Course:APBI402-SOIL502/Schedule

Week	Date	Tutorial (Mon 3-5pm)	Date	Lecture (Fri 1-3pm)
1	Monday Jan 9	Lecture Maja: Course introduction & review of relevant soil concepts	Friday Jan 13	Lecture Maja: Introduction to soil quality concept Case 1 (Soil physics) Impacts of mechanical soil disturbance on soil quality on forest landings in BC Soil erosion in the middle mountains in Nepal Cattle grazing and its impacts on soil quality
2	Monday Jan 16	Case 1 (Soil physics) 3-4pm: Lecture Maja Physical attributes of soil quality 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Jan 20	Group work
3	Monday Jan 23	Case 1 (Soil physics) 3-4pm: Lecture Sandra Soil Erosion 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Jan 27	Group work
4	Monday Jan 30	Case 1 (Soil physics) Group work	Friday Feb 3	Group work to assist groups and individual students to prepare for oral presentations and written reports
5	Monday Feb 6	Case 1 (Soil physics) Group presentations and synthesis	Friday Feb 10	Lecture Sandra: Soil Nutrient Management Case 2 (Soil Chemistry): Site management practices and soil quality on forest plantations in South Africa Soil fertility assessment of the UBC Farm Soil chemical assessment of fabricated mixes as the Vancouver Landfill Re-grounding in Riley Park
	Monday Feb 13	3-4pm: Lecture Mike van Ham Use of biosolids to create constructed soils 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Feb 17	Group work
6	Monday Feb 20	Family Day - UBC closed Reading break - UBC closed	Friday Feb 24	Reading break - UBC closed
7	Monday Feb 27	3-5 pm Cindy Prescott visits her group Forest soil nutrition Group work	Friday Mar 3	Group work
8	Monday Mar 6	Case 2 (Soil chemistry) Group presentations and synthesis	Friday Mar 10	In-class activity Sandra: Activity instructions Case 3 (Soil biology): Soil fauna at a LTSP site Effects of long-term grazing on abundance and diversity of soil mesofauna Effects of variable retention harvesting on soil microbial communities in coastal BC forests
9	Monday Mar 13	Case 3 (Soil biology) 3-4pm," Lecture Shannon Berch Soil biota and forest productivity 4-5pm Group work	Friday Mar 17	Group work Soil biological quality video mini-lecture
10	Monday Mar 20	Case 3 (Soil biology) 3-5pm: Group work	Friday Mar 24	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work
11	Monday Mar 27	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work	Friday Mar 31	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work (1-2pm) Maja & Sandra:Course summary
12	Monday Apr 3	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group presentations and synthesis