| AEE 41 | Computer Applications in the Agricultural Institute | UNITS: 2 - Offered in Spring Only |
Introduction to computing concepts and the computing infrastructure in the Agricultural Institute. Use of computing hardware and software to perform common tasks, explore networked computer resources and solve problems associated with the various curricula in the Agricultural Institute. BOSTICK
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| AGI 10 | Introduction to the Agricultural Institute | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Introduction to the collegiate experience; academic skills of successful students; curricula of the Agricultural Institute; career opportunities of graduates; introduction to computers. |
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| AGI 11 | Writing Skills I | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Basic skills in written communication, including proper verb forms, basic sentence construction, and punctuation. Emphasis is to improve student's ability to convey thoughts and impressions. |
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| AGI 12 | Writing Skills II | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Further improvement of written communication on both personal and business levels. Emphasis on mechanics of writing and construction of coherent, logical units of written expression. |
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| AGI 14 | Mathematical Skills I | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Basic mathematical operations for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole, fractional, and decimal numbers. Applications to agricultural production. Introduction to percentages. |
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| AGI 15 | Mathematical Skills II | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: A "C" or better in AGI 014 |
| Applications of mathematical principles to solve problems encountered in Agricultural Institute courses. Percentages, ratios, proportions, averages, exponents, basic algebra, graphs, basic geometry and basic trigonometry with applications. |
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| AGI 20 | Spanish For AG Stu | UNITS: 3 |
| This is an introductory conversational Spanish course specifically designed for agricultural students. The main goal of this course is to give students some basic grammatical and communication skills so that they will be able to interact with Spanish speaking employees in different work environments and under different situations within their specific agricultural fields. |
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| AGI 92 | AGI External Learning Experience | UNITS: 1-6 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Learning experience in one of the eight majors in the Agricultural Institute that utilizes facilities and resources external to the campus. (Contact with professionals in the area of student's major must be initiated by student and approved by a faculty adviser and the Director of the Agricultural Institute prior to the experience). |
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| AGI 93 | AGI Special Problems and On-campus Learning | UNITS: 1-6 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Learning experience in one of the eight majors in the Agricultural Institute that utilizes facilities and resources on the campus. (Contact with the project supervisor must be initiated by student and approved by the faculty adviser and the Director of the Agricultural Institute prior to the experience). |
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| AGI 95 | Special Topics in the Agricultural Institute | - Offered in Fall and Spring |
Offered as needed to present material not normally available in regular departmental course offerings or for offering of new courses on a trial basis.
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| ANS 12 | Animal Feeds and Nutrition | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Basics of animal nutrition and feeding. Identification and classification of common feedstuffs, including relative nutritional value for livestock and poultry. General nutrition and changes in requirements as influenced by production and the animal's life cycle. Applied aspects of feeding and nutrition of livestock and poultry. Agricultural Institute Students Only (Class= 01 or 02). |
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| ANS (FS) (PO) 20 | Introduction to the Animal and Poultry Industries | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| General introduction to nutrition, reproduction, breeding, management and description of marketing channels of animals and poultry. Equates live animal and carcass characteristics with market specifications. Factors of pre- and post-slaughter treatment are related to the shelf life of fresh and processed meats. MCCRAW/GREGORY |
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| ANS 52 | Beef Production | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Genetics, reproduction, nutrition, animal health, forage management and marketing channels as related to beef cattle enterprises. |
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| ANS 61 | Swine Production and Management | UNITS: 4 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Spring Only |
| Management principles associated with swine production. Primary emphasis on interactions of health, equipment, nutrition, reproduction and genetics during nursery, finishing, farrowing and breeding phases of production. Management of farrowing, finishing and farrow to finish operations. Emphasis on management kills, computer applications and economics. |
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| ANS 71 | Introduction to Horse Science | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: ANS 020 |
Introduction to basic concepts of Horse Science and Industry, including history, anatomy, nutrition, health, management, and business.
