# Soils - SOIL (SOIL) courses

Bakersfield College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 1 courses

Source: https://bakersfield.elumenapp.com/catalog/2026-2027-Catalog/soils-soil

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### SOIL B1 — Introduction to Soil Science

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 36 lecture hours, 54 lab hours
- **C-ID:** AG-PS 128
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 13 sections (/c/bakersfield-college/schedule/fall-2026/soil.md); Spring 2027, 7 sections (/c/bakersfield-college/schedule/spring-2027/soil.md)
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Non-repeatable credit
- CSU General Education Breadth: B.1 Physical Universe; B.3 Laboratory Activity
- Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC): Area 5.A Physical Sciences; Area 5.C Laboratory Science
- BC General Education Pattern (starting Summer 2025): Area 5: Natural Science
- California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC): Area 5A: Physical Science; Area 5C: Laboratory

Core agriculture course; required of all agriculture majors. Problems pertaining to the soil which are important in the profitable production of plants, including physical properties of soils, fertilizers, crop rotation, erosion and salt control, cultivation problems and irrigation. Field trips may be required.