Wis. Admin. Code Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists § GHSS 4.04 - Education
Current through March 28, 2022
(1) In satisfaction of the education
requirement under s. 470.04(4) (b),
Stats., the professional soil scientist section shall accept a bachelor's
degree in soil science, or a post baccalaureate degree reflecting that the
applicant has completed at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of
course credits in soil science of a variety and nature sufficient to constitute
a major in soil science, granted by a college or university accredited by a
regional accrediting agency approved by the state board of education in the
state in which the college or university is located, or accredited by a
Canadian accrediting agency satisfactory to the board.
(2) If the degree is from an educational
institution not meeting the requirements of sub. (1), the applicant must
provide an official evaluation by a transcript evaluation service acceptable to
the professional soil scientist section which shows that the degree is
equivalent to a bachelor's degree in soil science or a bachelor's degree with a
major in soil science meeting the requirements under sub. (1).
(3) In order to be considered a major in soil
science, an applicant must have completed at least 30 semester hours or 45
quarter hours of course credits which include not less than 15 semester credits
or 23 quarter credits in at least 3 of the following areas:
(a) Soil biology.
(b) Soil chemistry.
(c) Soil classification, morphology and
mapping.
(d) Soil conservation and
management.
(e) Soil
fertility.
(f) Soil
physics.
(4) In addition
to the coursework required under sub. (3), other coursework that may be used to
satisfy the 30 semester hour or 45 quarter hour requirement include, but are
not limited to, the following:
(a)
Agronomy.
(b)
Bacteriology.
(c) Botany.
(d) Engineering.
(e) Forestry.
(f) Geography.
(g) Geology.
(h) Horticulture.
(i) Hydrology.
(j) Meteorology.
(k) Plant pathology.
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