Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
TMAG 5017. AGROCLIMATOLOGY. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Fifth year student, or graduate, or
authorization of the Director of the Department.
Basic concepts in climatology related to
environmental conservation and sustainable
agricultural production: application of climatology
in precipitation, evaporation, evapotranspiration,
photosynthesis, crop production; irrigation and
drainage applications; applications in crop
protection, agronomy, crop production, agricultural
technology; and remote data acquisition systems.
TMAG 5991. 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 interests of the
students and the faculty.
TMAG 5995. PROBLEMS IN MECHANIZED
AGRICULTURE. One to three credit hours. One
to three research periods per week.
Problems pertaining to the applied and less
technical aspects of Agricultural Engineering as
related to the agriculture of Puerto Rico.
Conferences, library laboratory and/or field work
on an assigned problem, on an individual basis,
with complete written report required.
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRONOMY AND SOILS
The Agronomy and Soils Department offers
academic programs leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with a major
in Agronomy and Soil Sciences. The
Department is the academic and administrative
unit of the College of Agricultural Sciences
dealing with teaching and research in the areas of
crop management, crop physiology, mineral
nutrition, plant breeding, forage and pasture
management, soil fertility, soil chemistry, soil
microbiology, soil classification, soil physics and
soil conservation.
The first two years of studies are similar in
content for all students in the Agronomy and Soil
Sciences programs. During their junior year,
students begin taking professional electives
pertinent to their major. The Agronomy major
requires 15 credits of professional electives,
while the Soil Sciences major only requires
6 credits. Both majors require a three-credit
summer practicum. The Department also offers
a study program leading to a Master´s Degree in
Science with majors in Agronomy and Soils
Sciences (see UPRM Graduate Catalog of
Information).
PROGRAMS OF STUDY
CURRICULUM IN AGRONOMY
FIRST YEAR
First Semester
Number Course Credits
*INGL 3--- First year course in
English 3
*ESPA 3101 Basic Course in Spanish 3
*MATE 3171 Pre-Calculus I 3
QUIM 3001 General Chemistry 4
CFIT 3005 Fundamentals of Crop
Production
or
INPE 3005 Fundamentals of Animal
Science 4
EDFI ---- Basic Course in Physical
Education 1
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