Associate in Science Degree in Mechanized Agriculture
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Total Units: 65 - 79
Term 1
15.50 - 16.50 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| AB 20: Careers in Agriculture, Environmental Science and Natural Resources | 1.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 1.00
This course is a study of the agriculture, environmental science and natural resources industries with a focus on career opportunities, self evaluation, and skills necessary for successful job procurement. Topics include job trends, resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, and the types of careers available in agriculture, environmental science, and natural resources. |
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| AB 25: Computer Applications in Agriculture | 3.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course covers computer use in the workplace with emphasis on agribusiness situations. Computer applications including word-processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation managers will be covered. Also included will be accessing information through the Internet and World Wide Web, telecommunications, an introduction to web page design and other software appropriate to agribusiness. Application of these concepts and methods through hands-on projects developing computer-based solutions for agriculture business. (C-ID AG-AB 108). |
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| AET 30: Tractors and Crawlers | 3.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course covers design principles, selection, maintenance, adjustment, and safe operation of wheel and crawler type tractors used in agriculture and in the construction industry. (C-ID AG-MA 108L). |
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| AET 38: Diesel Engines and Machine Systems | 4.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 4.00
This course presents the theory, operating principles, application, component parts, support systems, maintenance, adjustment, and repair of Diesel engines and related systems used on modern trucks and heavy equipment used in the construction and agricultural industries. The related systems include electrical, power train, hydraulic, and Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems. |
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| WLD 20: Beginning Welding | 4.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 4.00
This course includes oxyacetylene welding (OAW), oxyacetylene cutting (OFC-A) and shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) processes, in the flat and horizontal positions on various joint details. It will also include safety procedures, electrode identification, joint fit-up and alignment, base metal preparation, weld quality, beads and fillet welds, with focus on theory and practice. All welds will meet the American Welding Society (AWS) qualification standards. |
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| Area F: Kinesiology Activity (Select One) | 0.50 - 1.50 | ||
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Term 2
14 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| AET 34: Farm Machinery | 3.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course involves the design principles, uses, maintenance, adjustment, calibration, and repair of machinery used in California agriculture. Emphasis is placed on primary and secondary tillage, planting, chemical application, and harvesting equipment. Selection and operation of both machinery and tractors will be practiced. Safety will be stressed throughout. |
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| AET 36: Heavy Equipment Operation | 6.00 | AET 35 AND AET-36 are co-requisites of each other. They should be taken together. AET 35 is not required for Mech Ag AS major but is required for Heavy Equipment certificate. | |
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Corequisite(s): AET 35 This course covers selection, operation, service, and adjustment of heavy equipment used in agriculture and construction industries. Also covered are measurement and techniques used in preparing roads, building sites, and other projects as may be required in the field using heavy equipment. |
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| AET 43: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems | 2.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 2.00
This course is an introduction to the theory, operating principles, application, graphical symbols, component parts, systems, maintenance, adjustment, and repair of hydraulic and pneumatic systems used on modern trucks and heavy equipment used in the construction and agricultural industries. |
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| Required Core Choice: (Select One) | 3.00 | ||
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Term 3
20.00 - 22.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| Math Competency (Select One) | 3.00 - 5.00 | Recommended math selection varies, maybe satisfied by high school course work. | |
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| AGS 50: General Soils | 4.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 4.00
The study of soil physical, chemical and biological properties. Soil use and management including erosion, moisture retention, structure, cultivation, organic matter and microbiology. Laboratory topics include soil type, classification, soil reaction, soil fertility and physical properties of soil. (C-ID AG-PS 128L). |
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| Area B (Select One) | 3.00 | ||
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| Area F: Self-Integration (Select One) | 3.00 | ||
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| Elective (Any course numbered 1-99) | 3.00 | Department recommends AET-26 for Heavy Equipment Certificate completion. | |
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| English Composition | 4.00 | ||
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Term 4
15.50 - 26.50 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| AB 54: Supervision and Management in Agriculture | 3.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course introduces students to the knowledge and skills relevant to the supervisor in agricultural business. Topics include the regulatory requirements relevant to labor management in agriculture and effective communication with native and non-native English speakers. The course will include case studies on labor management, human relations, public relations, production control techniques and job analysis. |
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| AGS 20: Plant Science | 3.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course is an introduction to plant science including structure, growth processes, propagation, physiology, growth medica, biological competitors, and post-harvest factors of food, fiber, and ornamental plants. (C-ID AG-PS 104). |
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| AGS 99: Work Experience-AGS | 1.00 - 8.00 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): Permission of Cooperative Work Experience Education instructor and employment supervisor Career Work Experience (CWE) is a course that gives students the opportunity to earn both a grade and units for what they learn on the job related to their vocational major while gaining practical work experience. Students may earn one semester unit of college credit in this course for every sixty hours of unpaid work experience (60-480 hours unpaid) or seventy-five hours of paid work experience (75-600 hours paid). Students may earn a maximum of sixteen units for all types of Work Experience. This course may be repeated to a maximum of 8.00 units to complete the entire curriculum of the course. |
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| Area C (Select One) | 3.00 - 4.00 | Must be multicultural unless multicultural already taken for Area F or B in prior terms. | |
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| Area E (Select One) | 3.00 - 5.00 | If needed. Area E not required if student satisfied Math Competency with College math coursework. | |
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| Area F: Kinesiology Activity (Select One) | 0.50 - 1.50 | ||
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| Elective (Any course numbered 1-99) | 2.00 | Department recommends AET-44 to complete Heavy Equipment Certificate. | |
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