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| ARE 12 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| The organization and operation of our economic system from a microeconomic perspective. Economic forces determining the level of prices, the allocation of resources, costs of production, and economic decision-making from the individual firm point of view. The role of government in a market economy, taxation, and specific agricultural policies. SAMPSON |
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| ARE 21 | Agribusiness Accounting | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Introduction to basic accounting principles and concepts applicable to an agribusiness firm. Exposure to journals, ledgers and financial statements. Topics of the accounting cycle, inventories, payrolls, accounts receivable, income taxes and the potential use of computers. RUSS |
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| ARE 32 | Principles of Salesmanship | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| "How To" course in selling. Understanding customer's behavior, establishing and maintaining customer rapport, and negotiating a sale. Developing sales skills through discussion, role playing and demonstrations. Emphasis on building self-confidence through selling exercises involving class participation, special assignments, and targeted presentations. WEEMS |
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| ARE 36 | Agri Business Law | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| The application of legal principles to agribusiness. Includes a review of our legal system contracts, real property, personal property torts, business organization, estate planning, and laws affecting agribusiness. CAMPBELL |
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| ARE 41 | Personal Financial Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Economic analysis of personal decisions related to consumer purchases, time value of money, taxes, financial risk management, investment strategies, retirement planning and estate planning. Relationship of an individual's life cycle to budgeting and financial goals. Background information on wise use of credit, home purchase, life insurance, property insurance, health insurance and investment fundamentals. PHILLIPS |
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| ARE 51 | Agricultural Business Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Insights into the management skills of a successful agribusiness firm manager. A topical approach to analytical and planning techniques applicable to business decisions. Managerial concepts such as financial analysis, budgeting, investment analysis, capital acquisition, financial and risk management of agribusiness firms. HENDRICKSON |
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| ARE 52 | Agricultural & Agribusiness Marketing | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Marketing concepts, techniques and management of the U.S. marketing system from agricultural production, agribusiness, and traditional business perspectives. Broad, basic knowledge of marketing objectives, the marketing environment, strategic planning, marketing information sources, consumer demographics and lifestyle characteristics, product planning, distribution planning, promotion planning, and price planning. PHILLIPS |
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| ARE 61 | Agricultural & Environmental Policy | UNITS: 3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Spring Only |
| History of agricultural and environmental policy, policy formation, agricultural programs, effects of agricultural production on the environment, benefits and costs of agricultural and environmental policy, state of the environment, environmental regulations and their enforcement, optimal level of pollution, incentive-based environmental regulation, outlook for agricultural and environmental policy, and the sustainability of agriculture and of the environment. RUSS |
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| ARE 63 | Management of Personnel | UNITS: 3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
Personnel problems of recruiting, selecting, training, paying, and motivating employees of an agribusiness firm. Improving organizational effectiveness, functioning of a production supervisor, resolution of conflicts and leadership development. PHILLIPS
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| BAE 23 | Light Equipment Technology | UNITS: 3 |
| Principles of operation and maintenance of powered turf, garden, and landscape equipment. Small engines, power transmission systems, equipment maintenance, and operator safety. |
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| BAE 33 | Agricultural Tractors and Machinery | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Fall Only |
Principles of tractor engines, power trains, and hydraulics. Tractor operation, service and testing. Machinery management involving tractor and implement selection based on power and field requirements and on economics of ownership and operation. Implements for crop production to include tillage, planting, chemicals and harvesting. Set-up, operation and maintenance of implements. Calibration of planting and chemical equipment. Tractor and machinery safety. VEAL
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| CS 10 | Introduction to the Agricultural Institute | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Introduction to the collegiate experience; academic skills of successful students; curricula of the Agricultural Institute; career opportunities of graduates; introduction to computers. SPEARS |
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| CS 11 | Field Crop Production | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Management of field crops, including growth and development, establishment, pest management, environmental considerations, rotations of crops and chemicals, harvesting, storage and marketing. SPEARS |
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| CS 21 | Turfgrasses and Their Uses | UNITS: 3 |
| An introduction to turfgrass species and their uses. Emphasis on: size and scope of the turfgrass industry, basic concepts of grass growth and development, characteristics of cool- and warm-season turfgrasses and their use for golf courses, lawns, athletic fields, and other applications. Techniques for successful establishment and maintenance of turfgrass areas. |
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| CS 22 | Principles of Turfgrass Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| An examination of cultural practices essential for management of high quality turfgrass areas. Topics include: function of plant nutrients, fertilizer characteristics and application techniques, irrigation programming, construction of high use turfgrass areas, calibration of spreaders and sprayers, aerification, pesticide fate and developing effective management systems. ERICKSON |
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| CS 24 | Agriculture and Seeds | UNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall Only |
