SOIL, WATER AND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCES ON CAMPUS COURSES
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SWS 4451: SOIL AND WATER CHEMISTRY
Instructor:
Jonathan Judy
Assistant Professor, Soil and
Water Chemistry
(352) 294-3143
jonathan.judy@ufl.edu
About the Course
The course will cover the basic principles of soil and water chemistry. It will cover the fundamentals principles of the properties of soil components and soil reactions that affect plant growth and environmental quality. We will describe the soil solid and solution phases, introduce the chemical principles necessary to examine the soil environment, and identify the chemical processes that occur in the soil environment and ultimately impact the fate and behavior of substances in soil and other natural water systems.
Credits: 3
Semesters Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: SWS 3022 or SWS 5050 (or equivalent); CHM 3120 (or equivalent).
Textbook: Soil Chemistry, 4th edition by Stawn, Bohn, and O’Connor