Undergraduate Courses
Course/Syllabus | Course Name | Professor |
SOCR 100 | General Crops | Meagan Schipanski |
SOCR 171 | Environmental Issues in Agriculture | Addy Elliott |
SOCR 200 | Seed Anatomy and Identification | Randy Crowl |
SOCR 201 | Seed Development and Metabolism | Roger Levy |
SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Sciences | Greg Butters |
SOCR 300 | Seed Purity Analysis | Jim Bruce |
SOCR 301 | Seed Germination and Viability | Jim Bruce |
SOCR 320 | Forage and Pasture Management | Joe Brummer |
SOCR 322 | Principles of Microclimatology | Jay Ham |
SOCR 330 | Principles of Genetics | Tori Anderson |
SOCR 342 | Organic Soil Fertility | Addy Elliott |
SOCR 343 | Composting Principles and Practices | Addy Elliott |
SOCR 345 | Diagnosis and Treatment in Organic Fields | Addy Elliott |
SOCR 350 | Soil Fertility Management | Jim Ippolito |
SOCR 351 | Soil Fertility Lab | Jim Ippolito |
SOCR 370 | Irrigation Principles | Allan Andales |
SOCR 371 | Irrigation of Field Crops | Allan Andales |
SOCR 384 | Supervised College Teaching | Changes each semester |
SOCR 400 | Soil & Global Change: Science and Impacts | Francesca Cotrufo |
SOCR 401 | Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, Land Use and Management | Keith Paustian |
SOCR 410 | Seed Processes: Storage & Destination | Loren Wiesner |
SOCR 411 | Seed Processes: Legume Seed Production | |
SOCR 412 | Seed Processes: Separation & Conditioning | |
SOCR 421 | Crop and Soil Management Systems II | Steven Fonte |
SOCR 424 | Topics in Organic Agriculture | Addy Elliott |
SOCR 430 | Applications of Plant Biotechnology | |
SOCR 440 | Pedology | Susan Melzer |
SOCR 441 | Soil Ecology | Francesca Cotrufo |
SOCR 442 |
Forest & Range Soils |
Susan Melzer |
SOCR 455 | Soil Microbiology | Kelly Wrighton |
SOCR 460 | Plant Breeding | |
SOCR 467 | Soil and Environment Chemistry | Thomas Borch |
SOCR 470 | Soil Physics | Greg Butters |
SOCR 471 | Soil Physics Laboratory | Greg Butters |
SOCR 475 | Global Challenges in Plant and Soil Sciences | |
SOCR 481A1 |
Seed Vigor: Concepts and Testing | |
SOCR 486 | Practicum | Changes each semester |
SOCR 487 | Internship | Changes each semester |
SOCR 490 | Hydrus-1D Workshop | Greg Butters |
SOCR 492 | Seminar | Matt Wallenstein |
SOCR 495 | Independent Study | Changes each semester |
SOCR 496 | Group Study | Changes each semester |
SOCR 498 | Undergraduate Research | Changes each semester |

Undergraduate Coordinator
Instructor and Key Academic Advisor
Student Coordinator – Administrative Assistant