Spring 2027

Environmental Biogeochemistry

Environmental Biogeochemistry explores cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, metals, water, and energy across water, atmosphere, vegetation, and soils in managed and unmanaged ecosystems.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.77 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.56 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.59 GPA, 73.9% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe global biogeochemical cycles of C, N, P, K, S, Fe, energy, and water and their importance

  • Explain the importance of human perturbations to and management of biogeochemical cycles

  • Describe key methods used to study biogeochemistry and explain their limitations

  • Predict which biogeochemical reactions would be likely across different environments and conditions

  • Discuss and critically evaluate scientific papers in biogeochemistry at a graduate level

  • Discuss and critically evaluate scientific papers in biogeochemistry at an advanced undergraduate level

  • Characterize elemental cycling within a system of interest, comparing and contrasting different elements

  • Characterize elemental cycling within a system of interest

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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CHEM 104, 109, 116, or graduate/professional standing

F&WECOL/SOILSCI 451

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.77 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.56 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.59 GPA, 73.9% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, metals, water, and energy.
  • Linkages between terrestrial vegetation and soils across global biomes.
  • Biochemical constituents, conceptual models, and isotopic/chemical data exploration.

Skills

  • Describing global biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, metals, energy, and water.
  • Exploring isotopic and chemical data to investigate biogeochemical processes.
  • Understanding interactions between components and fluxes of terrestrial ecosystems.

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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