Course:APBI402-SOIL502/Schedule

Week	Date	Tutorial (Mon 3-5pm) Orchard Commons 3018 (MCML 102A)	Date	Lecture (Fri 1-2pm) Orchard Commons 3018
1			Friday Jan 4	Lecture Sandra: 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 7	Case 1 (Soil physics) 3-4pm: Lecture Sandra Physical attributes of soil quality 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Jan 11	Group work
3	Monday Jan 14	Case 1 (Soil physics) 3-4pm: Lecture Sean Soil Erosion 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Jan 18	Group work
4	Monday Jan 21	Case 1 (Soil physics) Group work	Friday Jan 25	Group work to assist groups and individual students to prepare for oral presentations and written reports
5	Monday Jan 28	Case 1 (Soil physics) Group presentations and synthesis	Friday Feb 1	Lecture Sean: Indicators for chemical properties and processes Case 2 (Soil Chemistry): Salal Cedar Hemlock Integrated Research Program 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 4	3-4pm: Lecture Mike van Ham Use of biosolids to create constructed soils 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Feb 8	Group work
7	Monday Feb 11	3-4 pm Lecture Cindy Prescott Forest soil nutrition 4-5 pm Group work	Friday Feb 16	Group work
	Monday Feb 18	Family Day - UBC closed Reading break - UBC closed	Friday Feb 22	Reading break - UBC closed
8	Monday Feb 25	Case 2 (Soil chemistry) 4-5 pm Group work	Friday Mar 1	Group work
9	Monday Mar 4	Case 2 (Soil chemistry) Group presentations and synthesis	Friday Mar 8	Lecture Sandra: Indicators for soil biological properties and processes 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 11	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work	Friday Mar 16	Group work
11	Monday Mar 18	Case 3 (Soil biology) 3-4pm: Lecture Shannon Berch Soil biota and forest productivity 4-5pm: Group work	Friday Mar 22	Group work
12	Monday Mar 25	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group work	Friday Mar 29	'Lecture Sean & Sandra: Course summary
13	Monday Apr 1	Case 3 (Soil biology) Group presentations and synthesis