| This course will explore seeds, their importance in local and global agriculture, new biotechnology applications for agriculture, how biotechnology has changed the seed industry and agriculture, how seeds deliver new AG biotechnology discoveries and how seeds and biotechnology are addressing world hunger issues. Field trip is required. |
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| CS 51 | Forage Production | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Characteristics of major forage crops and their response to agronomic and animal management factors. Utilization methods, growth and quality characteristics related to animal performance. GREEN |
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| CS 52 | Weed Control in Field Crops | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Principles involved in development of weed control programs and practical application of weed management techniques for major North Carolina cropping systems. Emphasis on proper use of herbicides. Laboratory includes weed identification and herbicide application methods. JORDAN |
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| CS 53 | Turfgrass and Ornamental Weed Control | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| General principles in development of turfgrass and ornamental weed prevention and management programs. Different weeds and their life cycles and management techniques and factors affecting herbicide performance. Laboratory includes weed identification and herbicide application methods. YELVERTON |
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| CS 55 | Advanced Turf Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Turfgrass management covering mineral nutrition, water relations, environmental stress responses and management regimes for low maintenance turf, golf courses, athletic fields and other turf settings. PEACOCK |
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| CS 62 | Flue-Cured Tobacco Production | UNITS: 1 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Spring Only |
| Flue-cured tobacco production, with empasis on crop management practices, variety selection, transplant production, integrated pest management, fertilization, harvesting and curing, competitiveness in the world market, product needs of the tobacco manufacturing industry, and the role of climate and soil on yield and quality. FISHER |
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| CS 63 | Peanut Production | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Principles of modern peanut production. Emphasis on the history and dispersal of peanuts, supply management programs, physiology of peanut growth and development, weed, disease, and insect management, fertility practices, recommended cultural practices including IPM, methods of maturity determination, recommended harvesting, curing, and handling practices. JORDAN |
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| CS 64 | Soybean Production | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Introduction to the production of soybeans in North Carolina and the southeastern United States. Growth and development, tillage, fertility, varieties, seed quality, planting decision, pest management, harvesting, production economics, marketing, environmental quality, and social responsibility. DUNPHY |
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| CS 65 | Cotton Production | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Cotton production, marketing, and improvement. Emphasis on current information regarding varieties, fertilization, disease, insect and weed control, cultural practices, equipment, harvesting and marketing. EDMISTEN |
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| CS 66 | Corn Production | UNITS: 1 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Spring Only |
| Growth, management, and markets for corn in North Carolina. |
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| CS 67 | Wheat Production | UNITS: 1 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Spring Only |
| Practical approach to growing wheat and other small grain crops. Topics will include growth, management, and markets for small grains in North Carolina. |
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| CS 90 | Turf Seminar | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Discussions of the operations, opportunities, and problems existing in various phases of the turf industry by leaders in the various facets of the industry. |
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| CS 91 | Field Crops Seminar | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only |
This seminar gives students an opportunity to relate information previously learned to farming and agri-business problems. Emphasis will be placed on the use of technical information for the solution of field problems. Students will be given an opportunity to examine subjects of interest and to share ideas, philosophy, and technical information concerning crop production. FISHER
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| ENT 10 | General Entomology | UNITS: 3 |
| Considers how insects live, their internal and external structures and their functions, classification and identification and control when desirable. Recognition of economically important beneficial and destructive insects and mites occurring in North Carolina and neighboring states, stressing information on their life histories , damage and control. |
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| ENT (TOX) 21 | Pesticides and Their Utilization | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Basic characterization, classification, chemical and physical properties of pesticides. Use of pesticides including environmental effects; Federal and State laws and regulations relating to their manufacture, distribution and use; safety procedures including handling and storage; and application equipment including types, calibration, use and maintenance. TOTH |
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| ENT 32 | Urban Entomology | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Insects and related arthropods found in residential and industrial buildings, nature of damage, and their control. Identification and life history of the different pest species, methods to detect their presence, and integrated pest management strategies. Hands-on learning of species in laboratory with emphasis on current control techniques. Field trips required. |
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| ENT 63 | Ornamental & Turf Insects | UNITS: 3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Spring Only |
| Practical course in the biology, recognition, and management of common insect and related arthropod pests that attack ornamentals and turf. WALDVOGEL |
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| ENT (ZO) 72 | Vertebrate Pest Management | UNITS: 3 |
| Principles and practices of vertebrate pest damage control. Emphasis on integrated pest management as applied to damage caused by native wildlife and commensal rodents. WALDVOGEL |
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| ENT 90 | Current Topics in Pest Management | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only |
Discussions of current topics of pest management. Topics selected by the students and instructors to include different phases of pest management. Discussions led by leaders in the various facets of the industry.
