Agricultural Technology Management
Faculty—Chung,* Clark,* Koelliker,* Maghirang,* Mankin,* Schrock,* Slocombe,* Spillman,* Steichen,* and Zhang.*
www.bae.ksu.edu
Agricultural technology management
Bachelor of science in agriculture
127 semester hours
Agricultural technology management emphasizes the application and integration of agricultural/biological sciences, agricultural engineered systems, and business to manage human and natural resources in the production and processing of food and agricultural products. It prepares men and women for technical management positions in food and agricultural industries that require an understanding of both technology and management. Agricultural technology management graduates are typically employed in technical sales, service, and management in agricultural production operations, agribusiness and food and feed processing industries, government agencies, and companies.
Courses are designed to apply physical science concepts and problem solving to food and agricultural systems. Supporting courses provide a foundation of mathematics, chemistry, business, and computer and communication skills. Technical electives are available to develop a degree program that meets personal career objectives.
The curriculum is administered by the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and leads to the bachelor of science degree in agriculture with a major in agricultural technology management.
Students must complete the university general education requirements specified by the College of Agriculture. See the College of Agriculture General Requirements section.
Engineering equipment fee
The engineering fee is in addition to the normal university fees. Beginning in fall 2001 students enrolling in ATM courses will be assessed $14 per credit hour plus a university technology fee of $1 per credit hour.
John Deere Dealership Management Program
John Deere Company and the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering have teamed to develop and offer a program that results in a degree in agricultural technology management with a business management emphasis. In addition to a formal education at K-State, students in this program receive mentoring from a John Deere professional and hands-on experiences in approved John Deere dealerships.
Agricultural technology management curriculum
| General requirements | 64 |
| ENGL 100 | Expository Writing I | 3 |
| ENGL 200 | Expository Writing II | 3 |
| SPCH 105 | Public Speaking 1A | 2 |
| GENAG 101 | Ag. Orientation | 1 |
 ECON 110 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| CIS 101 | Introduction to Information Technology | 1 |
| CIS 102 | Introduction to PC/Spreadsheet | 1 |
| CIS 103 | Introduction to Microcomputer Applications | 1 |
| CIS 104 | Introduction to PC/Word Processing | 1 |
| ME 212 | Engineering Graphics | 2 |
| MATH 100 | College Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 150 | Plane Trigonometry | 3 |
| or |
| MATH 205 | General Calculus and Linear Algebra | 3 |
| CHM 110 | General Chemistry | 3 |
| and |
| CHM 111 | General Chemistry Lab | 1 |
| or |
| CHM 210 | Chemistry I | 4 |
| ACCTG 231 | Accounting for Business Operations | 3 |
| BIOL 198 | Principles of Biology | 4 |
| PHYS 113 | General Physics I | 4 |
| AGRON 305 | Soils | 4 |
| IMSE 250 | Production Processes | 2 |
| IMSE 251 | Production Processes Lab | 1
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| Computing technology elective* | 3 |
| Communication elective** | 6 |
| Humanities and/or social sciences electives** | 9
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| *Select one: |
| AGEC 490 | Computer Applications in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness | 3 |
| AGRON 455 | Computer Applications in Agronomy | 3 |
| ASI 490 | Microcomputer Applications in Animal Science and Industry | 3 |
| CIS 112 | Advanced Personal Computing | 3 |
| CIS 200 | Fundamentals of Computer Programming | 4 |
| CIS 411 | Global Information System | 3
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**Select from the approved list under general requirements for the College of Agriculture in the K-State Undergraduate Catalog.
