Spring 2027

Soil Geomorphology

Soil Geomorphology covers soil development in Quaternary landscapes, focusing on relationships between soils, climate, vegetation, and landscape evolution, including soil stratigraphy and field trips.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Joseph Mason

The available review indicates a difficulty rating of 1, but no specific details about workload or assessment demands were recorded.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify key concepts and research efforts that link soils and landscape evolution.

  • Analyze models of soil formation in the context of geomorphology, and determine which model(s) may be applicable to problems you are interested in.

  • Utilize important quantitative methods and research tools used in soil geomorphology, many of which are more broadly applicable in geomorphology, soils, and critical zone research.

  • Review the literature and propose new research on a topic of soil geomorphology.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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SOIL SCI 325 or graduate/professional standing

    • SOIL SCI 325
    • graduate/professional standing
    take one
GEOG/SOILSCI 525

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  • Any of
    • SOIL SCI 325
    • graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JOSEPH ADLAND MASON is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Fall 2010, Spring 2013, Fall 2019, Fall 2022, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Joseph Mason

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Joseph Mason

The available review indicates a difficulty rating of 1, but no specific details about workload or assessment demands were recorded.

Past student reviews · Joseph Mason

The single review contained no comments regarding specific useful or frustrating aspects of the course.

Topics

  • Soil development related to landscape throughout the Quaternary
  • Relationship of soils to climate, vegetation, landscape evolution, and time
  • Principles of soil stratigraphy
  • Case histories of soil geomorphic studies

Skills

  • Analyzing models of soil formation in the context of geomorphology
  • Utilizing quantitative methods and research tools in soil geomorphology
  • Reviewing literature and proposing new research on soil geomorphology

Grades

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GEOG/SOILSCI 525 · Spring 2027

Soil Geomorphology

Recorded 2026-10-14
GEOG/SOILSCI 525 · Spring 2027

Soil Geomorphology

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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