Independent Study involves research work under direct guidance of a faculty or instructional academic staff member. Students arrange the work and credits with the supervising instructor.
Applies R software and data science techniques to analyze soil and environmental data from in situ, ground-based, and remote sensing platforms, covering processing, modeling, and case studies.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).
Practicum in Soil Science Teaching provides instructional orientation, supervised direct teaching, student evaluation experience, and analysis of teaching performance in higher education.