For the past decade, the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences (CSES) faculty at the University of Arkansas…Īpplications of the Advanced Light Source to problems in the earth, soil, and environmental sciences report of the workshop Undergraduate curricula for natural resource and agronomic programs have been introduced and revised during the past several decades with a desire to stay current with emerging issues and technologies relevant to constituents. Matrices to Revise Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Curricula
These changes require a new breed of soil scientist, one with a background not only in soil science but also in other areas of environmental science as well. Environmental science has, therefore, not only changed the traditional research role of soil scientists at land grant institutions but has also influenced student enrollment, the traditional soil science curriculum, and faculty recruitment. Thus, many soil scientists are now working in areas such as bioremediation, waste recycling, and/or contaminant transport. More recently, renewed interest in the area of environmental science has offered new opportunities to soil scientists. Environmental science: A new opportunity for soil scienceĮnergy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)ĭuring the golden era of soil science-from the 1950s to the 1980s-the main focus of this discipline was on the role of soil in production agriculture.