Production AgricultureCertificates

Provides students with practical experience in applying principles of economics, business, marketing and finance to the management of a farm/ranch operation. Three credits.

Introduces the biology of horticultural plants, and basic horticultural practices. Four credits.

Focuses on production and adaptation of cultivated crops, principles affecting growth, development, management, and utilization. Four credits.

Focuses on formation, physical properties, chemical properties and management of soils emphasizing conditions that affect plant growth. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SC1 category. Four credits.

This course introduces basic computer terminology, file management, and PC system components. Provides an overview of office application software including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation graphics. Includes the use of a web browser to access the Internet. Three credits.

Focuses on production and adaptation of cultivated crops, principles affecting growth, development, management, and utilization. Four credits.

Covers safety, proper tool use, tool reconditioning, A.C. electricity, D.C. electricity, domestic water supply and farm sanitation systems. Two credits.

Teaches the theory of operation and maintenance of small engines and related power equipment used on the farm. Two credits.

Emphasizes the safe operation, construction, purpose, maintenance and adjustment of farm machinery. Three credits.

Develops basic welding skills, principles, and practices in arc and oxy-acetylene welding. Three credits.

This course introduces basic computer terminology, file management, and PC system components. Provides an overview of office application software including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation graphics. Includes the use of a web browser to access the Internet. Three credits.

Introduces applied geospatial principles and advanced technologies in Agriculture, including: coordinate systems, mapping use, general navigation, computer technology, Precision Agriculture concepts, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Remote Sensing. Attention is also given to the history, development and future of these technologies. Three credits.

Introduces various methods in precision navigation of agricultural equipment utilizing Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and other support networks. Focus is placed on working with control consoles, equipment, GIS data integration, field planning, zone management, and variable rate applications. Attention is also given to differential correction systems, error sources, environmental variables, and precision accuracy. Three credits.

This course introduces basic computer terminology, file management, and PC system components. Provides an overview of office application software including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation graphics. Includes the use of a web browser to access the Internet. Three credits.

Surveys the development, application and use of geographic information systems (GIS). Three credits.

Introduces applied geospatial principles and advanced technologies in Agriculture, including: coordinate systems, mapping use, general navigation, computer technology, Precision Agriculture concepts, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Remote Sensing. Attention is also given to the history, development and future of these technologies. Three credits.

Introduces various methods in precision navigation of agricultural equipment utilizing Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and other support networks. Focus is placed on working with control consoles, equipment, GIS data integration, field planning, zone management, and variable rate applications. Attention is also given to differential correction systems, error sources, environmental variables, and precision accuracy. Three credits.

Focuses on production and adaptation of cultivated crops, principles affecting growth, development, management, and utilization. Four credits.

Emphasizes the safe operation, construction, purpose, maintenance and adjustment of farm machinery. Three credits.

This course introduces basic computer terminology, file management, and PC system components. Provides an overview of office application software including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation graphics. Includes the use of a web browser to access the Internet. Three credits.

Surveys the development, application and use of geographic information systems (GIS). Three credits.