There is four semesters in this course. The course is mainly designed to train graduate students to sort out the reference literatures, material and method of soil and water conservation or their master thesis. A sequence of training may promote the ability of academic lecture for students, which are required to search and review literature and draw up a brief, then presentation and discussion will convene in the course. The presentation is scheduled for every student once a semester. In the last two semesters, each student is required to present on the topic involving his master thesis. Their performance is evaluated by the faculty member.