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Unit of Study AGRC2004 - Soil Management (2023)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a two-day compulsory residential for Online students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on this schedule and to register for this residential. For on-campus students, there will be compulsory practical sessions during the Term. Please refer to the timetable for the schedule. Online students also have the option to participate in a residential delivered in O-Week of Term 2. For dates and details, contact your Unit Assessor: john.grant@scu.edu.au To complete this higher-level soils unit, students must have a sound understanding of soil processes and the chemistry underpinning them. SOIL2001 - Soil Processes

Unit description

Develops the knowledge and skills required for effective regenerative soil management, with a strong emphasis on soil ecology and soil management for climate mitigation. Students will develop skills in assessing soil structure, health and fertility. They will learn to recognise and monitor both soil constraints and emergent properties. The key concepts of regenerative soil management are examined, including carbon-farming and the development of soil organic matter and water holding capacity in a range of agricultural contexts. Students will learn to develop regenerative strategies for effective agricultural soil management.

Unit content

  1. Principles of regenerative soil management

  2. Assessing soil health and fertility, identifying constraints

  3. Soil ecology and biology

  4. Land capability, classification and mapping

  5. Soil carbon and sequestration

  6. Monitoring and managing soil health and fertility

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore
Term2
N/A
Online
Term2
N/A

Learning outcomes

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:

identify the key principles of regenerative soil management including understanding soil microbiology

map soils at landscape and paddock scales

assess soil health and fertility and identify soil constraints

apply a range of regenerative soil management strategies and practices to build soil carbon and improve soil ecology.

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