Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Academic Support

  
  • APSU MIDCO - Reserved for Middle College

    Credit Hours: 0 Credit Hours
  
  • APSU 1000 - Freshmen Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Description: APSU 1000 is an interdisciplinary course which provides students with a foundation for success.  Emphasis is placed on student engagement, support services, library literacy, financial literacy, and academic planning.  This course is required for all first time freshmen and students who enter APSU with fewer than 12 hours earned in a college/university setting after high school graduation but recommended for all new students.  Students must register and remain enrolled in APSU 1000 until a grade of “C” is earned.

     

  
  • APSU 4010 - General Studies Capstone

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Open to General Studies majors within 6 hours of completion of the program.
    Description: This capstone experience for General Studies focuses on an academic research paper or creative activity project that addresses the essential learning outcomes outlined by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.  The course is designed to integrate the student’s academic interests with a real-world challenge, supported by scholarly research.
  
  • PASS 0900 - Promoting Academic Student Success

    Credit Hours: 0 Credit Hours
    Description: PASS 0900 is a non-credit, pass/fail course designed as an academic-strengthening program to provide students with academic and personal support for college success.  Enrollment in the PASS 0900 course is mandatory for students placed on academic probation during their freshman year and for students successfully appealing an academic suspension.  Class meetings will include discussions, activities, and assignments related to motivation, attitude, study aids, concentration, information processing, study strategies, time management, stress management, text anxiety, learning styles, career planning, academic coaching, and other student-success techniques.  Students who do not complete the PASS course will be required to enroll in the course the next semester if they are still on academic probation.  Students placed on academic suspension while enrolled in PASS 0900 cannot appeal the suspension if they fail the course.

Accounting

  
  • ACCT 440I - Accounting Internship

    Credit Hours: 1-6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , GPA of 3.0, and permission of Internship Coordinator
    Description: Designed to provide academic credit for relevant and meaningful experience in preparation for accounting positions.  Weekly updates, term paper, and satisfactory evaluation by employer/supervisor required for credit.  Grading on a pass/fail basis.
  
  • ACCT 490A,B,C - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 1,2,3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1  and permission of Chair
    Description: Supervised independent study of accounting topics (outside of classroom) which are academically relevant and of interest to both student and faculty.
  
  • ACCT 2010/201L - Principles of Accounting I/Lab

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or department chair approval Corequisite: ACCT 201L (grading is done on a pass/fail basis)
    Description: This course covers basic financial accounting principles for the business enterprise.  It is designed to cover the concepts, principles, and procedures pertaining to the preparation, analysis, and interpretation of financial recognition of revenues and expenses, and determining values for assets and liabilities, the preparation of financial statements, consistent with accounting standards, and their use in decision making.
  
  • ACCT 2020 - Principles of Accounting II

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ACCT 2010/201L 
    Description: A continuation of ACCT 2010/201L . Accounting for businesses and introduction to the preparation and use of cost and managerial accounting. Students are required to use financial analysis tools for management level decision making, budgeting and forecasting.
  
  • ACCT 3000 - Managerial Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 
    Description: NOTE: Not open to accounting majors.

    Issues associated with both the creation of accounting information and its use as the basis for managerial decision making. The course emphasizes budgeting methods, analysis of profitability, importance of cost controls, and necessity of timely accounting information.

  
  • ACCT 3001 - Foundations of Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Note:  Not open to BBA students

    Introduction to financial and managerial accounting theory and practice with emphasis on the role of accounting information in business decisions.

  
  • ACCT 3010 - Intermediate Accounting I

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 
    Description: This is an intensive study of environment and theoretical structure of financial accounting and reporting with advanced problems pertaining to the corporate form of ownership. Major topics include financial statements reporting and disclosures, the accounting processes; time value of money concepts; and asset recognition and measurements of cash and temporary investments, receivables, inventories, operational assets, intangibles, investments, and current liabilities.
  
  • ACCT 3020 - Intermediate Accounting II

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite:  BB 1  and ACCT 3010  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description: This study of advanced topics in financial accounting and reporting extends the coverage of ACCT 3010 . The focus is on how enterprises account for long-term liabilities, stockholders’ equity; earnings per share; reporting for income taxes; derivative instruments, pensions and post-retirement benefits; leases; changes and error analysis; and segment of interim reporting.
  