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| Agricultural technology management |
| required courses | 15 |
| ATM 020 | Assembly (every semester) | 0 |
| ATM 160 | Introduction to Agricultural Systems and Technology | 3 |
| ATM 450 | Sensors and Controls for Agricultural and Biological Systems | 3 |
| ATM 511 | Agricultural Building Systems | 3 |
| ATM 571 | Functional Components of Machines | 3 |
| ATM 558 | Soil Erosion and Sediment Pollution |
| Control | 3
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| Agricultural technology management electives | 15 |
| ATM 330 | Production Machinery Systems | 3 |
| ATM 335 | Production Machinery Systems |
| Laboratory | 1 |
| ATM 451 | Water Resources and Hydrology | 2 |
| or |
| BAE 551 | Hydrology | 2 |
| ATM 460 | Internship in Agricultural Technology |
| Management | 1-3 |
| ATM 500 | Agricultural Chemical Application Systems | 3 |
| ATM 540 | Introduction to Food Engineering | 3 |
| ATM 541 | Introduction to Food Engineering |
| Laboratory | 1 |
| ATM 651 | Grain and Forage Handling Systems | 3 |
| ATM 653 | Water Management and Irrigation Systems | 3 |
| ATM 661 | Water and Waste in the Environment | 3 |
| ME 699 | Hydraulics | 3 |
| AGRON 655 | GIS and Site Specific Agriculture | 3
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| Free electives | 6
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| Agricultural and food science electives | 27 |
(Twelve hours, including six hours 400 and above, must be concentrated in one of the following four subject matter areas. At least 6 hours must be from the agribusiness and management elective area. At least 6 hours must be in either the plant, natural resource, and environmental sciences; animal science; or food and feed processing areas. Other courses may be selected with advisor's consent.)
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| Agribusiness and management electives |
| ACCTG 241 | Accounting for Investing |
| and Financing | 3 |
| AGEC 120 | Agricultural Economics and |
| Agribusiness | 3 |
| AGEC 525 | Natural Resource and Environmental Economics | 3 |
| Any other agricultural economics course(s) 300 or above |
| ECON 520 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 530 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| ECON 681 | International Trade | 3 |
| FINAN 450 | Introduction to Finance | 3 |
| IMSE 501 | Industrial Management | 3 |
| MANGT 390 | Business Law I | 3 |
| MANGT 420 | Management Concepts | 3 |
| MKTG 400 | Marketing | 3 |
| MKTG 450 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| STAT 340 | Biometrics I | 3 |
| or |
| STAT 350 | Business and Economic Statistics I | 3 |
| GRSC 630 | Management Applications in the |
| Grain Processing Industries | 3
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| Biological, natural resource, and environmental sciences |
| ATM 451 | Water Resources and Hydrology | 2 |
| or |
| BAE 551 | Hydrology | 2 |
| AGRON 220 | Crop Science | 4 |
| AGRON 330 | Weed Management | 3 |
| AGRON 335 | Environmental Quality | 3 |
| AGRON 375 | Soil Fertility | 3 |
| AGRON 385 | Soil Fertility Lab | 2 |
| AGRON 501 | Range Management | 3 |
| AGRON 520 | Grain Production | 3 |
| AGRON 550 | Forage Management and Utilization | 3 |
| AGRON 551 | Forage Management and Utilization |
| Lab | 1 |
| AGRON 630 | Principles of Crop Improvement | 3 |
| AGRON 635 | Soil Conservation and Management | 3 |
| ASI 500 | Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 303 | Ecology of Environmental Problems | 3 |
| BIOL 330 | Public Health Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 455 | General Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOL 500 | Plant Physiology | 4 |
| BIOL 513 | Physiological Adaptation of Animals | 3 |
| BIOL 529 | Fundamentals of Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 612 | Introduction to Limnology | 4 |
| CHEM 215 | Environmental Science: A Chemistry Perspective | 3 |
| ENTOM 250 | Insects and People | 3 |
| ENTOM 300 | Economic Entomology | 3 |
| GEOG 220 | Environmental Geography I | 4 |
| GEOL 305 | Earth Resources | 3 |
| GEOL 506 | Environmental Studies | 2 |
| HORT 201 | Introduction to Horticulture Science | 4 |
| PLPTH 300 | Microbes, Plants and The Human Perspective | 3 |
