Major in Agricultural Mechanization

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Industrial Option

This option is for students interested in the management, marketing, and application of agricultural technologies. The option prepares technically competent business persons for professional careers with service organizations, retail dealers, power suppliers, contractors, and management companies, from production through processing and distribution.

For common core requirements, see Core Curricula in Agriculture. Other courses required for this major are: 12
HOURS PRESCRIBED COURSES IN AGRICULTURE
4 AG EC 100--Introductory Agricultural Economics, or ANSCI 100--Introduction to Animal Sciences
3-4 AG EC 220--Farm Management
3 AG M 100--Engineering Applications in Agriculture
1 AG M 299--Agricultural Mechanization Seminar
3 AG M 341--Engine and Tractor Power
4 SOILS 101--Introductory Soils
4 AGRON 121--Principles of Field Crop Science
Choose from the following:
AG M 200--Agricultural Mechanics Shop: Construction Technology
AG M 202--Welding Processes, Metallurgy, and Materials
AG M 203--Electric Wiring, Motors, and Controls
AG M 221--Farm Power and Machinery Management
AG M 250--Internship
AG M 252--Mechanics of Soil and Water Conservation
AG M 271--Engineering Applications in Residential Housing
AG M 272--Farm Buildings
AG M 281--Grain Drying, Handling, and Storage
AG M 300--Special Problems
AG M 333--Agricultural Chemical Application Systems
AG M 372--Livestock Waste Management
40 Elective courses in agriculture to yield this minimum total in agriculture courses
6 Humanities (see Agriculture General Education Requirements)
9 Social sciences from two departments (see Agriculture General Education Requirements), including
ECON 102--Microeconomic Principles and ECON 103--Macroeconomic Principles
HOURS OTHER PRESCRIBED COURSES
3 ACCY 200--Fundamentals of Accounting, or ACCY 201--Principles of Accounting, I
3 AG EC 161--Microcomputer Uses in Agriculture and Human Resources and Family Studies, or C S 105 or C S 106--Computer Science
5 PHYCS 101--General Physics (Mechanics, Heat and Sound)
5 PHYCS 102--General Physics (Light, Electricity, and Magnetism), if CHEM 102 is not taken
12 Choose from the following:
AG COM 270--Agricultural Sales Communications
AG EC 302--Agricultural Finance
AG EC 305--Agricultural Policies and Programs
AG EC 338--Agribusiness Management
B ADM 202--Principles of Marketing
B ADM 210--Management and Organizational Behavior
B ADM 247--Introduction to Management
B ADM 261--Summary of Business Law
B ADM 320--Marketing Research
B ADM 321--Industrial Social Systems
B ADM 352--Pricing Policies
B&T W 271--Sales Writing
SPCOM 211--Business and Professional Speaking
FIN 254--Introduction to Business Financial Management
3-4 A course in statistics [1]
3 Composition II requirement [2]
126 Core courses and open electives yield this total

[1]. Chosen from STAT 100, PSYCH 233, AG EC 261, ECON 171, ECON 172.

[2]. See list of approved compostion courses

Equipment Operations Option

This option is for students who are interested in equipment and plant operations. Graduates work as managers for large-scale operations as contractors, confinement livestock housing operators, processing plant operators, field foremen for corporation farms, or as farm operators.

For common core requirements of this major, see Core Curricula in Agriculture. Other courses required for this major are:

HOURS PRESCRIBED COURSES IN AGRICULTURE
3 AG M 100--Engineering Applications in Agriculture
4 AG M 221--Farm Power and Machinery Management
1 AG M 299--Seminar
4 AG EC 100--Introductory Agricultural Economics, or ANSCI 100--Introduction to Animal Sciences
3-4 AG EC 220--Farm Management
4 SOILS 101--Introductory Soils
4 AGRON 121--Principles of Field Crop Science
12 Choose from the following agricultural mechanization courses:
AG M 200--Agricultural Mechanization Shop: Construction Technology
AG M 202--Welding Processes, Metallurgy, and Materials
AG M 203--Electric Wiring, Motors, and Controls
AG M 250--Internship
AG M 252--Mechanics of Soil and Water Conservation
AG M 271--Engineering Applications in Residential Housing
AG M 272--Farm Buildings
AG M 281--Grain Drying, Handling, and Storage
AG M 300--Special Problems
AG M 333--Agricultural Chemical Application Systems
AG M 341--Engine and Tractor Power
AG M 372--Livestock Waste Management
AG M 381--Electro-Mechanical Agricultural Systems
12 Choose from the following production and management courses:
AG EC 203--Farm Taxation
AG EC 230--Marketing of Agricultural Products
AG EC 302--Agricultural Finance
AG EC 303--Agricultural Law
AG EC 312--Rural Real Estate Appraisal
AG EC 324--Decision-Making for Farm Operators
SOILS 303--Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
SOILS 304--Soil Management and Conservation
AGRON 318--Crop Growth and Production
AGRON 322--Forage Crops and Pastures
ANSCI 307--Environmental Aspects of Animal Management
HORT 242--Vegetable Crop Production
40 Total minimum agriculture hours
6 Humanities (see Agriculture General Education Requirements)
9 min Social sciences from two departments, including ECON 102--Microeconomic Principles, and ECON 103--Macroeconomic Principles
HOURS OTHER PRESCRIBED COURSES
3 ACCY 200--Fundamentals of Accounting, or ACCY 201--Principles of Accounting, I
3 AG EC 161--Microcomputer Uses in Agriculture and Human Resources and Family Studies, or C S 105 or C S 106--Computer Science
5 PHYCS 101--General Physics (Mechanics, Heat, and Sound)
5 PHYCS 102--General Physics: Light, Electricity, and Magnetism, if CHEM 102 or CHEM 103 is not taken
3-4 A course in statisticssee footnote 1
3 Composition II requirementsee footnote 2
126 Core courses and open electives to yield this total
Footnotes:
1. Chosen from STAT 100, PSYCH 233, AG EC 261, ECON 171, ECON 172.

2. Chosen from list of approved composition courses.

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