Syllabus academic year 2011/2012
(Created 2011-09-01.)
SOIL ECOLOGYEXTN20
Credits: 15. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: A (Second Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course might be given in English. EXTN20 overlaps following cours/es: BIO642, BIO645 and TEK085. Optional for: W4. Course coordinator: Johannes Rousk, Johannes.Rousk@mbioekol.lu.se, Department of Biology. Prerequisites: 90 ECTS credits program studies including VVR111 and EXTA01. Assessment: Assessment takes the form of written tests at the end of the course and oral tests during the course. Students who fail the ordinary tests will have an opportunity to take another test in close proximity to the ordinary test. In order to pass the course the student is required to have passed the test as well as to have acceptable practical reports, hand-in exercises, project reports and to have participated in all compulsory course elements. The final grade for the course is determined by the aggregated results of the different parts of the examination. Further information: Teaching consists of lectures, practicals, field exercises, seminars and project work. The course elements are compulsory. Home page: http://www.biol.lu.se.

Aim
The overall aim of the course is to give the students a deepened understanding of the soil, the fundamental chemical and microbiological processes in the soil as well as the ecological interactions in the soil.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Contents

Literature
According to a list determined by the department, available at least five weeks before the start of the course, see the web-page for Undergraduate Studies in Biology.