ECTS credits:
5 ECTS
Course parameters:
Language: English
Level of course: PhD course (MSc students are allowed as well)
Semester/quarter: 6 – 12 May 2019
Hours per week: 11 hours pr. day for 7 days, plus one week of preparatory reading
Capacity limit: 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 but also on fields with high variability. 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, and fields.
Compulsory programme:
Detailed program will be available in due time before the course.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge on soils
Name of lecturers:
Mogens Humlekrog Greve
Bo Vangsø Iversen
Mathieu Lemande
Type of course/teaching methods:
The course comprises 7 days of intensive classroom and field study, mostly in the field, away from AU Foulum campus.
Literature:
Course homepage:
None
Course assessment:
Exam by multiple choices and an assignment
Provider:
Department of Agroecology
Aarhus University
Blichers Allé 20, Postboks 50
DK-8830 Tjele
Special comments on this course:
Course fee is 900 Euro
This fee covers transportation, accommodation in hostels, and all meals during the course period.
Time:
6 – 12 May 2019
Place:
Aarhus University, Campus Foulum and the landscapes of Denmark
Registration:
Deadline for registration is 1 April 2019. When we have registered your expression of interest will we contact you with details on how to pay the course fee.
For expression of interest: http://events.au.dk/Classification2019
If you have any questions, please contact Mogens Humlekrog Greve, e-mail: Mogensh.greve@agro.au.dk.
