Stockbridge Sch of Agriculture 622 - Soil Ecology
Fall
2026
01
3.00
Ashley Keiser
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
18144
akeiser@umass.edu
18166
Biological processes found in the soil are essential to life on Earth. This course will introduce students to soils as their own ecosystem. Throughout the course, we will weave together descriptions of the diversity of life found within soils, plant-soil interactions and biogeography to paint a mosaic of soil life, its complexity and global importance. The final portion of the course will address the global challenges facing soil ecosystems and the intersection between those global challenges and soil health.
STOCKSCH 105 or ENVIRSCI 364 This course will have three field trips which will occur during our regularly scheduled lecture time