  • ACCT 3100 - Financial Statement Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1  and ACCT 3010  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description: Critically analyze published annual reports, make decisions using financial information, identify particular accounting issues, recognize the limitations of accounting information, and consider the economic consequences of accounting decisions. Business analysis and valuation.
  
  • ACCT 3110 - Cost Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description: In-depth coverage of principles, techniques, and challenges of modern cost accounting and cost management used within organizations for planning, control, and decision-making from a strategic perspective. Topics of current interest include: job order and process costing, cost behavior, joint and by-product cost allocation, activity-based costing, variable costing, budgeting, standard costing systems, variance analysis, performance measurement, and quality control.
  
  • ACCT 3210 - Advanced Technology for Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , MGT 3001  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description:  A heavily application-oriented course when students will gain experience using spreadsheets, database, and small business accounting software to make accounting and financial decisions.
  
  • ACCT 3410 - Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1  and ACCT 3010  with all grades of a “C” or higher
    Description: Fund and budgetary accounting by state and local governments. Federal government accounting and reporting is discussed. Additionally, accounting for other not-for-profit organizations such as: hospitals, universities, voluntary health and welfare organizations will be introduced.
  
  • ACCT 3510 - International Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description: The effect of culture, economy, and history on the development of accounting and financial reporting standards within nations; comparison of financial statements between countries; international risk management; the move towards harmonization of accounting standards.
  
  • ACCT 3610 - Forensic Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1  or permission of Chair for Homeland Security majors
    Description: Foundations of Forensic Accounting will be introduced. Additional topics to be examined include: international issues, current events in accounting, as well as exposure to the “new” world of accounting and its ever-changing and ethical scenarios highlighting the ethical responsibilities of accountants.
  
  • ACCT 3710 - Accounting Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description: Accounting information systems including data/information handling, concepts, practices, professional ethics, and internal controls. Students are required to complete manual and computerized accounting information systems projects, research and prepare a written report.
  
  • ACCT 4020 - Accounting Seminar in Ethics

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , ACCT 3020  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description: Discussion of ethics in relation to the field of accounting. Comparisons of codes of ethics of other professions with the code of ethics of the accounting profession is included.
  
  • ACCT 4210 - Auditing

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ACCT 3020 , 3710 BB 1  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description: Auditing includes study of evidence, internal controls of an organization, professional ethics and legal issues related to auditing, reporting on audit results and standards. Financial auditing will be emphasized, operational or internal auditing and techniques similar to auditing such as reviews and compilations.
  
  • ACCT 4220 - Auditing II

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , ACCT 4210  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description: Auditing practice and theory emphasizing current authoritative professional literature and case studies. Students are required to research and prepare written reports and make presentations using multimedia technology. Includes an individual audit practice case and a group simulated audit.
  
  • ACCT 4310 - Income Tax Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 ACCT 3020  with all grades of “C” or higher
    Description: Introduction to the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Department regulations with emphasis on the determination of income and statutory deductions to compute taxable net income. Taxation of gains and losses on property transactions, the alternative minimum tax. Introduction to the use of tax and financial planning techniques.
  
  • ACCT 4320 - Corporate and Business Entities Taxation

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , ACCT 4310  with a grade of “C” or higher
    Description: A study of tax issues involved in the formation, capital structure, operation, liquidation, reorganization, acquisitions of U.S. corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, and limited liability companies (LLCs), particular attention is devoted to C and S corporations. This course provides the tax background necessary to understand the structure of many common business transactions.
  
  • ACCT 4510 - Advanced Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , ACCT 3020  with a grade of “C” or higher
    Description: Advanced accounting topics, business combinations and consolidations, partnerships, segment and interim reporting, accounting for bankruptcies and liquidations.
  
  • ACCT 4610 - Accounting Theory

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , ACCT 3020  with a grade of “C” or higher
    Description: Selected readings from current literature, periodicals and official publications from accounting organizations. Examination of both the historical development and current state of accounting theory, principles, and practice and the environment influencing accounting practice. Consideration of theoretical issues associated with financial reporting. Students will write a research paper using information obtained from a variety of sources.
  
  • ACCT 4900 - Special Problems in Accounting

    Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB1, ACCT 3010, Permission of Chair
    Description: Supervised independent study of accounting topics (outside of the classroom) which are academically relevant and of interest to both the student and faculty.

African American Studies

  
  • AAST 300A - Selected Topics in African American Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Examination of a selected topic by an instructor relevant to issues in the field of African American.
  
  • AAST 300B - Selected Topics in African American Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Examination of a selected topic by an instructor relevant to issues in the field of African American.
  
