 College of Agriculture & Life Sciences |
Distance Education....Fall 2008 |
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| Tuition/Fees |
Section XG: $885; Other fees that will be assessed |
| Prerequisites | Junior classification |
| Course Description | This
course focuses on agricultural equipment that is commonly used in
conjunction with GPS technology. Planters, combines, fertilizer application
equipment and sprayer application equipment are commonly equipped
with GPS equipment to control and record operational parameters. These
parameters focus around the equipments geographic location and can
be recorded simultaneously with the volume of product applied and
weather information (wind, temperature, humidity, etc.). The management
of this equipment and the GPS technologies used to control and record
this information is the focus of the course. |
| Course Website | Course is taught by the University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Delivery Format | Web |
| Technology Requirements | Email - Computer/Software Requirements |
| Text | None. |
| Students must contact Carrie Brus to register for this course, email is the preferred method of contact, cbrus@iastate.edu. There is an enrollment limit of 5 students for this course. |
 Brenton Center for Agricultural Instruction & Technology Transfer, 004 Curtiss Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011. Voice: 515-294-1862 / FAX: 515-294-1924. © College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Distance Education - 21-Mar-2008 |