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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
AGMEC 51 | Title:
AGRIC MECHANICS 1 |
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Full Title:
Agriculture Mechanics 1 |
Last Reviewed:4/19/2004 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 2.00 | 15 min. | Lab Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Contact DHR | 1.50 | | Contact DHR | 26.25 |
| Contact Total | 5.50 | | Contact Total | 96.25 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 166.25 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
39 - Total 2 Times
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
AG 85.1
Catalog Description:
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Basic skills course that includes leveling, land measurement practices, and blueprint reading for agriculture; tool identification and maintenance; plumbing; woodwork; sheet metal layout; electrical wiring; ropework.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Basic skills course that includes leveling, land measurement practices, and blueprint reading for agriculture; tool identification and maintenance; plumbing; woodwork; sheet metal layout; electrical wiring; ropework.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:39 - Total 2 Times
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1983 | Inactive: | Fall 2011 |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Student will:
1. Demonstrate the ability to use equipment for differential leveling,
profile leveling, and contour mapping.
2. Identify and maintain tools used for the subject areas of the course.
3. Demonstrate the ability to plumb water systems using steel, copper,
and plastic pipe.
4. Demonstrate skills needed for fabrication using lumber.
5. Demonstrate skills needed to layout and fabricate sheet metal items.
6. Demonstrate the ability to electrically wire a service entrance panel
for 110 volt and 220 volt service and complete a variety of electrical
circuits.
7. Demonstrate the ability to make common knots, hitches, and splices.
8. Demonstrate the ability to read a blueprint.
Topics and Scope
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1. Farm construction work
a. Measuring, marking
b. Hand tools - their care, proper use and operation
c. Power tools - how to operate, adjust, and repair
d. Surveying, squaring and leveling tools
e. Safety rules and considerations
2. Wood work
a. Use and care of tools and machines used in wood working
b. Selection and characteristics of different woods
3. Sheet metal
a. Layout
b. Cutting and bending
c. Operation and care of sheet metal tools
4. Plumbing
a. Operation and care of plumbing tools
b. Types of fittings
c. Layout and measuring
5. Construction materials
a. Properties of metals, woods, etc.
b. Figuring bills of material
c. Fasteners of all types
6. Blueprints
a. Reading blueprints
7. Electrical
a. Splices and connections
b. Lighting circuit, receptacle circuits
c. Safety with electricity
d. Service entrance panels
e. 110 volt and 220 volt circuits
8. Rope work
a. Knots
b. Hitches
c. Slpices
Assignments:
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Tool identification, reports, and lab participation.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 10 - 20% |
Written homework | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 20 - 30% |
Homework problems, Quizzes, Exams | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 20 - 30% |
Class performances | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 20 - 30% |
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 0 - 0% |
None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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ILLUSTRATED TOOL MANUAL, Second Edition, 1999
BASIC ELECTRICAL WIRING, Duncan & Wren, 7th Edition, 1999.
LEVELING AND LAND MEASUREMENT PRACTICES FOR AGRICULTURE, Jacobs & Mattox,
1990.
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