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Agriculture Course Descriptions
Explanation of Course Description Items
AGR 102
Animal Industry
3 credits
Offered upon request
A comprehensive view of the livestock and poultry industries, including
the way the science of biology is used in modern livestock practice.
AGR 115
Agriculture Records
3 credits
Offered upon request
Farm accounting, inventories, depreciable assets, using the commercial farm
account book. Farm business planning and analysis approach. Records as a management
tool.
AGR 119
Beginning Horseshoeing
2 credits
Offered upon request
Fundamentals of beginning horseshoeing, including anatomy and physiology
as it deals with the proper shoeing of horses.
AGR 120
Equine Health Management
3 credits
Offered upon request
Familiarizes students with basic equine anatomy, physiology, nutrition,
preventive medicine, first aid, reproduction, and common diseases of horses.
AGR 135
Conservation and Natural Resources
3 credits
Offered every fall and spring semester
Study of conservation as it relates to natural resources, including water, forest,
range, wildlife, and recreation. Identical to BIO 105 without lab.
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AGR 145
Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Determination of Farm Animals
2 credits
Offered upon request
Study of the organs of reproduction and their accessories: physiology and
endocrinology of reproduction, practice in artificial insemination.
AGR 180
Introduction to Meat Processing
3 credits
Offered upon request
Modern techniques used in meat processing with special reference to structure
and composition of the various meats. The course will include slaughtering,
processing of wholesale cuts, and finishing and preparing retail cuts of meat.
AGR 200
Soils
4 credits
Offered upon request
Prerequisite: CHM 130 or CHM 151
Fundamental principles of soil science: origin, nature and constitution of soils;
their chemical, physical, and biological properties in relation to growth and
nutrition.
AGR 230
Gardening and Landscaping
3 credits
Offered upon request
Basic principles of gardening and landscaping. Successful completion of
this course will fulfill the training requirements for the University of Arizona-Graham
County Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program.
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AGR 240
Water and Watersheds
3 credits
Offered upon request
The course will meet the training requirements of the Arizona, Graham,
and Greenlee County Cooperative Extension Master Watershed Steward Program.
The study will be of biotic and abiotic functions of a watershed, the benefits
and uses of the natural resources and the impacts of the socioeconomic concerns
and activities of the community.
AGR 297
Workshop
1 to 6 credits
Offered upon request
Activity/Personal Enrichment
Designed to meet a variety of needs for students in Agriculture.
AGR 298
Workshop
1 to 3 credits
Offered upon request
Designed to meet a variety of needs for students in Agriculture.
AGR 299
Independent Study
1 to 3 credits
Offered upon request
Activity/Personal Enrichment
Design and execution of original projects under faculty supervision.
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