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Precision Agriculture Minor, 24-25 hours

CIP: 019999

This is an interdisciplinary minor in conjunction with Agriculture and Geography.

Several of the required and elective courses in this minor have a prerequisite of AGRI 03130 or BIOL 04112/ BIOL 04113 and CHEM 24112/ CHEM 24113 or CHEM 24114/ CHEM 24115. In addition, several of the elective courses have a prerequisite of GEOL 27110/ GEOL 27111 or GEOL 27114/ GEOL 27115 and/or MATH 17118. Students electing to take this minor should choose their general studies science courses to satisfy these prerequisites.

Requirements

Required Courses

AGRI 03232Crop Production

3
AGRI 03234Fund Of Soil Science

4
AGRI 03440Intro To Precision Ag

3
AGRI 03445Appl Research In Precision Ag

3
GEOG 32201Maps & Map Interp

3
GEOG 32207Gps Fundamentals

3
GEOG 32365Geographic Infor Systems

3

Advisor Approved Electives

AGRI 03292Intro To Ag Pesticides

3
AGRI 03381Applied Entomology

3
AGRI 03434Weed Sci: Ecol & Control

3
AGRI 03530Soil Formation & Class

3
AGRI 03536Soil Fertility

3
AGRI 03582Plant Diseases

3
GEOG 32362Cartography

3
GEOG 32363Remote Sensing

3
GEOG 32465Intro To Customized Gis

3
GEOG 32562Digital Cartography/Geovisual

3
GEOG 32563Digital Image Processing

3
GEOG 32565Adv Geog Infor Sys

3
GEOL 27340Intro To Hydrogeology

3
GEOL 27360Environmental Geology

4

A three-hour advisor-approved elective may be substituted for Fundamentals of Soil Science (AGRI 03234), if Fundamentals of Soil Science is required in the student’s major.

NOTES: No courses may count for both a major in Geography or Agriculture and this minor. Substitution of required courses should be made with courses listed under advisor approved electives.

Consultation with an advisor is required to properly select electives for this minor.