Course:APBI402-SOIL502/Schedule

Week	Date	Tutorial (Mon 3-5pm) Orchard Commons 1001	Date	Lecture (Fri 1-2pm) Orchard Commons 1001
1	Monday Jan 6	Lecture Maja: Course introduction & review of relevant soil concepts	Friday Jan 10	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 13	Case 1 (Soil physics) 3-4pm: Lecture Maja Physical attributes of soil quality 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Jan 17	Group work
3	Monday Jan 20	Case 1 (Soil physics) 3-4pm: Lecture Sandra Soil Erosion 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Jan 24	Group work
4	Monday Jan 27	Case 1 (Soil physics) Group work	Friday Jan 31	Group work to assist groups and individual students to prepare for oral presentations and written reports
5	Monday Feb 3	Case 1 (Soil physics) Group presentations and synthesis	Friday Feb 7	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
6	Monday Feb 10	3-4pm: Lecture Mike van Ham Use of biosolids to create constructed soils 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Feb 14	Group work
	Monday Feb 17	Family Day - UBC closed Reading break - UBC closed	Friday Feb 21	Reading break - UBC closed
7	Monday Feb 24	3-4 pm Lecture Cindy Prescott Forest soil nutrition 4-5 pm Group work	Friday Feb 28	Group work
8	Monday Mar 2	Case 2 (Soil chemistry) Group work	Friday Mar 6	Group work
9	Monday Mar 9	Case 2 (Soil chemistry) Group presentations and synthesis	Friday Mar 13	Lecture Sandra: to be posted 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
10	Monday Mar 16	Case 3 (Soil biology) 3-4pm: Lecture Shannon Berch Soil biota and forest productivity 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Mar 20	Group work
11	Monday Mar 23	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work	Friday Mar 27	Group work
12	Monday Mar 30	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work	Friday Apr 3	'Closing lecture Maja & Sandra: Course summary
13	Monday Apr 6	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group presentations and synthesis