<p>Supplementary data S2: Survey questions for universities</p><p>1. 1. What is the name of your university?</p><p>2. 2. What is the title of your academic department?</p><p>3. 3. Which of the following best describes your academic program? Response Agronomy Environmental Science Ecology Earth Science Land Management Urban Land Soil Science Engineering Geography Geology Natural Resource Science Wetlands Other, please specify... Other, please specify. . .</p><p>4. 4. Does your department offer degrees in soil science? Response Yes No</p><p>5. 5. If your department does not offer any degrees in soil science, does it offer soil science courses? Response Yes No 6. 6. Does your department offer the following degrees in soil science? If YES, please indicate by selecting the degrees your department offers and indicate how many students are currently enrolled. Response BSc in soil science-major BSc in soil science-minor MSc in soil science PhD in soil science Other degree (please specify) 7. Does your department offer the following degrees in soil science? If YES, please indicate by selecting the degrees your department offers and indicate how many students are currently enrolled. (BSc in soil science-major)</p><p>8. Does your department offer the following degrees in soil science? If YES, please indicate by selecting the degrees your department offers and indicate how many students are currently enrolled. (BSc in soil science-minor)</p><p>9. Does your department offer the following degrees in soil science? If YES, please indicate by selecting the degrees your department offers and indicate how many students are currently enrolled. (MSc in soil science)</p><p>10. Does your department offer the following degrees in soil science? If YES, please indicate by selecting the degrees your department offers and indicate how many students are currently enrolled. (PhD in soil science)</p><p>11. Does your department offer the following degrees in soil science? If YES, please indicate by selecting the degrees your department offers and indicate how many students are currently enrolled. (Other degree (please specify))</p><p>7. 12. How has student enrollment in your soil science undergraduate degree program changed over the last ten years? Would you say it has Response Increased by more than 25% Increased by less than 25% Stayed about the same Decreased by 25% or less Decreased by more than 25%</p><p>8. 13. Based on your experience do you see student enrollment in your soil science undergraduate degree program over the next ten years Response increasing by more than 25% increasing by less than 25% staying about the same decreasing by 25% or less decreasing by more than 25%</p><p>9. 14. What do you see as the main reason(s) for past and/or projected changes in undergraduate student enrollment?</p><p>10.15. Is your department exclusively soil science, or is soil science a sub-component of a larger department? Response Exclusively soil science Soil science is a component</p><p>11.16. Has your department always been like this? Response Yes, it has been exclusively a soil science department Yes, it has been a sub-component of a larger department No, it has merged with another program.</p><p>12.17. What other majors are taking your department's soil science courses? Response Geology Agronomy Crop Science Engineering Environmental Science Natural Resource Management Other, please specify... Other, please specify... Other, please specify... Other, please specify... 13.18. How has undergraduate enrollment in soil science courses changed over the last ten years (excluding those enrolled in soil science degree programs)? Would you say it has Response increased by more than 25% increased by less than 25% stayed about the same decreased by 25% or less decreased by more than 25%</p><p>14.19. Are the types of majors taking your department's soil science courses changing? Response Yes No</p><p>15.20. Please describe how the majors taking your department's soil science courses are changing.</p><p>16.21. How do you think undergraduate enrollment in soil science courses will change over the next ten years (excluding those enrolled in soil science degree programs)? Do you think it will Response Increase by more than 25% Increase by 25% or less Stay about the same Decrease by 25% or less Decrease by more than 25%</p><p>17.22. Please identify the main reason(s) you project a change in undergraduate enrollment (excluding those enrolled in soil science degree programs) over the next 10 years.</p><p>18.23. Does your department offer graduate courses in soil science? Response Yes No 19.24. How has graduate enrollment in soil science courses changed over the last ten years (excluding those enrolled in soil science degree programs)? Would you say it has</p><p>Response increased by more than 25% increased by 25% or less stayed about the same decreased by 25% or less decreased by more than 25%</p><p>20.25. How you see graduate enrollment in soil science courses changing over the next ten years (excluding those enrolled in soil science degree programs)? Do you think it will Response increase by more than 25% increase by 25% or less stay about the same decrease by 25% or less decrease by more than 25%</p><p>21.26. Please identify the main reason(s) for past and/or projected changes in enrollment in soil science courses for graduate students.