| PLPTH 500 | Principles of Plant Pathology | 3
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| Animal science |
| ASI 102 | Principles of Animal Science | 3 |
| ASI 300 | Principles of Livestock Feeding | 3 |
| ASI 315 | Livestock and Meat Evaluation | 3 |
| ASI 320 | Principles of Feeding |
| (cannot take 300 and 320) | 3 |
| ASI 400 | Farm Animal Reproduction | 4 |
| ASI 422 | Livestock Sales Management | 1 |
| ASI 450 | Principles of Livestock Selection | 2 |
| ASI 470 | Form and Function in Livestock | 2 |
| ASI 510 | Animal Breeding Principles | 3 |
| ASI 512 | Gestation of Farm Animals | 2 |
| ASI 515 | Beef Science | 3 |
| ASI 521 | Horse Science | 3 |
| ASI 524 | Sheep Science | 3 |
| ASI 533 | Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| ASI 534 | Introduction to Pharmacology of Farm |
| Animals | 2 |
| ASI 535 | Swine Science | 3 |
| ASI 615 | Range Livestock Nutrition and |
| Management | 2 |
| ASI 620 | Livestock Production and |
| Management | 2 |
| ASI 655 | Behavior of Domestic Animals | 3 |
| AGRON 501 | Range Management | 3 |
| AGRON 550 | Forage Management and Utilization | 3 |
| AGRON 551 | Forage Management and |
| Utilization Lab | 1 |
| BIOCH 265 | Introduction to Organic and |
| Biochemistry | 5 |
| ENTOM 305 | Livestock Entomology | 2 |
| ENTOM 306 | Livestock Entomology Lab | 1
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| Food and feed processing |
| ASI 302 | Introduction to Food Science | 3 |
| ASI 305 | Fundamentals of Food Processing | 3 |
| ASI 350 | Conversion of Farm Animals to Carcasses | 3 |
| ASI 361 | Meat Processing | 2 |
| ASI 370 | Principles of Meat Evaluation | 2 |
| ASI 395 | Meat Grading, Specifications, and Evaluation | 2 |
| ASI 405 | Fundamentals of Milk Processing | 3 |
| ASI 501 | Food Chemistry | 3 |
| or |
| FN 501 | Food Science: Chemistry and Applications | 3 |
| ASI 430 | Food Products Evaluation | 3 |
| ASI 502 | Principles of Dairy Food Processing | 4 |
| ASI 550 | Dairy Bacteriology | 4 |
| ASI 605 | Fresh Meat Operations | 3 |
| ASI 606 | Instrumental Analysis of Food and |
| Agricultural Products | 2 |
| ASI 607 | Food Microbiology | 4 |
| ASI 610 | Processed Meat Operations | 2 |
| ASI 694 | Food Plant Management | 3 |
| ASI 695 | Quality Assurance of Food Products | 3 |
| GRSC 100 | Principles of Milling | 3 |
| GRSC 110 | Flow Sheets | 2 |
| GRSC 500 | Milling Science I | 4 |
| GRSC 510 | Feed Technology I | 4 |
| GRSC 520 | Extrusion Processing in the Food |
| and Feed Industries | 4 |
| GRSC 602 | Cereal Science | 3 |
| GRSC 610 | Electricity and its Control for the Grain Processing Industry | 3 |
| GRSC 651 | Food and Feed Production Protection | 4 |
| GRSC 655 | Cereal Food Plant Design and |
| Construction | 3
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Denotes university general education courses.
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Agricultural technology management minor
To earn an undergraduate minor in ATM, students are required to complete a minimum of 15 credit hours consisting of the following courses:
| ATM 160 | Introduction to Agricultural Systems and Technology | 3
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An additional 12 hours of ATM courses with at least 6 hours numbered 500 or greater selected by the student in consultation with an ATM advisor.
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Agricultural technology management courses
ATM 020. Assembly. (0) I. Presentation of professional problems and practices by students, faculty, and professionals associated with agricultural systems and technology. One hour LEC. a month.
ATM 160. Introduction to Agricultural Systems and Technology. (3) I, II. Introduction to engineering principles associated with natural resource management, environmental quality, machinery systems management, and food and fiber processing and storage. Three hours rec. a week. Not open to seniors. Pr.: One and one-half units of high school algebra and one unit of geometry.
ATM 330. Production Machinery Systems. (3) I. Machinery systems for tillage, planting, and harvesting crops; animal production; and food processing. Impact of these systems on the environment and natural resources. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: ATM 160 or PHYS 113 or PHYS 115.
