Course Description: Demonstrate safety procedures. Determine how to diagnose steering and suspension; diagnose electrical concerns; complete headlamp and fog/driving assemblies and repairs; demonstrate self-grounding procedures for handling electrical components. Determine diagnosis, inspection and service needs for brake hydraulic components; examine components of heating and air conditioning systems; determine the inspection, service and repair needs for collision damaged cooling system components; distinguish between under car components and systems. Determine the diagnosis, inspection and service requirements of active and passive restraint systems.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Contemporary control methods in process control and programmable logic control systems including multi-loop systems, open data systems, fuzzy logic and fieldbus technology.
Course Notes: AE155 Electrical Maintenance.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Hands-on experience with modular PLC''s in developing advanced ladder logic programs and routines including applications, advanced PLC instructions, programming and troubleshooting ladder logic for discreet and analog systems.
Course Notes: AE150 Programmable Logic Controllers.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Study of distributed and PC-based control systems; integration of process and programmable logic control systems into central control, data gathering and report generating systems.
Course Notes: AE200 is not a valid prereq code.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Practical application of problems in control systems technology, application of studied concepts toward the development of a control solution by evaluating the problem definition and providing the control system to solve that problem.
Course Notes: AE200 is not a valid prereq code.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: This course examines types, applications and troubleshooting of industrial robots and subsystems, including the programming of industrial robotic control software.
Course Notes: AE150 Programmable Logic Controllers.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Economic principles and their application to the solution of problems encountered in the operation of farms and agri-business firms as well as problems of the agricultural industry in its relationship to other sectors of the economy.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Principles of flight in fixed-wing and multi-rotor unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to gain experience in flying commercial grade UAS. Prepared to pass the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Exam.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Newton and Area Wide HS only. Meet on Black DaysSection Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Hutchinson High School Students Only.
Course Description: Guidelines for feeding beef cattle, sheep and swine; feed stuff evaluation; nutrient requirements; ration formulation and practical feeding problems.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Basic pharmacology for students pursuing allied health professions-basic drugs as related to diseases, effects of drugs on different systems of the body, interaction of drugs, side effects, contraindications and effectiveness in relation to dosages.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Identify current flow on starting and charging system diagrams. Perform battery diagnosis and service. Perform starting systems diagnosis and repair. Perform charging system diagnosis and repair.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 5.00
Section Notes: Departmental Consent required.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 5.00
Section Notes: Departmental Consent required.
Course Description: In this course, students will document fundamental suspension system concerns; perform fundamental diagnostics of steering systems; and perform fundamental repairs of suspension systems.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Departmental consent required. McPherson HS Only. Rosters with exact times managed by instructor.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Departmental consent required. Newton HS only. Rosters with exact time managed by the instructor.
Course Description: Performing diagnostics and repair of advanced steering and suspension systems in newer model vehicles.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: McPherson HS Only. Rosters with exact times managed by instructor.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Newton HS Only. Rosters with exact time managed by the instructor.
Course Description: Diagnosis and repair of emissions control systems and engine-related service.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: Departmental Consent required.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: Departmental Consent required.
Course Description: Advanced processes of creating model geometry, materials, lighting, particle systems, wiring parameters, bone systems, inverse kinematics rigs, and character animations.
Course Notes: AN101 Digital Animation I.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Fundamentals of operating, adjusting and reconditioning new and used harvesting, tillage, planting, spraying and agriculture equipment.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: See AP102 Hay and Seeding Systems for course information.
Spring
Section Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Course Description: Introduction to the wheeled tractor systems including power shift transmissions, hydraulic systems and electrical systems.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Complex hydraulic and electro-hydraulic systems of tractors and combines including testing open-center and variable pressure/variable flow hydraulic systems using the hydraulic flow meter and pressure gauges.
Course Notes: AP107 Ag Equipment Hydraulics.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Course Description: Inspecting, diagnosing, adjusting, troubleshooting and servicing wheeled tractors.
Course Notes: AP125 Ag Equipment Technology & Optimization.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00