Soil science:
- Soil formation, soil-forming processes and factors
- Classification and distribution of soils
- Soil function and properties (soil structure, soil water, soil air, material balance)
- Hazards to soil function (pollutant inputs, soil compaction, soil sealing, excavation, erosion)
- Soil protection (BBodSchG - Bundes-Bodenschutzgesetz - Federal Soil Protection Act) in planning, precautionary soil protection
- Soil science field work (recording and evaluation of soil profiles) Geology:
- Structure of the earth, plate tectonics
- Minerals and rocks
- Tectonics
- Geological maps
- Basic features of the history of the earth
- Regional geology (day excursion Odenwald)
