ECTS credits:

 4 ECTS

 

Course parameters:

Language: English

Level of course: PhD course, but we allow MSc students as well

Semester/quarter: 16- 20 June 2025

Hours per week: 11 hours pr. day and 5 days, plus 4 days of preparatory reading

Capacity limits: 16 participants

 

Objectives of the course:

Field-based studies of soils in Denmark, with travel throughout Denmark. Emphasis on description and classification of soils; relationships among soils, vegetation, geology, and climate; physical, chemical, and biological processes active in soils and landscapes; and the role of soils in land use.

Emphasis will also be on the ability to sampling for a range of soil physical analysis both individual soil profiles. Field measurements of key soil properties will be performed.

 

Learning outcomes and competences:

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

Describe, classify and sample individual soil profiles.

 

Compulsory programme:

 

Monday, 16 June 2025 at 8 – 19, Foulum:
Course introduction, logistics. Introduction to soil morphology,

classification

Tuesday, 17 June 2025 at 8 – 19:
The fertile soils of east Denmark

Wednesday, 18 June 2025 at 8 – 19:
Peat soil at a raised bog

Thursday, 19 June 2025 at 8 – 19:
Podzol at St. Lyngdal

Friday, 20 June 2025 at 8 – 19:
Oral Exam

 

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge on soils


Name of lecturers:

Mogens Humlekrog Greve

Anders B. Møller

 

Type of course/teaching methods:

The course comprises 5 days of intensive classroom and field study, mostly in the field, away from AU campus.

 

Literature:

WRB key

Fao Guidelines for soil description

 

Course homepage:

To come

 

Course assessment:

Oral presentation

 

Provider:

Dept. of Agroecology
Aarhus University
Blichers Allé 20, Postboks 50
DK-8830 Tjele

 

Special comments on this course:

Course fee is 1000 EURO

This fee covers transportation, accommodation in hostels, and three meals

 

Time:

16 – 20 June 2025

 

Place:

Aarhus University, Campus Foulum and the landscapes of Denmark

 

Registration:

Please sign up for the course via this link: https://events.au.dk/soilsampling2025
Deadline for registration is 1 May 2025.

Information regarding admission will be sent out no later than 5 May 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact Mogens Humlekrog Greve, e-mail: greve@agro.au.dk