  • AAST 300C - Selected Topics in African American Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Examination of a selected topic by an instructor relevant to issues in the field of African American.
  
  • AAST 2000 - Contemporary African American Life

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Contemporary issues and achievements in African American life will be addressed in this course. The experiences of African Americans and other racial and ethnic groups will be compared and contrasted. In addition, students will develop strategies they can use with families, coworkers, and peers to create better race relations in their immediate environments and nation as a whole.
  
  • AAST 2200 - Introduction African American Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: A reading and discussion course that gives an analysis of the African American experience from a cultural, historical, social, political and psychological perspective.
  
  • AAST 2250 - African American Expressive Culture

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Various aspects of expressive culture within the African American community for example, music, dance, and art will be explored. Students will learn the importance of these art forms in the daily lives of African Americans. This course will also highlight the achievements and contributions of African American artists to the world.
  
  • AAST 2500 - Africana Women Across Cultures

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The roles (lifestyles, value systems, occupations) of women of African descent living in various parts of the world will be explored, compared and contrasted. In addition, students will analyze the impact of racism, sexism and economic oppression on the lives of these women.
  
  • AAST 2550 - Aesthetics of the Hip Hop Industry

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AAST 2200  or permission of instructor
    Description: Aesthetics of the Hip Hop Industry explores this musical genre and seeks an understanding of the subcultural tendencies that created it and the commercial tendencies that transformed it into what it is today.  Students will study music and writings related to the hip hop industry.
  
  • AAST 2800 - Introduction to Black Women Writers

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1020 ;
    Description: An introduction to the writings of African American women from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.  Fiction, autobiography, non-fiction prose, and poetry will be read and discussed.
  
  • AAST 3020 - Seminar in African American Studies

    Credit Hours: 1-6 Credit Hours
    Description: The focus of the seminar is determined by the individual instructor. Generally, selected seminar topics are too narrow for three-credit courses. More than one seminar may be offered in a given semester ranging from one to six credit hours. Up to six seminar hours may apply towards the minor in African American Studies.
  
  • AAST 3200 - Study Abroad Ghana, West Africa

    Credit Hours: 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AAST 2200  or permission of instructor 
    Description: This course is designed to expose students to various aspects of life in Africa through a diverse range of topics including the past, present and future of African culture and societies, the transatlantic slave trade, and the efforts of one of the premiere developing countries to reclaim its nationhood.
  
  • AAST 3300 - Introduction to Black Theatre and Performance

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AAST 2000  or permission of instructor
    Description: Introducing Black Theatre and Performance explores the history of black theatre as it relates to African American and American society.  The course examines works by playwrights such as: Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson, and Ntozake Shana to learn how these artists helped shape theatre in the 20th and 21st century.
  
  • AAST 3500 - Race, Gender and Sexuality

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330 ;
    Description: Study of race, gender, and sexuality in the black community and how well it has embraced LGBT issues and black masculinity and femininity.
  
  • AAST 4000 - Capstone Seminar in African American Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AAST 2200  or permission of instructor
    Description: This course will be divided into two components. In the first component, students will learn research methodologies appropriate for African American Studies. In the second component, students will identify a topic of interest and develop a research project. The final project will be presented to an audience.
  
  • AAST 4050 - The Social Meaning of Race

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330 ;
    Description: This course is a study of race as a social construct and the recurrent cause of differentiation in multiracial societies.  We will also discuss the impact of race on social, cultural, economic, and political institutions as well as prejudice, racism, and discrimination.
  
  • AAST 4100 - African American Studies Field Experience

    Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of director
    Description: Students in consultation with the Director of African American Studies will complete a supervised experiential-based, work/volunteer assignment within Clarksville or surrounding areas. The Director may approve placements in other geographical locations. During the assignment, students will apply the theories and research methodologies learned in other African American Studies courses.
  
  • AAST 4200 - African Philosophy

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AAST 2200 , 4000  or permission of instructor
    Description: This course explores ancient, traditional, and contemporary philosophical/theoretical concepts and doctrines of Africans through an investigation of their cosmological, metaphysical, ontological, and ethical worldview.

Agriculture

  
  • AGRI 1040 - Environmental Science

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: This course will provide an introduction to environmental science and major environmental issues and concerns facing our planet.  From a background study of natural ecosystems and human populations, the course will survey the environmental, social and economic consequences of development, energy generation, resource management and pollution.
  
