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Current Distance Education Courses

Distance education students must contact student services at (352) 392.1803 to register for Soil and Water Science courses. After you register for a course please contact the instructor via email. To register as a non-degree seeking student, please visit the CALS website.

Courses and Syllabus
All courses are web-based unless otherwise specified.
Fall 2009 *Course codes change from SOS to SWS*
SWS 4303C Soil Microbial Ecology  Ogram
SWS 4720C GIS in Soil and Water Science  Curry
SWS 5234 Environmental Soil, Water, and Land Use  Hanlon
SWS 5305C Soil Microbial Ecology  Ogram
SWS 5406 Soil and Water Chemistry  Daroub
SWS 5605C Soil Physics  Nkedi-Kizza
SWS 5720C GIS in Land and Resource Management Video Intro  Grunwald
SWS 6448 Biogeochemistry of Wetlands  Reddy
SWS 6932 Forest and Soil Ecosystem Services  Comerford
SWS 6932 Wetland and Watersheds Seminar *1 credit*  Clark
SWS 6931 Seminar  Nkedi-Kizza
SWS 6905 Special Problems (non-thesis research)  Contact Advisor
SWS 6910 Supervised Research (service requirement)  Contact Advisor
SWS 6940 Supervised Teaching (teaching requirement)  Contact Advisor 
SWS 6971 Master's Research  Contact Advisor 
SWS 7979 Advanced Research  Contact Advisor 
SWS 7980 Doctoral Research  Contact Advisor 
Summer 2009
SOS 2007 World of Water  Bonczek
SOS 4932 Environmental Techniques *On-site Labs Required*  Ivanoff
SOS 5247 Hydric Soils *On-site, Gainesville, June 22-26*  Hurt
SOS 6931 Seminar  Nkedi-Kizza
SOS 6905 Special Problems (non-thesis research)  Contact Advisor
SOS 6910 Supervised Research (service requirement)  Contact Advisor
SOS 6940 Supervised Teaching (teaching requirement)  Contact Advisor 
SOS 6971 Master's Research  Contact Advisor 
SOS 7979 Advanced Research  Contact Advisor 
SOS 7980 Doctoral Research  Contact Advisor 
Spring 2010
ALS 3133 Agriculture & Environmental Quality  He
SWS 3022 Introduction to Soils in the Environment  Daroub
SWS 3022L Intro to Soils in the Environment LAB  REC Staff
SWS 4244 Wetlands  Clark
SWS 5050 Soils for Environmental Professionals  Daroub 
SWS 5242 Wetlands & Water Quality  Clark 
SWS 5716C Environmental Pedology  Harris
SWS 6931 Seminar  Nkedi-Kizza
SWS 6932 Resuable Learning Objects *1 credit* Video Intro Grunwald
SWS 6932 Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar  Clark 
SWS 6905 Special Problems (non-thesis research)  Contact Advisor
SWS 6910 Supervised Research (service requirement)  Contact Advisor
SWS 6940 Supervised Teaching (teaching requirement)  Contact Advisor 
SWS 6971 Master's Research  Contact Advisor 
SWS 7979 Advanced Research  Contact Advisor 
SWS 7980 Doctoral Research  Contact Advisor 

Plan of Study Forms: PhD - MS - MS professional (non-thesis)
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To fulfill teaching and service credit requirements please contact your major advisor.

Students have a new option to develop digital learning materials, so-called Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs), to fulfill the service requirement for the graduate degree. For more information about the RLO project visit: http://ecolearnit.ifas.ufl.edu
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