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| FLN 2** | 200 Level Hindi | UNITS: 1 |
200 Level Hindi
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| FOR 52 | Small Pvt For Mgmt | UNITS: 3 |
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| FOR 53 | Air Photo Tech | UNITS: 2 |
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| FS (ANS) (PO) 20 | Introduction to the Animal and Poultry Industries | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
General introduction to nutrition, reproduction, breeding, management and description of marketing channels of animals and poultry. Equates live animal and carcass characteristics with market specifications. Factors of pre- and post-slaughter treatment are related to the shelf life of fresh and processed meats. MCCRAW/GREGORY
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| HS 11 | Plant ID | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Identification, adaptation, culture, and use of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers and herbaceous plants. FAIR |
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| HS 15 | Plant Growth and Developement | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Examination of how plants grow and respond to environmental and cultural stimuli. Topics include: cell growth; flower, fruit, seed, shoot, and root development and functions; anatomy of stems, roots and leaves; hormonal regulation of growth; adaptations for survival; plant responses to temperature, light and gravity; photosynthesis, transpiration, and absorption of water and nutrients. FONTENO |
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| HS 21 | Plant Propagation | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Principles and practices involved in sexual (seed) and asexual (vegetative) propagation of a variety of plants. Methods of asexual propagation include cuttings, layering, budding and grafting, division, separation, and micropropagation (tissue culture). Emphasis on factors affecting the regeneration of species by particular techniques. BLAZICH |
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| HS 41 | Flower Production | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Floral industry and the principles and practices involved in the greenhouse production of flowers, foliage and bedding plants, including propagation, culture, harvesting and marketing. Laboratory practices in planting, fertilization, watering, photoperiod control, disease and insect control, and care and handling of harvested products. FONTENO |
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| HS 51 | Nursery Production | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Total aspects of field and container nursery stock production including site selection and development, propagation, growing procedures, harvesting, marketing, shipping and labor management practices. KRAUS |
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| HS 62 | Landscape Maintenance | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
A study of the maintenance of landscaped areas including plant material selection, installation, pruning, fertilization, and pest control of trees, shrubs, lawns, flower beds, and interior plants. WARREN
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| MUS 35 | Chamber Orchestra | UNITS: 0 |
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| PO 11 | Poultry Production | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Introduction to poultry science and production. Domestication of key poultry species, embryology and hatchery management, anatomy and physiology, poultry rations, housing refinements, and diseases relative to the production of poultry meats and eggs. STAFF |
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| PO (ANS) (FS) 20 | Introduction to the Animal and Poultry Industries | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| General introduction to nutrition, reproduction, breeding, management and description of marketing channels of animals and poultry. Equates live animal and carcass characteristics with market specifications. Factors of pre- and post-slaughter treatment are related to the shelf life of fresh and processed meats. MCCRAW/GREGORY |
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| PO 52 | Poultry Commercial Applications | UNITS: 3 |
| Modern poultry industry vertical integration of industry structure, breeding stock management, pest control, ventilation and environmental control, sanitation and biosecurity, waste management, processing, and financing a poultry operation |
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| PO 60 | Poultry Management | UNITS: 3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Spring Only |
| Principles and practices of commercial market turkey, broiler, and roaster managment. Includes breeding, nutrition, housing, related production parameters, and an examination of contracts and grower-company relationships. |
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| PO 62 | Livestock and Poultry Disease Management | UNITS: 3 |
Basic principles of disease and disease management in livestock and poultry. Disease prevention through sanitation and vaccination. Diseases of horses, pigs, ruminants, poultry, and disease prevention programs for each species
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| PP 55 | Diseases of Ornamentals and Turfgrasses | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
Causes, development, identification and management of diseases of greenhouses and landscape ornamentals and turfgrasses. WARFIELD
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| SOC 51 | Community Leadership | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
Concentration upon preparation of students for leadership in their communities. Attention to leadership styles, social and personal factors contributing to an individual's rise to a leadership position, changing structures within communities, and social issues facing community leaders. Focus upon both urban and rural communities with primary emphasis on rural settings. DUBOSE-BLUM
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| SSC 12 | Principles of Soil Science | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Fundamental soil physical and chemical properties and principles. Major lecture topics: soil description, formation, soil water and the hydrologic cycle, and soil fertility and fertilizers. Laboratory exercises in identifying soil horizons, determining soil texture, identifying nutrient deficiency symptoms in plants and interpreting soil fertility test reports. BROOME |
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| SSC 51 | Fertilizers and Soil Fertility | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
Principles of managing plant nutrients in soils for crop, turfgrass and other plant production; nutrient requirements; deficiency symptons, nutrient availability in soils; soil acidity and liming; fertilizer materials; organic fertilizers; and environmental effects of fertilizers. BROOME
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| TOX (ENT) 21 | Pesticides and Their Utilization | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
Basic characterization, classification, chemical and physical properties of pesticides. Use of pesticides including environmental effects; Federal and State laws and regulations relating to their manufacture, distribution and use; safety procedures including handling and storage; and application equipment including types, calibration, use and maintenance. TOTH
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| VMM 62 | Livestock Dis Mgmt | UNITS: 3 |
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| VMP 62 | Livestock and Poultry Disease Management | UNITS: 3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Spring Only |
Basic principles of disease and disease management in livestock and poultry. Disease prevention through sanitation and vaccination. Diseases of horses, pigs, ruminants, poultry, and disease prevention programs for each species. CARVER
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| ZO (ENT) 72 | Vertebrate Pest Management | UNITS: 3 |
| Principles and practices of vertebrate pest damage control. Emphasis on integrated pest management as applied to damage caused by native wildlife and commensal rodents. WALDVOGEL |