The Wisconsin Soil Tour
The Wisconsin Soil Tour focuses on soil distribution and forming factors in Wisconsin, teaching field characterization, sampling, sensing technology use, and data processing.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Explain soil variations within the profile and across the Wisconsin landscape
Explain the processes that control differences and similarities in soils
Summarize how soils are described, mapped, and classified
Critically evaluate scientific articles on soil issues in Wisconsin
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapSOIL SCI/ENVIR ST/GEOG 230,SOIL SCI 301, or graduate/professional standing
- ENVIRST/GEOG/SOILSCI 230
- SOILSCI 301
- graduate/professional standing
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Prerequisite text tree
- Any of
- ENVIRST/GEOG/SOILSCI 230
- SOILSCI 301
- graduate/professional standing
Professors
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).
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Topics
- Soil distribution and forming factors in Wisconsin
- Soil variations within profiles and across landscapes
- Processes controlling soil differences and similarities
- Soil description, mapping, and classification
- State-of-the-art soil sensing technologies
- Processing data from proximal soil sensors
Skills
- Describing soil variations across the landscape
- Characterizing soils in the field
- Collecting soil samples
- Using state-of-the-art soil sensing technologies
- Processing soil data from proximal soil sensors
- Writing reports and delivering presentations on soil science topics
Grades
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
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