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2.00 Credits
This course is required to successfully complete the AAS Farm/Ranch Management Degree and the AS degrees in General Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Business, and Animal Science. Sophomore students intending to graduate with the AAS degree will be completing a business plan. Sophomore students intending to graduate with the AS degree will complete a thesis paper consistent with their degree field. 1 hour lecture, 2 hours lab.
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1.00 Credits
Students will dive into the connections between eating and management of agricultural land. As Americans, our "dinner plates" have never seen more choices than they do today. Each decision we make in choosing how to fill our plates has a direct impact on agricultural producers. While exploring how each person is related to agriculture, this course will also enable the student to explore and understand the whole college environment, to identify and utilize campus resources, and to develop academic and career goals. 3 hour lecture.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as a beginning course for agricultural students interested in learning about microcomputers and software applications for agriculture. Main applications are word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphics, and Internet applications. The course is designed for students with little or no previous experience in computer science. 2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
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1.00 Credits
This class is designed around student interests in this field.
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2.00 Credits
A study of agricultural chemicals as used in production agriculture. Particular attention will be focused on types and application procedures for insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and soil sterilants. Safety and proper application will be stressed. 2 hours lecture.
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4.00 Credits
Subjects covered in this course include basic animal anatomy and physiological processes, general principles of disease and disease resistance including classification of causes, diseases transmissible from animals to man (zoonosis), poisons and poisonous plants, chemotherapeutic agents and disinfectants, immunization principles and programs, specific infectious diseases and the effects of season, and parasitic diseases and the effects of season, and parasitic diseases. A lab compliments this course so students can get hands on experience. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
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3.00 Credits
Study the use of hydraulic pumps and systems. Special emphasis is given to pumping, controlling, and measuring flows and to system design and analysis. Also emphasized is distinguishing the difference between types of valves, pumps, hoses, and connection arrangement and flow patterns. 3 hours lecture.
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2.00 Credits
A course stressing the fundamentals of preventive maintenance of farm equipment to reduce failures, save on operating costs, and keeping equipment safe. Establishes good habits in the continuous care of equipment through periodic adjustments and servicing as required. 2 hours lecture.
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3.00 Credits
Students will be introduced to essential aspects of precision agriculture concepts including: soil and crop spatial variability; new technologies such as GIS, DEM, GPS, sensors, variable rate machinery, PA software, romote sensing; geostatistics, sampling, experimental designs; precision integrated crop management; data acquisition, process, and management; and socio-economical and e-marketing aspects. 2 hour lecture, 2 hour lab.
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2.00 Credits
In this course, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and how to register, obtain your license, and fly an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are covered.
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