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• Week 1: Time table
• Week 1: Introduction to course and course contents
• Week 2: Introduction to Soil and environment: definition of earth, geology and soil science; disciplines of soil science; lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere
• Week 3: Soil forming rocks, types
• Week 4: Soil Minerals
• Week 5 : Weathering of rocks and minerals: definition. Agents and classification
• Week 6: Weathering of rocks and minerals: Chemical weathering
• Week 7: Parent materials: definition and types
• Week 8: Soil formation: definitions, processes and factors
• Week 9: Soil forming processes
• Week 10: Factors of soil formation
• Week 11: Soil profile: definition and description
• Week 12: Physical properties of soil and their significance
• Week 13: Physical properties of soil and their significance
• Week 14: Introduction to soil classification
• Week 15: Introduction to land capability classification
• Week 16: Soil, water and air pollution: sources and types