COURSE: BSC IN SOIL SCIENCE

This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills and knowledge required to enter the soil science industry.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Computer literacy


• General chemistry


• Academic literacy


• Molecular and cell biology


• General physics


• Calculus


• Plant biology


• Information literacy


• Introduction to microbiology


• Linear algebra

Second year subjects:

• Physical chemistry


• Organic chemistry


• Introductory soil science


• Introductory geology


• Physical geology


• Biometry


• Analytical chemistry


• Inorganic chemistry


• Soil fertility and plant nutrition


• Historical geology


• Environmental geology

Third year subjects:

• Soil classification and surveying


• Soil physics


• Soil chemistry


• Soil mineralogy and soil genesis

Careers: researcher, soil scientist.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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