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AGRI 101 - Agricultural Data Management


PROGRAM: Agriculture
CREDIT HOURS: 3
LECTURE HOURS: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Spring, 2019

Principles of collecting, managing, and retrieving financial, physical, and spatial data from farm operations to support the farm’s decision-making and reporting. Emphasizes use of financial, statistical and logical spreadsheet functions, GIS systems, record-keeping for fertilizer and pesticide usage and regulation, and specialized software applications, including integration of information from various sources and packages. This course incorporates mandatory OSHA 10 certification program in which successful completion results in students earning their OSHA 10 General Industry certification.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:

  1. Display basic literacy of computer terminology.
  2. List the primary parts in a computer and their function.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively via the internet.
  4. Demonstrate ability to use email software effectively.
  5. Properly save, move and store files.
  6. Be a well informed user of presentation software and demonstrate ability to use basic functions.
  7. Demonstrate ability to deliver a clear and logically organized brief presentation.
  8. Be a wise user of word processing software and demonstrate ability to use common features.
  9. Demonstrate ability to set up spreadsheet solutions to complex problems in a logical format allowing others to fully understand your solution.
  10. Be a proficient user of spreadsheet software and demonstrate ability to use advanced features.
  11. Demonstrate the ability to collect geographic data on the internet.
  12. Demonstrate ability to use basic function in agriculture precision ag software.
  13. Pursue OSHA 10 certification.


COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include - GIS
Computer literacy
Creating presentations using PowerPoint
Excel
Use of precision ag software
Formatting in word
How to give presentations
How to write a resume and cover letter
Online networking
Saving, moving and storing files
Storage devices
Student PowerPoint presentations
What is inside a computer
Wired communications
Wireless communications
World Wide Web
GRADING POLICY
A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F 0-59

Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)