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Agronomy Capstone Experience

School of Agriculture list of capstone courses/experiences.

Students that entered after fall 2001 must complete a capstone before graduation (option 13*)

Capstone Experience

Objective: In a capstone experience, students will be challenged to integrate their accumulated knowledge and technical and social skills in order to solve a problem relevant to issues encountered by professionals in their chosen discipline, and to communicate the results of their efforts to their peers. In doing so, students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to adapt to professional situations, it is hoped that this experience will stimulate students appreciation of the need for life long learning and initiate profession and personal liaisons.

An ideal capstone experience will be structured so that all students should:

• draw on knowledge and technical and social skills from each of their major areas of study;
• integrate the knowledge and technical and social skills from each of their major areas of study;
• identify effectively a problem relevant to issues encountered by professionals in their chosen discipline;
• solve problems relevant issues encountered by professionals in their chosen discipline;
• communicate results using different media, including written, oral and visual;
• adapt to professional situations;
• appreciate the need for life long learning;

Agronomy Capstone Experience:

Students must complete:

AGRY 498 Senior Seminar Sem. 1 cr.

In AGRY 498 Senior Seminar the Capstone students will develop interviewing skills through practice interviews. In addition in the Seminar Component students will have discussions centered on interpersonal interactions and personality typing, exercises designed to improve their communication skills. The Seminar Component will cover projecting professional credibility and how to develop effective leadership skills. Students will work to develop their personal liaisons and while interacting with mentors and resource persons initiate professional liaisons. Students will as a part of this course consider ethics of the workplace.

And 

AGRY 585 Soils and Land Use (NRES 585) Sem. 2. Class2, lab. 2, cr. 3. Prerequisite: a soils course or a geology course.

Soils as a resource I development planning; soil properties affecting land use; use of soil survey, aerial photos, topographic maps, and other resource data in land-use allocation; nonengineering aspects of site selection for various land uses, water conservation, waste disposal and erosion control. Professor Steinhardt

Or

AGRY 512 Professional Turfgrass Management Sem. 1. Class 2, lab. 3 cr. 3 Prerequisite: AGRY 510, BTNY 520, and ENTM 306 and 307.

Integration of agronomic principles for managing golf courses, athletic complexes, lawn care companies, and sod production facilities in an efficient and environmentally friendly manner. Emphasizes independent thinking to create growing systems for turfgrass facilities including construction, establishment, growing, cultural practices, fertilizer and pest management recommendations and budgeting. Professor Reicher

Or

A Pre-approved Capstone Experience which could be but is not limited to one of the following - Faculty Supervised Research, an EPICS project, an Industry or Government internship (team or individual experience for 1-3 cr)

Pre-approval requires: a written description of the project, an explanation of how the project meets the goals of a capstone experience, written approval of the student's advisor, the Departmental Teaching Coordinator and the student's on-site supervisor.

Or

A Capstone in another Department