Soils - SOIL SOIL

SOIL B1 Introduction to Soil Science

Units

3

Hours

36 lecture hours, 54 lab hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

AG-PS 128

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (13 sections) · Spring 2027 (7 sections)