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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agricultural Technology Management

A graduate degree is not offered in agricultural technology and management. The following courses may be taken for graduate credit in a minor field.

Courses

Agricultural Technology Management

  • ATM 511 - Agricultural Building Systems

    Credits: 3

    Environmental control systems for agricultural buildings; structural members and systems for agricultural buildings; farmstead planning concepts.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ATM 160 or PHYS 113 or PHYS 115.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ATM 515 - Problems in Agricultural Technology Management

    Credits: 1-18

    Problems in the application of technical principles to agricultural technology management.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ATM 540 - Introduction to Food Engineering

    Credits: 3

    Material and energy balances with application to food processing. Fluid flow and heat transfer in food processing. Thermodynamic properties and laws. Conc. enrollment in ATM 541 is urged.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 113 or 115, BIOCH 120 or CHM 190, MATH 210 or 205.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ATM 541 - Introduction to Food Engineering Laboratory Exercises

    Credits: 1

    Laboratory experiments supplementing ATM 540.

    Note:
    Three hours lab a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: ATM 540.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ATM 545 - Processing and Storage of Grains

    Credits: 3

    Principles of grain and forage conditioning and storage. Structures and equipment for quality preservation.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ATM 160 or PHYS 113 or 115 and senior standing.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ATM 550 - Precision Agriculture Technologies

    Credits: 3

    Application of precision technologies for gathering information to assist decision making for prodction systems. Topics will include global positioning systems, vehicle guidance systems, crop yield monitors, variable rate control systems for applicators, and the communication among these devices.

    Note:
    Two hours recitation and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: MATH 150 or equivalent, PHYS 113 or PHYS 115, and STAT 325 or STAT 340 or STAT 350.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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  • ATM 558 - Hydrology and Soil Erosion Management

    Credits: 3

    Watershed hydrology, soil erosion, erosion control, water management, and land surveying and mapping. Includes rainfall-runoff relationships; determination of watershed characteristics; terraces, waterways, vegetative filters, and residue management; ponds, wetlands, non-point source pollution control, and water conservation; profile and topographic surveying.

    Note:
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: AGRON 305.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ATM 653 - Water Management and Irrigation Systems

    Credits: 2

    Management of water in crop production systems, crop water use, and irrigation scheduling. Fundamentals of water flow in pipe networks, pumping plants, and irrigation systems.

    Note:
    Two hours recitation

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: ATM 160 or PHYS 113, AGRON 305, and junior standing or higher.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ATM 654 - Water Management and Irrigation Systems Lab

    Credits: 1

    Laboratory and hands-on activities on soil water balance characteristics, crop water use, water flow in pipe networks, pump hydraulics, sprinkler nozzles, drip irrigation systems, water filtration systems, and chemigation systems.

    Note:
    Three hour lab each week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: Must be taken concurrently with ATM 653, and junior standing or higher.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ATM 661 - Watershed Assessment and Management

    Credits: 3

    Overview of water legislation and policies (e.g. Clean Water Act, NPDES, TMDL). Principles of watershed pollutant sources, fate, and transport. Impacts of watershed protection and restoration strategies on water and environmental quality.

    Note:
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites:
    Prerequisite: CHM 110 or CHM 210 and BIOL 198.

    Typically Offered
    Fall


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