College of Agriculture

Course Offerings and Sample Course Syllabi

Agricultural Business Courses (ABUS)
Agricultural Education Courses (AGED)
Agricultural Engineering Technology Courses (AGET)
Agriculture Courses (AGRI)
Animals Science Courses (ANSC)
Plant and Soil Science Courses (PSSC)

Selected syllabi are available as examples, see course instructor for current syllabus.  Files are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format or MS-Word

Course NumberDescription
ABUSCatalog Course Descriptions 
ABUS 101Introduction to Agricultural Business and Economics with Jones
ABUS 101Introduction to Agricultural Business and Economics with Brimlow
ABUS 211 Agricultural Selling and Consulting
ABUS 231Computer Applications in Agriculture
ABUS 261Farm Accounting
ABUS 262Management Accounting for Agriculture
ABUS 300 Agricultural Business Competition
ABUS 301 Agricultural Production Economics and Quantitative Analysis
ABUS 311 Agricultural Markets and Pricing 
ABUS 312 Wholesaling and Retailing Food Products
ABUS 321 Agribusiness Management with Houk
ABUS 321Agribusiness Management with O'Rourke
ABUS 341Natural Resource Economics 
ABUS 350International Agricultural Business Practices 
ABUS 389 Internship in Agribusiness 
ABUS 390 World Food and Hunger Issues
ABUS 411 Seminar in Agricultural & Food Marketing Planning
ABUS 412Agricultural and Food Marketing Competition
ABUS 415 Agricultural Price Analysis
ABUS 421 Advanced Agribusiness Management
ABUS 425 Cooperatives Seminar  
ABUS 435Commodity Futures and Option Markets
ABUS 451 Agricultural Policy 
ABUS 464Farm and Ranch Appraisal
ABUS 465Agricultural Finance
ABUS 487 Risk Management Strategies: Personnel & Equipment
AGED

Catalog Course Descriptions 

AGED 201Introduction to Agricultural Education
AGED 210Directed Field Experience Agricultural Education
AGED 321Program Development in Agriculture Education
AGED 420Techniques in Vocational Agricultural Instruction
AGED 421Curriculum and Methods of Teaching Agricultural Mechanics 
AGED 520 Supervised Teaching: Agriculture 
AGED 521 Curriculum and Methods of Teaching Vocational Agriculture
AGETCatalog Course Descriptions  
AGET 120Introduction to Agricultural Mechanics 
AGET 150Agricultural Machine Systems
AGET 220Agricultural Mechanics Project Development
AGET 340GPS & GIS in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management 
AGET 360Irrigation
AGET 389 Internship in Agricultural Engineering Technology 
AGRICatalog Course Descriptions  
AGRI 180The University Experience
AGRI 181Coordinating Group Agricultural Activities 
AGRI 280Agriculture Ambassadors
AGRI 305 Agricultural Genetics & Biotechnology
AGRI 331 Agricultural Ecology
AGRI 380 AAgricultural Leadership
AGRI 380 BLeadership in the Workplace
AGRI 389Internship in Agriculture
AGRI 432 Holistic Management
AGRI 482Agricultural Issues with David Daley
AGRI 482Agricultural Issues with Cindy Daley
AGRI 490 Agricultural Experimental Research with Chao
AGRI 490Agricultural Experimental Research with Moore
AGRI 601Program Planning in Ag Education
ANSCCatalog Course Descriptions  
ANSC 101Introduction to Animal Science 
ANSC 110 Directed Work Experience in Animal Sciences
ANSC 120 Livestock Skills 
ANSC 160 Veterinary Practices 
ANSC 230 Animal Feeds and Nutrition
ANSC 250 Live Animal and Carcass Evaluation
ANSC 271Principles of Beef Cattle Production
ANSC 272 Principles of Sheep & Goat Production
ANSC 273Principles of Swine Production
ANSC 274Principles of Dairy Production
ANSC 301 Intermediate Animal Systems 
ANSC 320Advanced Livestock Selection and Carcass Evaluation
ANSC 330Animal Nutrition with Moore
ANSC 330 Animal Nutrition with Phillips
ANSC 340 Reproductive Physiology of Domestic Animals 
ANSC 350 Meat and the Consumer
ANSC 360 Animal Health and Disease
ANSC 389 Internship in Animal Science
ANSC 440Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals
ANSC 450 Food Sanitation and Quality Control 
ANSC 471 Advanced Beef Cattle Management and Production
ANSC 474 Dairy Production and Management
PSSCCatalog Course Descriptions 
PSSC 101Introduction to Plant Science with Zakeri
PSSC 160 West Coast Crop Production 
PSSC 250Introduction to Soil Science
PSSC 266California Orchard Production and Management
PSSC 274Greenhouse Management 
PSSC 305 Introduction to Wines 
PSSC 309ADirected Work in field and Row Crops
PSSC 309BDirected Work in Field and Row Crops 
PSSC 330 Rangeland Resources and Management
PSSC 340 Economic Entomology
PSSC 343 Introduction to Weed Science
PSSC 353 Plant Protection Materials and Methods
PSSC 356 Soil Quality and Health
PSSC 361 Production of Annual Crops
PSSC 363 Forage Crops 
PSSC 365Sustainable Vegetable Crop Production
PSSC 366 Fruit and Nut Production 
PSSC 389 Internship in Plant and Soil Science
PSSC 390Food Forever: Comparisons of Sustainable Food Production Systems with Altier 
PSSC 390Food Forever: Comparisons of Sustainable Food Production Systems with Houk
PSSC 392World Food and Fiber Systems
PSSC 441 Principles of Integrated Pest Management 
PSSC 451 Soil Genesis and Classification 
PSSC 453Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition