Note: Active immunization against tetanus (available through
Student Health Services) is a prerequisite for registration in
any laboratory course in agriculture and for any student employment
on the University Farm.
Note: Cost to the student of extended field trips will vary each
semester depending upon itinerary. The student should ask the
course instructor.
1. Agricultural Orientation (1)
Survey of agriculture and its related agencies; job opportunities.
13. Pest Control (3)
Survey of the pest control field; insects, plant diseases,
rodents, and weeds of importance in agriculture and around the
home; methods, materials, and equipment used for their control.
(2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
20. General Microbiology (4) (See Bact 20)
31. Agricultural Economics (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A. Farm credit, taxation, marketing and commodity
problems; government agencies and farm price structures.
40. Projects (1; max total 6)
105. Plant Quarantine Laws (3)
For students interested in county, state, or federal inspection
work. Federal, California state, and county laws relating to plant
quarantine to prevent the introduction and spread of agricultural
pests as outlined in the California Agricultural Code.
106. Economic Entymology (3) (Same as Ent 106)
Preequisite: Biol 1A or B, General and economic entymology;
taxonomy of the principal orders of insects; life histories, habits,
recognition and control of some of the principal agriculture insect
pests of the San Joaquin Valley.
112. Farm Management (3) (Former AH 112)
Prerequisite: junior standing. Survey of farm management; basic
economic principles relating to farm management; organizing the
individual farm unit; balancing crop and livestock enterprises;
farm business administration. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
113. Apiculture (2)
Fundamentals of beekeeping; manipulation of the hive; diseases
and enemies of bees; nectar sources and pollination problems;
production and marketing of honey and beeswax; laws and regulations
pertaining to beekeeping.
114. California Fruit and Vegetable Standards (3) (Former Ag 14)
For students interested in government fruit inspection. California
laws and enforcement of regulations for packing or shipping fruits,
nuts and vegetables.
130. Plant Pathology (4) (Same as Bact 130)
Prerequisitie: Bot 1. Nature, cause and control of plant disease
in economic agriculture plants.
136. Soils (3)
Physical and chemical properties of soils influenced by climate,
parent material, topography, organisms, and time; use, interpretation
and evaluation of soil practices and research, including soil
maps, filed experiments, fertilizers, physical and chemical analysis.
146. Irrigation (3)
Methods of irrigation adapted to the San Joaquin Valley; water
requirements of various crops and methods of application.
151. Farm Accounting (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A, Ag 27, or permission of instructor. Farm
accounting systems, farm records, budgets, income tax returns.
(2 lectures, 3 lab hours)
159. Spray Materials (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 2A-B. Development of agricultural chemical
industry; chemical properties of compounds used as insecticides,
fungicides, rodenticides and herbicides; formulations, regulations
and typical uses of these materials.
180. Special Problems (1-4)
182. Soil Management (3)
Prerequisite: Ag 136 or equivalent, Chem 2A-B. Factors affecting
soil fertility, management of soils, attaining continuous maximum
productivity. Physical, chemical, and field tests on soil fertility,
crop and livestock soil management.
184. Advanced Irrigation (3)
Prerequisite: Ag 146 or equivalent. Evaluation of the equipment
design, operation, soil and crop response of methods of irrigation,
sprinkler methods; pipeline and other methods featuring water
control, soil and water conservation.
186. Methods of Teaching General Agriculture (3)
Prerequisite: Ed 185; Ed 131 or permission of instructor.
Philosophy and teaching techniques in general agriculture; organization
of teaching materials; professional standards for teachers.
15A-B. Agricultural Mechanics (2-2)
(A) Mechanical skills in field of agriculture; selection,
care and use of common farm tools; projects of wood and metal
in farm appliances. (B) Advanced work in mechanical skills;
projects for home or on the farm. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
17. Farm Tractors (2) (Former AgM 124)
Operation and maintenance of farm tractors; operation of farm
tractor under field conditions; service, maintenance and minor
repair of gas, diesel, and butane type engines of wheel and crawler
type. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours; and total of 5 hours of field operation.)
18A-B. Agricultural Welding (2-2)
Prerequisite or concurrently: AgM 15. (A) Arc and oxyacetylene
welding as a tool of construction and repair in the farm shop;
brazing; building up worn parts; burning with hand torch. (B)
Hard facing by arc and gas welding; AC and DC welding and application
to farm construction and repair; welding projects and farrn appliances.
(1lecture, 3 lab hours)
25. Agricultural Drafting (2)
May be taken concurrently with AgM 15A. Use of drafting instruments,
lettering, dimensioning, scale drawings and working drawings of
projects in agricultural mechanics; pencil tracings, inking and
reproducing on B-W machine; blueprints and their uses, welding
symbols. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
81. Farm Structures (3)
Prerequisite: AgM 15. Construction and repair of farm structures
and equipment; farm carpentry and construction principles; engineering
principles, codes; farmstead layouts and basic requirements of
farm structures. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
91. Farm Surveying (2)
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
Use of the steel tape, level, transit and compass; field problems
in chaining distances, laying out building lines, profile leveling
for irrigation ditches and drains, land leveling, and measuring
land areas. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
111. Rural Electrification (2)
Prerequisite: junior standing. Fundamentals of alternating current,
wiring practices, circuit layouts and problems, motor and branch
circuit protection; safe use of electricity; wiring of farmstead.
115A-B. Farm Machinery (2-2)
Prerequisite: junior standing. Fundamentalsofalternating current,
wiring practices, circuitlayouts and problems, motor and branch
circuit protection; safe use of electricity; wiring of farmstead.
121. Advanced Agricultural Welding (2)
Prerequisite: AgM 18A-B, Arc and gas welding processes in construction
and repair of farm equipment; inert arc welding; radiograph and
shape burning; aluminum and stainless steels; welding tests and
design of welded structures. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
151A-B. Farm Power (2-2)
Prerequisite: AgM 15A, 17. (A) Principles of the internal combustion
engine adjusting, servicing, and minor repairs practical in farming
operations. (B) Overhauling and repairing of gasoline and diesel
farm tractors and engines; field servicing and repairing of auxiliary
power plants on farm machinery (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
159. Pumps and Motors (3)
Prerequisite: AgM 15, Ag 146. Operation and study of centrifugal
and deep well turbines; testing of pumps and motors under operating
conditions to determine efficiency; installation, protective devices,
maintenance and proper selection of single and three-phase motors
used on the farm. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures - Independent Study.