Elementary aspects of soil formation, soil occurrence in natural landscapes, soil classification, soil resource inventory, basic morphological biological, chemical, and physical characteristics employed in the identification of soils and predictions of the performance in both managed and natural landscapes.

Prerequisite: A university-level chemistry course is strongly recommended.

Students must also register in RENR 210L, the mandatory lab component of the course.

Registration is restricted to students in the B.Sc. in Environmental and Conservation Sciences program. This course is also available as YukonU SOIL 210 - non-B.Sc. ENCS students interested in taking RENR 210 should instead register in SOIL 210.