</p><p>22.27. In your opinion, are the demographics of graduate and undergraduate students taking your department's soil science degree programs and courses changing? By demographics of students we mean different majors, genders, ages, nationalities, geographies, etc. Response Yes, graduate students Yes, undergraduate students Yes, both graduate and undergraduate students No 28. In your opinion, are the demographics of graduate and undergraduate students taking your department's soil science degree programs and courses changing? By demographics of students we mean different majors, genders, ages, nationalities, geographies, etc. </p><p>29. Do other majors at your university also have soil science requirements? Response Yes No Not sure</p><p>23.30. Have other majors at your university dropped or added soil science requirements in the last 5-10 years? Response Dropped soil science requirements Added soil science requirements No change in requirements Not sure</p><p>24.31. Please identify the majors that have dropped soil science requirements in the last 5- 10 years.</p><p>25.32. Please identify which majors have added soil science requirements in the last 5-10 years.</p><p>26.33. Have new soil science courses been added to your department's core curriculum with the past ten years? Response Yes No 27.34. Please provide the titles of the new course(s) that have been added.</p><p>28.35. Have any soil science courses been dropped from your department's core curriculum with the past ten years? Response Yes No</p><p>29.36. What courses have been dropped?</p><p>30.37. How many faculty does your department have?</p><p>31.38. How many soil science faculty does your department have?</p><p>32.39. How has the number of soil science faculty in your department changed over the last ten years? Would you say it has Response increased by more than 25% increased by less than 25% stayed about the same decreased by 25% or less decreased by 25% or more</p><p>33.40. How do you think the number of soil science faculty in your department will change over the next ten years? Do you think it will Response increase by more than 25% increase by less than 25% stay about the same decrease by 25% or less decrease by more than 25% 34.41. What you see as the main reason(s) for the past and/or future changes in soil science faculty over the next 10 years.</p><p>35.42. Are all of the soil science faculty in your department trained soil scientists (minimum MSc in soil science)? Response Yes No</p><p>36.43. How has the number of trained soil science faculty in your department changed over the last ten years? Would you say it has Response Increased by more than 25% Increased by 25% or less Stayed about the same Decreased by 25% or less Decreased by more than 25%</p><p>37.44. What do you see as the main reason(s) for change in the number of trained soil science faculty?</p><p>38.45. How you think the number of trained soil science faculty in your department will change over the next ten years? Do you think it will Response increase by more than 25% increase by 25% or less stay about the same decrease by 25% or less decrease by more than 25% 39.46. What do you see as the main reasons for the projected change in trained soil science faculty over the next 10 years?</p><p>40.47. How have job opportunities in soil science for graduates (undergraduate and graduate) from your department changed over the past ten years? Response Increased greatly Increased somewhat Stayed about the same Decreased somewhat Decreased greatly</p><p>41.48. How strongly would you agree or disagree that soil science is a good career for a young person? Response Strongly agree Somewhat agree Neutral Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree</p><p>42.49. What is the main reason that you do not feel that soil science is a good career for a young person?</p><p>43.50. From the list below, identify three fields that you feel offer the most future job opportunities for your students. Response Environmental Science Ecology Earth Science Agronomy Land Management Urban Land Soil Science Crop Science Engineering Geology Other, please specify... 51. In your opinion, how important will soil science as a discipline be in the future? Response Very important Somewhat important Not very important</p><p>44.52. Does your department help students get internships or co-op placements with soil science employers or organizations? Response Yes No</p><p>45.53. How many of your soil science students had internships or co-op placements last year with soil science employers or organizations?</p><p>46.54. In which of the following professional associations do you have membership? Response Canadian Society of Soil Science Canadian Geophysical Union American Society of Soil Science American Geophysical Union Canadian Society of Agronomy American Society of Agronomy Other, please specify...</p><p>Thank you for your participation!</p>