  • AGRI 1140/1141 - Pests, Society and Environment (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
    Corequisite: AGRI 1141
    Description: The biology and nature of pest species and their impact on society.  Principles of integrated pest management in relation to environmental quality and sustainability.
  
  • AGRI 1310 - Animal Science

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Importance and role of nutrition, physiology, breeding, selection and management in animal production. Emphasis is placed on domestic farm animals.
  
  • AGRI 1410/1411 - Plant Science (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
    Corequisite: 1411
    Description: Fundamentals of science and economic importance of plants and their relationship to agriculture and society.
  
  • AGRI 2210/2011 - Soils (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing;
    Description: Soil types, formation, chemical and physical composition, colloids, moisture, conservation, fertility, and classification.
  
  • AGRI 2210/2211 - Soils (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing Corequisite: AGRI 2211
    Description: Soil types, formation, chemical and physical composition, colloids, moisture, conservation, fertility, and classification.
  
  • AGRI 2310 - Animal Management Practices

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310  or permission of instructor
    Description: Livestock management and practices performed on a routine basis. Emphasis placed on restraints, working facilities, physical procedures performed, and humane treatment of animals.
  
  • AGRI 2410 - Fruit and Vegetable Production

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: Science and production practices of orchards, small fruit plantings and vegetable gardens for home and small commercial operations.
  
  • AGRI 2500 - Introduction to Agri Business

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: Role and scope of agri-business, organization forms including cooperatives, agricultural marketing and financial systems, diffusion of agricultural technology.
  
  • AGRI 2900 - International Agriculture

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: This course is a study abroad course that will examine a range of relevant agricultural issues and topics that examine similarities and differences in agricultural practices int he United States compared with other countries around the world.
  
  • AGRI 3000 - Conservation

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: Use and abuse of natural resources. Historical perspectives and current management of forests, wildlife, and soils, including aspects of recreational use and pollution problems.
  
  • AGRI 3020 - Agriculture Power and Machinery

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor
    Description: Agricultural power sources and machinery, work and power transformation, engine and machinery calculations, field capacities, field efficiency, break even use, and machinery adjustments.
  
  • AGRI 3040 - Sustainable Development

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Cross Listed GEOG 3040 
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1010 MATH 1110  or higher
    Description: The impact of a rapidly growing human population on availability of natural resources and pollution of the environment. Minerals and energy resources, soil, water, air, forests, and wildlife habitats will be considered. Reducing consumption and using alternative sources will be considered as options to increasing resource production.
  
  • AGRI 3100/3101 - Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Corequisite: AGRI 3101
    Description: Description:  Introduction to the comparative anatomy and physiology of animals with particular interest paid to domestic animals.  Emphasis will be placed upon the cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, respiratory, nervous, musculoskeletal, excretory, and immune systems across various animal species.
  
  • AGRI 3110 - Animal Health and Disease

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310 BIOL 1010/1011  or permission of instructor
    Description: The lines of defense of the body and how common disorders are diagnosed and treated as well as how to develop good herd health programs.
  
  • AGRI 3180 - Ethics of Animal Use

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310  and sophomore standing or permission of instructor
    Description: The study of animal ethics, philosophy, and history of animal rights/welfare movements; basic legal system of animal welfare, animal research, agri-ethics, ownership of companion animals, zoo, wildlife, and utility/livestock animals; and the local and global social impact of animal ethical dilemmas.
  
  • AGRI 3210 - Fertilizer and Soil Fertility

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 1010/1011  or equivalent
    Description: Sources and properties of fertilizers and other soil amendments, methods of application, and soil chemistry.
  
  • AGRI 3310/3311 - Animal Nutrition and Feeding (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310  and (CHEM 1010/1011  or 1110/1111 ) or permission of instructor; Corequisite: AGRI 3311
    Description: Scientific aspects of nutrition, including digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients, and ration formulation.

     
  
  • AGRI 3320 - Meat Goat Production

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite:   or permission of instructor
    Description: Fundamental principles of meat goat production, biological and scientific aspects of development, inheritance, nutrition and disease management, and marketing of meat goat products.
  
  • AGRI 3321 - Meat Goat Production Lab

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Description: This lab will cover practical application of meat goat production and will be taught in a hybrid format.  It will include an online component offered in an asynchronous format and an intensive three-day-hands-on component.
  
