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SS5008: GLOBAL SOIL GEOGRAPHY (2021-2022)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05


Course Overview

Field based course that takes you across northeast Scotland exploring an ancient tropical rainforest, hill farming in action, survey techniques and soil formation.

Lectures focus on how soils form, how soils work, soil classification, soil as part of the environment, human impacts on soil, and the use of mapping and soil data to optimise the management of this fragile resource.

Your assessments are geared towards developing practical skills. This includes a presentation on a particular soil that requires research akin to detective work, a quiz on soil classification and a critical essay on a selected topic.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Paul Hallett

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Considers the factors and processes that form soils; the aspects that govern the distribution and evolution of soils in a local, regional and global scale; the interaction of soils with biological processes and their susceptibility to environmental change; the classification and taxonomy of soils; and the use of mapping in land capability and other practices. Weekly field trips provide hands-on experience across northeast Scotland.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Poster Presentation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 15
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Feedback

Each student will receive individual feedback and a mark for each task. Feedback will be provided as written comments.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Oral Presentation: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
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Feedback

A strong emphasis will be made throughout the course on informal verbal feedback during discussions, field trips, practicals and presentations.

Learning Outcomes
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
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Learning Outcomes
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Field Book of Soil Excursions

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
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Learning Outcomes
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Class Test

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
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Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

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