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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Department approval This course is designed to provide an understanding of capital and credit needs of farmers. Farm credit policies, agencies supplying credit, and problems of obtaining and using credit will be studied. (formerly AGMGT 231)
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Department approval This course provides the opportunity to work on a technical project, research, or other specialized study related to individual academic needs. A written plan for the independent-study project is developed with a faculty member (including a detailed description of the project, the number of credit hours assigned to it, the evaluative criteria to be used, and other relevant matters), and the project is carried out under the periodic direction of the faculty member. The written plan is submitted to the associate dean for approval and remains on file within the department, together with a final written report submitted to the faculty member by the student. (Repeatable up to a maximum of five semester hours of credit).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MAT 108 or equivalent This course will familiarize the student with various areas of agricultural engineering including power and machinery, electricity, agricultural structures, and soil and water conservation. The use of mathematics will be stressed. [IAI: AG 906]
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: None This course includes preventative maintenance skills necessary for farm tractors. Basic principles of operation and adjustment of electric motors, tillage and planting equipment will also be covered.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: None This is a survey course in animal science involving the basic principles of genetics, physiology, nutrition and product technology as they apply to the breeding, selection, feeding and management of cattle, swine, sheep, poultry and horses. [IAI: AG 902]
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: None This course introduces the student to the pork industry and the basic principles of pork production. The technical and scientific fields of breeding, selecting, feeding, housing and management are studied as they apply to the swine enterprise.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: None This course provides fundamental principles of the nature and properties of soils, including origin, formation, and biological, chemical, and physical aspects. Soil dynamics, texture, structure, and soil reactions will be studied.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: None This course is designed to provide a basic knowledge of chemical properties of the various types of fertilizers, their production, use and relation to soil properties, environmental conditions, crop requirements and application. The economic implications of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, secondary and trace elements are considered.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: None This course in practical animal science introduces the student to the technical and scientific principles of genetics, selection, physiology, nutrition and management of beef cattle, dairy cattle and sheep, with special emphasis on practical applications to management techniques.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: None This course includes the principles of harvesting, drying and storing of various agricultural crops common to this vicinity. It also includes a study of the selection and operation of the equipment necessary to harvest, dry and store agricultural crops.
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