  • AGRI 3330/3331 - Beef Production Management and Lab

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310 , junior standing or permission of instructor; Corequisite: AGRI 3331
    Description: Beef cattle production systems and application of the principles of nutrition, physiology, breeding, and management to the production of beef.
  
  • AGRI 3340 - Swine Production Management

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310 , sophomore standing or permission of instructor
    Description: Swine production systems and application of the principles of nutrition, physiology, breeding, and management to the production of pork.
  
  • AGRI 3350 - Horse Production

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310 , sophomore standing or permission of instructor
    Description: Integration of principles of nutrition, physiology, and breeding into the management of horses.
  
  • AGRI 3360 - Dairy Production Management

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310 , junior standing or permission of instructor
    Description: Application of principles of nutrition, physiology, and breeding to the managing of milk production.
  
  • AGRI 3370 - Poultry Production Management

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310 , sophomore standing or permission of instructor
    Description: Poultry production systems and application of principles of nutrition, physiology, and breeding to the management of poultry.
  
  • AGRI 3380 - Companion Animal Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor
    Description: Study of animals bred and maintained for human’s amusement and companionship - including principles of nutrition, physiology, reproduction, training, and economic impact.
  
  • AGRI 3385 - Exotic Animal Management

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 3380  or permission of instructor;

     
    Description: Study of exotic animals kept for companionship - including principles of nutrition, anatomy and physiology, handling, proper husbandry, common health issues and zoonotic risk, and trends regarding exotic animal
    ownership.

  
  • AGRI 3390/3391 - Livestock Evaluation and Selection (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310  Corequisite: AGRI 3391
    Description: Evaluation and selection of various livestock species including cattle, swine, sheep, and horses.  Ability to relate phenotype to the genetic merit of livestock in selecting breeding stock animals.  Understanding the relationship between appearance and carcass merit of food animals and performance in horses.
  
  • AGRI 3400 - Ornamental Gardening

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: Design, planting, culture, and maintenance of herbaceous ornamental plants including annuals, biennials, perennials, bulbs, herbs, and wildflowers.
  
  • AGRI 3410/3411 - Landscaping (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; Corequisite: AGRI 3411 (lab)
    Description: Identification, culture, design, uses and maintenance of perennials, turf grasses and woody plant material for home residences.
  
  • AGRI 3420 - Forage Crops

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1410/1411  or BIOL 1010/1011  or BIOL 1110/1111  or permission of instructor;
    Description: Distribution, structure and growth, improvement, culture, harvesting, identification of forge crops adapted to this region.
  
  • AGRI 3430 - Applied Weed Science

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1410/1411  or permission of instructor
    Description: Characteristics, importance, and identification of prominent weed species, integrative weed management concepts.
  
  • AGRI 3440/3441 - Turfgrass Management (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Corequisite: AGRI 3441
    Description: Detailed study of turfgrass management including cultivar selection, identification, establishment, fertilization, mowing, irrigation, thatch control, and compaction control practices.  Residential and commercial turf management.

    Lab Description: This lab will cover the practical applications of turfgrass management, will be taught in a hybrid format.  It will include both an online component offered in an asynchronous format and an intensive hands-on component at Austin Peay University’s Environmental Education Center.

  
  • AGRI 3460 - Greenhouse Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: Principles of greenhouse management, plant growth, structures, environmental factors, safety, and marketing of plants in a commercial greenhouse operation.
  
  • AGRI 3500 - Agriculture Economics

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor
    Description: Study of the allocation of agricultural resources, land, labor, capital, and management. Production costs, price determination, marketing, and finance.
  
  • AGRI 3510 - Agricultural Marketing and Futures

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 2500  or AGRI 3500  or ECON 2100  or permission of instructor;
    Description: A description of the marketing system for agricultural commodities.  An institutional approach that studies the problems and issues encountered by the agencies between the farmer and consumers.  Also futures markets and how they can be used to hedge agricultural commodities will be studies.
     
  
  • AGRI 3610 - Internship in Agriculture

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of Agriculture advisor and prior arrangements with agency
    Description: Learning experience acquired through supervised part-time unsalaried placement with an agricultural business or agency. Grading on Pass/Fail only.
  
  • AGRI 3620 - Internship in Agriculture

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of Agriculture advisor and prior arrangements with agency.
    Description: Learning experience acquired through supervised part-time unsalaried placement with an agricultural business or agency. Grading on Pass/Fail only.
  
