Course:APBI402-SOIL502/Schedule

Week	Date	Tutorial (Mon 3-5pm)	Date	Lecture (Fri 1-2pm)
1	Monday Jan 10	Lecture Maja: Course introduction & review of relevant soil concepts	Friday Jan 14	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 17	Case 1 (Soil physics) 3-4pm: Lecture Maja Physical attributes of soil quality 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Jan 21	Group work
3	Monday Jan 24	Case 1 (Soil physics) 3-4pm: Lecture Sandra Soil Erosion 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Jan 28	Group work
4	Monday Jan 31	Case 1 (Soil physics) Group work	Friday Feb 4	Group work to assist groups and individual students to prepare for oral presentations and written reports
5	Monday Feb 7	Case 1 (Soil physics) Group presentations and synthesis	Friday Feb 11	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 14	3-4pm: Lecture Mike van Ham Use of biosolids to create constructed soils 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Feb 18	Group work
6	Monday Feb 21	Family Day - UBC closed Reading break - UBC closed	Friday Feb 25	Reading break - UBC closed
7	Monday Feb 28	3-5 pm Cindy Prescott visits her group Forest soil nutrition Group work	Friday Mar 4	Group work
8	Monday Mar 7	Case 2 (Soil chemistry) Group presentations and synthesis	Friday Mar 11	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 14	Case 3 (Soil biology) 3-4pm," Lecture Shannon Berch Soil biota and forest productivity 4-5pm Group work	Friday Mar 18	Group work Soil biological quality video mini-lecture
10	Monday Mar 21	Case 3 (Soil biology) 3-5pm: Group work	Friday Mar 25	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work
11	Monday Mar 28	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work	Friday Apr 1	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work
12	Monday Apr 4	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group presentations and synthesis	Friday Apr 8	Closing lecture Maja & Sandra: Course summary