LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CURRICULAR GUIDE
Precision Agriculture
Certificate of Achievement
Curriculum Code: 0852 (Effective Fall 2001 - Summer 2006)
Students completing this certificate will be prepared for entry level positions
in precision agriculture and sustainable development, and its various application
areas in the agribusiness arena. Positions as pest scouts, custom applicators,
technology resource technicians, and crop advisory specialists are a few of the
positions available. This certificate provides basic computer skills as well as
background and hands-on experience in GIS and GPS technologies.
PREREQUISITES
Students should see the "Course Descriptions" section of this catalog or the
Class Schedule for course prerequisite information. Basic skills assessment and
advising information may be found of page 8 of this catalog.
INFORMATION
Contact the Technology Careers Department, Gannon Vocational-Technical Center,
Room 1380, telephone number (517) 483-1336.
REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 33 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
GRET 205 Principles Geographic Info Sys 3
GRET 210 Global Positioning Systems 3
GRET 253 Basics of ARC/View 3
GRET 255 Beginning ARC/Info 3
HORT 102 Intro Ornamental Horticulture 3
LAND 100 Intro to Landscape Drafting 2
LAND 282 Computer Draft/Dsgn Land Arch 3
MINIMUM TOTAL 33
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
AGRI 101 AGRI 200
AGRI 106 AGRI 201
GRET 205 AGRI 202
GRET 253 GRET 210
HORT 102 GRET 255
LAND 100
LAND 282
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