LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CURRICULAR GUIDE
Precision Agriculture
Associate in Applied Science Degree
Curriculum Code: 0896 (Effective Fall 2000 - Summer 2005)
This program prepares students for positions in site specific agricultural
management, sustainable development, and related technological applications in
today's agribusiness operations. Positions such as integrated pest management
technologists, custom applicators, technology resource managers, crop advisory
specialists, and dealer consultants are some of the newly-evolving careers in
this exploding technology field. Emphasis on the geospatial computer technologies
of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) as
well as remote sensing will be stressed. In addition, State Department of
Agriculture pesticide re-certification credits are available upon successful
completion of specific courses within this program. The National Science
Foundation has selected this program as a national model curriculum. Not all
courses in this program transfer to all colleges. Students planning to transfer
should see an academic advisor or counselor before enrolling in any course.
PREREQUISITES
Students should see the "Course Descriptions" section of this catalog or the
Course Schedule for course prerequisite information. Basic skills assessment and
advising information may be found on page 8 of this catalog.
GENERAL EDUCATION
General education is an important part of this program and includes a mathematics
competency requirement. To fulfill the mathematics competency requirement,
students may need to complete specific course work in mathematics. For
information on how to fulfill all general education requirements, see page 23.
INFORMATION
Contact the Technology Careers Department, Gannon Vocational-Technical Center,
Room 136, telephone number (517) 483-1336.
REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 52 CREDITS
CODE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
AGRI 101 Principles/Precision Agritech 2
AGRI 106 Disease/Insect Agrinomic Crops 2
AGRI 200 Vegetation and Weed Management 3
AGRI 201 Prin/Sustainable Agriculture 3
AGRI 202 Agri Soils and Crop Management 3
AGRI 211 Agricultural Crop Production 3
AGRI 212 Vegetable Crop Production 3
AGRI 213 Ag Site Specific Research Tech 3
GRET 205 Principles Geographic Info Sys 3
GRET 210 Global Positioning Systems 3
GRET 240 Cartography in GIS 3
GRET 241 Remote Sens/AirPhoto Interpret 3
GRET 243 ORACLE/Geographic Info Sys 3
GRET 253 Basics of ARC/View 1
GRET 255 Beginning ARC/Info 3
GRET 256 Advanced ARC/Info 3
HORT 102 Intro Ornamental Horticulture 2
LAND 282 Computer Draft/Dsgn Land Arch 3
WRIT 124 Technical Writing 3
LIMITED CHOICE REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 9 CREDITS
Complete the indicated number of credits from each CHOICE listed below.
CHOICE 1: General Education Core Areas 9 Credits
(See the "GENERAL EDUCATION" section above)
Writing Core Area (See Note 1) 0
Speech Communication Core Area 3
Science/Technology Core Area 3
Global Perspectives and Diversity Core Area 3
Mathematics Competency (See page 23 for information on
how to fulfill this requirement. Course work may be needed.)
MINIMUM TOTAL 61
NOTE:
1. Students completing "REQUIREMENTS" have fulfilled the requirements for
this Core area.
SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE
Students should see course descriptions to find out when departments plan to
offer courses. Students who for any reason are unable to follow the course
sequence suggested below (for example, those who are part-time, have transferred
in courses from another school, or have prerequisites to fulfill) should contact
an academic advisor or counselor for help with adjustments.
I II III IV
AGRI 101 AGRI 106 AGRI 200 AGRI 201
GRET 205 AGRI 202 AGRI 211 AGRI 212
GRET 240 GRET 241 GRET 210 AGRI 213
HORT 102 GRET 253 GRET 243 GRET 256
LAND 282 WRIT 124 GRET 255 Lim.Ch.
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