  • AGRI 3710/3711 - Veterinary Technology I (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing;
    Description: The study of veterinary medical concepts including diagnostic and treatment techniques, professional requirements, as well as legal and ethical responsibilities - focusing of the roles of those involved in the veterinary medical career field.
  
  • AGRI 3720 - Veterinary Technology II

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing Corequisite: AGRI 3721 ;
    Description: Continuation of the in-depth study of veterinary medical concepts including diagnostic and treatment techniques, professional requirements, as well as legal and ethical responsibilities focusing on the roles of those involved in the veterinary medical career field.
  
  • AGRI 3720/3721 - Veterinary Technology II (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 3710/3711  and Sophomore standing;
    Description: Continuation of the in-depth study of veterinary medical concepts including diagnostic and treatment techniques, professional requirements, as well as legal and ethical responsibilities - focusing on the roles of those involved in the veterinary medical career field.
  
  • AGRI 3721 - Veterinary Technology II Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing Corequisite: AGRI 3720  
    Description: Continuation of developing skills within the field of veterinary medical science.  Using simulations and mock situations, as well as, introduction to live patient handling.  The students will begin to practice techniques involved in handling diagnostic equipment, venipuncture, safe animal restraint, and administration of varied treatments.
  
  • AGRI 3725 - Veterinary Technology Practical Experience I

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing and admittance in the Vet Tech program; Corequisite: AGRI 3720 ;
    Description: Veterinary Technology students will practice technical skills, while gaining proficiency in physical exam, diagnostic sampling, and treatment techniques through hands-on learning and guidance by a veterinary technician or veterinarian.  This course will introduce basic technical skills that will be expanded in future courses.
  
  • AGRI 3730 - Veterinary Terminology

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The study of veterinary terminology – including root word derivations and proper usage of terms.
  
  • AGRI 3900 - International Agriculture

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: This course is a study abroad course that will examine a range of relevant agricultural issues and topics that examine similarities and differences in agricultural practices int he United States compared with other countries around the world.
  
  • AGRI 4010 - Agriculture Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing
    Description: Preparation and presentation of reports on specially assigned current topics in agriculture.
  
  • AGRI 4020 - Agriculture Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing
    Description: Preparation and presentation of reports on specially assigned current topics in agriculture.
  
  • AGRI 4030 - Senior Success Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Senior status or permission of instructor;
    Description: This is a senior capstone course to help assess student learning and prepare seniors for entrance to the workforce and/or graduate school.  Students will prepare a Resume/CV, a portfolio, a job-search report, and mock interview.
  
  • AGRI 4110 - Agro-Terrorism

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: Threats to U.S. security involving the industry of Agriculture - including animal and plant diseases, toxic and explosive agriculture chemicals, invasive species, and natural disasters. Additional topics include surveillance, risk appraisal, protecting food supply and examples of terrorist types.
  
  • AGRI 4140 - Economic Entomology

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1010/1011  or 1110/1111  or equivalent or permission of instructor
    Description: Characteristics, biology, identification and economic importance of prominent insect pest species, and introduction to integrated pest management concepts and sustainability.
  
  • AGRI 4210/4211 - Soil Genesis, Taxonomy, Mapping (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 2210/2211  or GEOL 3100/3101  Corequisite: AGRI 4211 (lab)
    Description: Soil formation, morphology, profile description, classification, and mapping.
  
  • AGRI 4220/4221 - Soil and Water Conservation (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 2210/2211  or GEOL 1040/1041 ;

      Corequisite: AGRI 4221 (lab)
    Description: Problems and methods of soil and water conservation; topography, water control structures, and farm planning for sustained use of land.

  
  • AGRI 4230 - Land Use

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: Use of land for agriculture, industry, recreation, urbanization, etc; environmental concerns, regional planning, use of soil surveys, and factors in decision-making.
  
  • AGRI 4310/4311 - Reproduction in Farm Animals (and lab)

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: AGRI 1310 , BIOL 1010/1011  Corequisite: AGRI 4311 (lab)
    Description: Anatomy, physiology, and endocrine control of the reproductive system of farm animals: the application of these principles to the management of livestock, artificial insemination, and embryo transfer.
  
  • AGRI 4350 - Horse Leg and Hoof Care

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description:  Basic anatomy and physiology of horse legs and feet.  Equine conformation, movement and performance.  Basic horseshoeing trimming techniques.
  
  • AGRI 4410 - Tobacco and Grain Crops

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: Origin, history, classification, uses, and cultural practices of tobacco, wheat, corn, soybeans.
 

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