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Major: 3030
Catalog Year: 2023-2024
Effective Term: 2015 Fall
Last Admit Term: 2016 Fall
Award: AAS Total Credits: 65 CIP Code: 01.0699 |
Primary College: Mesa Community College
Initiating College: Mesa Community College
Program Availability: Not Found
Program Availability: College-Specific
Field of Interest: Not Found
Instructional Council: Agriculture/Equine Science (02) GPA: 2.00 |
SOC Code: Not Found
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Program Prerequisites: None
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AGB130 Establishing and Running an Agribusiness 3 | Credits: 46-47 |
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General Electives | |||
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General Education Requirements | |||
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General Education Requirement | Credits: 19-25 | ||
General Education Core | Credits: 12-15 | ||
First-Year Composition | Credits: 6 | ||
Any approved general education course in the First Year Composition area.
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Oral Communication | Credits: 3 | ||
COM110 Interpersonal Communication 3 | |||
Critical Reading | Credits: 0-3 | ||
CRE101 College Critical Reading 3 OR
Equivalent as indicated by assessment | |||
Mathematics | Credits: 3 | ||
Any approved general education course in the Mathematics area 3 | |||
General Education Distribution | Credits: 7-10 | ||
Humanities, Arts and Design | Credits: 0-3 | ||
Met by SSH111 in Required Courses area or any approved general education course from the Humanities, Arts and Design area | |||
Social-Behavioral Sciences | Credits: 0-3 | ||
Met by SSH111 in Required Courses area or any approved general education course in the Social-Behavioral Sciences area | |||
Natural Sciences | Credits: 4 | ||
CHM130 Fundamental Chemistry (3) AND
CHM130LL Fundamental Chemistry Laboratory (1) 4 | |||
Program Competencies | |||
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1. Run computer software programs and adapt them to practical agricultural use. (AGB130, AGB139)
2.Identify, propagate, and produce major floriculture crops for commercial use. (AGB142) 3. Work as a member of a team, and apply concepts learned in other courses in an internship assignment in a public, private, and/or non-profit agency. (AGB290) 4. Read landscape blueprints and specifications, operate landscape equipment and install complete landscapes. (AGL181) 5. Draw landscape designs using professional landscape drafting techniques including planting plans and sprinkler systems for residential and commercial structures. (AGL189, AGL190) 6. Use computer-aided techniques to develop complete landscape designs and estimating for bidding. (AGL282) 7. Classify agricultural plants according to use, growth habits and economic importance in determining the factors influencing plant behavior and accepted cultural practices. (AGS164) 8. Plan and plant annual and perennial gardens. (AGS182AA) 9. Identify common landscape plants by botanical and common name and know how they are used in the landscape. (AGS183) 10. Plan and install greenhouse facilities, manage graphic production programs. (AGS186) 11. Identify indoor plants, plan, install and maintain interior plant. (AGS187) 12. Use established pruning and maintenance guidelines to care for new and existing landscapes. (AGS192) 13. Take representative soil samples, test and interpret results and prepare written cultural management practices based on the data obtained. (AGS260) 14. Design and draw irrigation systems for residential and commercial properties. (AGS262) 15. Identify common insects, weeds and plant diseases and prepare written recommendations for their prevention and control. (AGS268) 16. Plan, plant, establish and care for lawn and turf areas on residential and commercial properties. (AGS284) 17. Formulate and complete specific work related objectives (AGS296WC) 18. Demonstrate proficient use of multiple, standard Sketchup tools, including line, push/pull, offset, move, copy, scale. (ARC265) 19. Draw objects with various methods of documentation and design, using the computer and/or board. (CNS130) 20. Prepare detailed estimates of the costs associated with the construction of a residential and/or light commercial building. (CNS181) 21. Identify the hardware and software components of the CAD system and describe their function and relationship with each other. (DFT105AA) 22. Use computer-aided drafting techniques for construction drawings. (INT200) 23. Explore the sustainable interaction between human and natural systems. (SUS110) 24. Analyze the concept of sustainable development within local, regional, and global contexts. (SSH111, SUS110) | |||
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 9, 2014 |