Academic Programs - Butte College

Associate in Science Degree in Mechanized Agriculture

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Total Units: 60 - 64

Term 1

15 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units
	AB 20: Careers in Agriculture, Environmental Science and Natural Resources	1.00
Unit(s): 1.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 17.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 34.00 Total Course Hours: 51.00 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.
	AB 25: Computer Applications in Agriculture	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 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).
	AET 30: Tractors and Crawlers	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 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).
	AET 38: Diesel Engines and Machine Systems	4.00
Unit(s): 4.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 204.00 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.
	WLD 20: Beginning Welding	4.00
Unit(s): 4.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 17.00 hours Lecture / 153.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 34.00 Total Course Hours: 204.00 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.

Term 2

14 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	AET 34: Farm Machinery	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 42.50 hours Lecture / 25.50 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 85.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 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.
	AET 36: Heavy Equipment Operation	6.00	Corequisite: AET 35 (Not required for Mechanized Agriculture AS major, but is required for Heavy Equipment Certificate of Achievement)
Corequisite(s): AET 35 Unit(s): 6.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 204.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 306.00 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.
	AET 43: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems	2.00
Unit(s): 2.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 17.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 34.00 Total Course Hours: 102.00 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.
	Select one:	3.00
AET-22: Nat Res/Agri-Construct (3.00 units) EH-22: Landscape Construction (3.00 units)

Term 3

16.00 - 19.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	AGS 50: General Soils	4.00	Meets Area 5A/5C
Unit(s): 4.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 204.00 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).
	Area 1A Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00 - 4.00

	Area 2 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00 - 5.00

	Area 4 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00

	Area 6 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00

Term 4

15.00 - 16.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	AB 54: Supervision and Management in Agriculture	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 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.
	AGS 20: Plant Science	3.00	Meets Area 5B/5C
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 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).
	AGS 99: Work Experience-AGS	2.00
Prerequisite(s): Permission of Work Experience Education instructor and employment supervisor Unit(s): 0.50 - 8.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 0.00 hours Lecture Total Course Hours: 0.00 Work experience is an experiential course where students apply what they have learned in the classroom to a work environment. The course offers students the opportunity to develop technical skills, explore possible career choices, build confidence, network with people in the field, and transition into the world of work. Work experience may include paid or unpaid employment. Students may earn one semester unit of college credit in this course for every fifty-one hours of work experience. Students may enroll in this course up to 8 unit(s) to complete the entire curriculum of the course. A maximum of sixteen units can be earned in work experience courses during a student???s enrollment with Butte College.
	Area 1B/C Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00

	Area 3 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00 - 4.00

	Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999)	1.00	Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options.