ATM 335. Production Machinery Systems Lab. (1). I. Laboratory activities on engine power, tillage systems, seeding equipment, agrochemical application equipment, forage and grain harvesting equipment, and machinery management. Two hours lab a week. Pr.: CIS 101, 102, 103, 104; ATM 330 or conc.
ATM 450. Sensors and Controls for Agricultural and Biological Systems. (3). II. Applications of instrumentation. Sensors used in agricultural machines and processes for measurement of voltage, force, torque, pressure, displacement, velocity, acceleration, flow, temperature, humidity, etc. Analog and digital signal conditioning and processing. Feedback controls concept. Computer interface. Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week. Pr.: PHYS 113 or PHYS 115, ATM 160 or MATH 100.
ATM 451. Water Resources and Hydrology. (2). I. Study of water sources and movement above, on, and beneath the earth's surface. Application and analysis of water as a resource within agricultural, urban, and native systems. Two hours lec. a week. Not available to students with credit for BAE 551 or CE 551. Pr.: ATM 160 or PHYS 113 or PHYS 115; CIS 103.
ATM 460. Internship in Agricultural Technology Management. (1-3) I. Intern programs in various areas of agricultural technology management. One hour of credit for each four weeks of supervised and evaluated off-campus work experience with cooperating employers. Written report required. A maximum of 3 hours may be applied to a B.S. in agricultural technology management. Pr.: Junior standing.
ATM 500. Agricultural Chemical Application Systems. (3) I. The use of hydraulic principles as they relate to liquid chemical application systems including pumps, controllers, and spray nozzles. Principles of fertilizer and granular application systems, safe storage, handling, and disposal of pesticides and fertilizers. New technologies in agricultural chemical application systems—field mapping, variable rate technology. Two hours lec. and two hours lab a week. Pr.: ATM 160 or PHYS 113; and CHEM 110 and 111 or CHEM 210.
ATM 511. Agricultural Building Systems. (3) II. Concepts and fundamentals related to agricultural building systems including structural materials, beam and column strength, environmental control for plants and animals, farmstead layouts, crop storage, and livestock and plant production facilities. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: ATM 160 or PHYS 113 or 115.
ATM 515. Problems in Agricultural Technology Management. (Var.) I, II, S. Problems in the application of technical principles to agricultural technology management. Pr.: Approval of instructor.
ATM 540. Introduction to Food Engineering. (3 ) I. Material and energy balances with application to food processing. Fluid flow and heat transfer in food processing. Thermodynamic properties and laws. Conc. enrollment in ATM 541 is urged. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: PHYS 113 or 115, BIOCH 120 or CHM 190, MATH 210 or 205.
ATM 541. Introduction to Food Engineering Laboratory Exercises. (1) I. Laboratory experiments supplementing ATM 540. Three hours lab a week. Pr. or conc.: ATM 540.
ATM 558. Soil Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control. (3) II. Planning and analysis of production systems with respect to regulatory, environmental, and resource management. Water and wind erosion; estimating soil loss; estimating runoff rate and volume; laying out and checking terraces, waterways and farm ponds; agricultural surveying; and conservation planning. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: AGRON 305.
ATM 571. Functional Components of Machines. (3) II. Machine components used to transmit power and perform functional operations in biological systems. Emphasis on fluid and mechanical drive systems. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: ATM 160 or PHYS 113.
ATM 651. Grain and Forage Handling Systems. (3) I. Principles of grain and forage conditioning and storage. Structures and equipment for quality preservation. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: ATM 160 or PHYS 113 or 115 and senior standing.
ATM 653. Water Management and Irrigation Systems. (3) I. Management of water in crop production systems, crop water use, and irrigation scheduling. Fundamentals of water flow in pipe networks, pumping plants, and irrigation systems. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: AGRON 305.
ATM 661. Water and Waste in the Environment. (3). II. Principles and practices surrounding: water sources and quality; wastewater microbiology; animal, food processing plant, and domestic waste handling, treatment, and utilization; surface and groundwater contamination, protection, and treatment. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CHM 110 or 210 and BIOL 198.
ATM 703. Topics in Agricultural Technology Management. (Var.). On sufficient demand. A course reserved for the study of current topics in agricultural systems and technology. Topics announced when offered. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credit hours. Pr.: Six credit hours of ATM courses.
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