Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
TMAG 4039. AGRICULTURAL WASTE
MANAGEMENT. Three credit hours. Two hours
of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: AGRO 3005.
Characteristics of agricultural wastes;
environmental impact, biological processes;
pollution problems and controls; agricultural wastes
management systems; legal and economic aspects.
TMAG 4045. HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC
SYSTEMS. Three credit hours. Two hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: MATE 3172.
The study of the hydraulic and pneumatic
commonly used for agricultural processes and
machinery. Principles of operation, power
relationships and economics will be discussed to
help in equipment selection.
TMAG 4990. SUPERVISED PROFESSIONAL
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR COOP
STUDENTS. Three to six credit hours. A
minimum of two practice periods is required, one
of them in a semester. Prerequisite: Authorization
of the Director of the Department and to be a Coop
program student.
Practical experience in Mechanical Technology in
Agriculture in cooperation with the private sector
or government. To be jointly supervised by the
academic department, the Coop program
coordinator, and an official from the cooperating
entity. Written reports will be required upon
completion of each work period.
TMAG 4991. SPECIAL PROBLEMS. One to
three credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director
of the Department.
Problems pertaining to the applied and technical
aspects of Agricultural Engineering related to the
agriculture of Puerto Rico. Conferences, library
research, laboratories, of field trips will be assigned
on an individual basis.
TMAG 4992. SPECIAL PROBLEMS. One to
three credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per
week.
Problems pertaining to the applied and technical
aspects of Agricultural Engineering related to the
agriculture of Puerto Rico. Conferences, library
studies, laboratories or field trips will be assigned
on an individual basis.
Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate
Courses
INAG 5990. SELECTED TOPICS. One to three
credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per
week.
Selected topics in Agricultural Engineering. Topics
will vary according to the needs and interest of the
students and the faculty.
TMAG 5005. EQUIPMENT FOR APPLICATION
OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS. Three credit
hours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hour
laboratory per week.
A detailed study of modern techniques and
equipment for the application of chemicals for pest
control and other uses in agriculture.
TMAG 5006. PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
FOR POWER FARMING. Three credit hours. Two
lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: TMAG 4009 and TMAG 4015 or
authorization of the Director of the Department.
General principles of agricultural mechanization,
with particular reference to the economic and
managerial aspects of the application of power and
machinery to modern farming; farm work
simplification in agricultural systems.
TMAG 5007. ADVANCED SOIL AND WATER
MANAGEMENT. Three credit hours. Two hours
of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: TMAG 4035 or authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Advanced topics and special problems in the field
of soil and water management and control, with
particular reference to drainage, irrigation, and
watershed management.
TMAG 5015. DRIP IRRIGATION: PRINCIPLES
AND MANAGEMENT. Three credit hours. Two
hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per
week. Prerequisite: AGRO 3005 or authorization
of the Director of the Department.
Principles of drip irrigation, system and
components, soil and water relations, tensiometer
principle and installation, chemigation, clogging
and filtration, system layouts, automation, problem
shooting, and field evaluation.
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