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Unit of Study AGRC2004 - Soil Management (2020)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    Have a good working knowledge of chemistry.

  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 2 day compulsory residential for all students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Develops the knowledge and skills required for effective regenerative soil management. Students will assess soil structure, soil health and emergent properties of soil. The key concepts of soil management are examined. Students will learn to develop regenerative strategies for effective agricultural soil management, including carbon sequestation.

Unit content

  • Principles of regenerative soil management
  • Soil ecology and microbiology
  • Soil carbon and sequestation
  • Land capability, soil types and structure
  • Soil property mapping
  • Soil health: biological, physical and chemical properties
  • Assessing soil health properties
  • Identifying and managing soil constraints
  • Managing soil fertility
  • Regenerative soil management: strategies and practices

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2020

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify the key principles of regenerative soil management
2 map soils at landscape and paddock scales
3 assess soil health and fertility and identify soil constraints
4 apply a range of regenerative soil management strategies and practices.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify the key principles of regenerative soil management
    • GA4:
  2. map soils at landscape and paddock scales
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  3. assess soil health and fertility and identify soil constraints
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. apply a range of regenerative soil management strategies and practices.
    • GA2: