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 Orientataion (1)
Agriculture and its related agencies; job opportunities.
13. Pest Control (3)
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)
27. Agribusiness Mathematics (3)
Not open to students with credit in Bus Ad 21 or Math 29, or equivalent.
Fundamental operations, percentage and interest, bank account reconciliation,
equations, ratio and proportion, averages, areas and volumes, square root,
measurement sygems; applications to milk mixtures, fields, rations, tanks,
silos, soils, lumber, concrete, personal buying and loans.
31. Agricultural Economics (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A. Farm credit, taxation, marketing and commnodity problems;
government agencies and farm price structures.
40. Project Records (1)
For students planning to sign up for a project; may be taken concurrently.
Organization of the Agricultural Foundation; budgets, contracts, and records
needed to conduct an agricultural project under college supervision. (See
Supervised Projects in the Animal and Plant Science Departments.)
105. Plant Quarantine Law
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)
Prerequisite: junior standing. 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)
For students interested in governmnet fruit inspection. California laws
and enforcement of regulations for packing or shipping fruits, nuts and
vegetables.
130. Plant Pathology (4)
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, physocal 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; max total 4)
Open to juniors or seniors with permission of instructor. May not be substituted
for course requirements in major. Exploratory work on a suitable agricultural
problem in animal science, plant science, agricultural mechanics.
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: E Ed 105; S Ed 163 or permission of instructor. Philosophy
and teaching techniques in general agriculture; organization of teaching
materials; professional standards for teachers.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.
Agriculture (Ag)
280. Seminar in Agriculture (3; see max below)
Maximum total credit 9 units in any given area or combination of the
three areas. Prerequisite: bachelor;s degree in agriculture or permission
of instructor. Advanced problems in agriculture; research and experimentation
in a selected area: animal science, plant science, or agricultural mechanics.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures - Independent Study.
15. Agricultural Mechanics (2)
Mechanical skills in field of agriculture; selection, care and use of
common farm tools; projects of wood and metal in farm appliances. (1 lecture,
3 lab hours)
17. Farm Tractors (2)
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 15. Use of drafting instruments, lettering,
dimensioning, scale drawings and working drawings of projects in agricultural
mechanics; elementary plan and perspective drawings of small buildings.
(1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
81. Farm Structures and Equipment (2)
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. (1 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.
111L. Rural Electrification Laboratory (1)
Laboratory experiments to accompany AgM 111. (3 lab hours)
115. Farm Machinery (2)
Prerequisite: AgM 15. Study and operation of tillage tools, interaction
of the soil and tool; cotton, grain, and specialized harvesting machinery
and equipment. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
116. Farm Machinery (2)
Prerequisite: AgM 15. A study of farm machinery used in spring and summer
operations. Orchard and field spraying equipment, field and row crop planters,
cultivating tools, and haying machinery. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
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 15. (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)
158. Unit Operations I (3)
(See V 158)
159. Pumps and Motors (3)
Prerequisite: AgM 15, PlSc 50. 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 (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures - Independent Study.