Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2023_24
Subject	Soil science					Code	00207018
Study programme	0207 - GRADO EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	5	Compulsory	Second	Second
Language	Castellano
Prerequisites
Department	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS
Coordinador	ALCALDE APARICIO , SARA				E-mail	salca@unileon.es acresb@unileon.es
Lecturers	ALCALDE APARICIO , SARA OLEGO MORÁN , MIGUEL ÁNGEL CRESPO BARREIRO , ANDREA
Web	http://
General description	Introduction. The origin of soil. Soil components. Soil properties. Soil formation and development. Pedogenesis: factors and processes.Soil classification and mapping.
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS CASQUERO LUELMO , PEDRO ANTONIO Secretario INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS VALENCIANO MONTENEGRO , JOSE BENITO Vocal INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS GOMEZ-BERNARDO VILLAR , EVA M. MAGDALENA C.M Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS GONZALEZ ANDRES , FERNANDO Secretario INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS LORENZANA DE LA VARGA , ALICIA Vocal INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS PASTRANA SANTAMARTA , PABLO

Competencias

Code
A13872
A13947
A13956
B3681
B3683
C3	CMECES3 That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
C5	CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Learning aims

	Competences
	A13872 A13947 A13956	B3681 B3683	C3 C5

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Lecture	25	37.5	62.5
Laboratory practicals	15	22.5	37.5
Assignments	8	12	20
Objective short-answer tests	2	3	5
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Lecture
Laboratory practicals
Assignments

Personalized attention

Lecture

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Lecture		60%
Laboratory practicals		15%
Objective short-answer tests		20%
Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	Porta Casanellas, J. y Lopez-Acevedo Reguerín, M., Agenda de campo de suelos, Mundi-Prensa, 2005 Porta, J., Lopez-Acevedo, M. y Roquero, C., Edadología para la agricultura y el medio ambiente, Mundi-Prensa, 2003 USDA. Soil Survey Staff, Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA, 2014 Duchaufour, P., Manual de Edafología, Toray-Masson, 1987 IUSS Working Group WRB. spanish version 2015, World reference base for soil resources 2006, World Soil Resources Reports Nº 103. FAO, Rome, 2014
Complementary	Gisbert, J.M. e Ibañez , S., Génesis de suelos, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, 2002 Boul, S.W., Hole, F.D. & McCracken, R.J., Génesis y clasificación de suelos, Trillas. México, 1981 Hunt, C.H., Geology of Soils. Their evolution, classification, and uses, Freeman & Company, 1972 Buckman, H.O. & Brady, N.C., Naturaleza y propiedades de los suelos, Montaner y Simon. Barcelona, 1977 Fitzpatrick, E.A., Suelos, su formación, clasificación y distribución., CECSA, México, 1987 Guitian, F. y Carballas, T., Técnicas de análisis de suelos, Pico Sacro Santiago de Compostela, 1975

Recommendations

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

GEOLOGY (COURSE 1) / 00207002 Chemistry / 00207004 Physics / 00207008