Spring 2027

Soil Biology

Explores the nature, activities, and role of soil organisms, their effects on ecosystem function, responses to cultural practices, and impacts on environmental quality, including bioremediation.

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Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.80 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.71 GPA, 82.9% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.49 GPA, 74.4% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Use scientific vocabulary and conceptual models to describe microorganisms and fauna in soil

  • Describe challenges of living in the soil ecosystem and examples of life history traits adaptive to the soil habitat

  • Explain the relationship between soil organisms, soil organic matter, and nutrient cycling

  • Explain the importance of the roots and the soil rhizosphere

  • Discuss the concept of soilborne disease, the general life history traits of soilborne pathogens, and their relationship with the soil food web

  • Outline the techniques used in soil biology

  • Connect basic knowledge of soil biology with current global issues

  • Evaluate current and relevant research and review papers on soil biology

  • Analyze and explain a specific topic in soil biology that interests you

  • Examine peer reviewed literature related to topics in soil biology and design a discussion to evaluate findings

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Prerequisites

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(ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY/​BOTANY 152, or ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY 101 and 102, or BOTANY/​BIOLOGY 130, or BIOCORE 384) and (CHEM 104, 109, or 116), or graduate/professional standing

SOILSCI 323

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.80 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.71 GPA, 82.9% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.49 GPA, 74.4% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Nature, activities, and role of organisms inhabiting soil
  • Effects of soil biota on ecosystem function, cultural practices, environmental quality, and bioremediation
  • Relationships between soil organisms, soil organic matter, and nutrient cycling
  • Soilborne disease, pathogen life history traits, and the soil food web

Skills

  • Use scientific vocabulary and conceptual models to describe microorganisms and fauna in soil
  • Evaluate current and relevant research and review papers on soil biology
  • Examine peer reviewed literature related to topics in soil biology and design a discussion to evaluate findings

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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