half of semester.
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• PSC 6430: 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 6500: 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 6530: Soil Health and Fertility

  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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• PSC 6550: Fundamentals of Integrated Weed Management

  4.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course helps students gain a deeper understanding about weeds - not just how to identify and kill them, but why they occur where they do and what that means for long-term, sustainable weed management.
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• PSC 6560: 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 6670: 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 6680: 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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• PSC 6700: Integrative Topics in Plants, Soils, and Climate

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Team-taught special topics course encouraging interdisciplinary analysis of a research or policy area from the current literature, encompassing the three departmental subdisciplines. Emphasis on written and oral student presentations.
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• PSC 6710: Irrigated Soils

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course covers soil salinity, soil-moisture-plant relationships, water supply and quality, irrigation water measurements, soil moisture movement, and irrigation methods. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
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