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eling; concepts and analysis of system behavior; physi-
ological, populational, and agricultural applications.
AGE 5646C-Biological and Agricultural Systems Simulation
(3) Prereq: MAC 3312, COP 3110 or 3212. Digital computer'
simulation of mathematical models of biological and agri-
cultural systems; CSMP and GASP IV languages.
AGE 6031-Instrumentation in Agricultural Engineering Re-
search (3) Principles and application of measuring instru-
ments and devices for obtaining experimental data in agri-
cultural engineering research.
AGE 6152-Advanced Farm Machinery (3) Machines and
mechanized systems used in agriculture and related fields,
with emphasis on functional design requirements, design
procedures, and performance evaluation.
AGE 6252-Advanced Soil and Water Management Engi-
neering (3) Physical and mathematical analysis of problems
in infiltration, drainage, and groundwater hydraulics.
AGE 6254-Simulation of Agricultural Watershed Systems
'(3) Prereq: ECI 4630C and working knowledge of FORTRAN.
Characterization and simulation of agricultural watershed
systems including land and channel phase hydrologic pro-
cesses and pollutant transport processes. Investigation of the
structure and capabilities of current agricultural watershed
computer models.
AGE 6332-Advanced Agricultural Structures (3) Design
criteria for agricultural structures including structural
strength, steady and unsteady heat transfer analysis, envi-
ronmental modification, plant and animal environment
physiology, and structural systems analysis.
AGE 6442-Advanced Agricultural Process Engineering (3)
Engineering problems in handling and processing agricultur-
al products.
AGE 6615-Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer in Biological
Systems (3) Prereq: CNM 3100, EML 5152. Analytical and nu-
merical technique solutions to problems of heat and mass
transfer in biological systems. Emphasis on non-
homogenous, irregularly-shaped products with respiration
and transpiration.
AGE 6905-Individual Work in Agricultural Engineering (1-4;
max: 6) Special problems in agricultural engineering.
AGE 6910-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
AGE 6931-Seminar (1) Discussions of research, current
Trends, and practices in agricultural engineering. S/U.
AGE 6933--Special Topics in Agricultural Engineering (1-4;
max: 6) Lectures, laboratory and/or special projects covering
special topics in agricultural engineering.
AGE 6940-Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
AGE 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U.
AGE 6986-Research Methods in Agricultural Engineering
(3) Approaches to scientific research; scientific method, de-s
sign of experiments, research practices and techniques, and
presentation of results.
AGE 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral
students before admission to candidacy. Designed for stu-
dents with a master's degree in the field of study or for stu-
dents who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not
open -to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
S/U.
AGE 7980-Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.
MAG 6312C-Advanced Farm Machinery Management (3)
 Prereq: MAG 3312; COP 3110 or consent of instructor. The
 functional and economic applications of machine monitor-
 ing and robotics. Analysis of farm machinery systems re-
 liability performance. Queueing theory, linear programming
 and ergonomic considerations for machine systems op-
 timization.

 AGRONOMY
 College of Agriculture
 GRADUATE FACULTY 1984-85
 Chairman: C. E. Dean. Graduate Coordinator: K. H.
 Quesenberry. Professors: R. D. Barnett; C. E. Dean;
 W. G. Duncan; J. R. Edwardson; W. B. Ennis, Jr.; R. N.
 Gallaher; F. P. Gardner; D. W. Gorbet; V. E. Green, Jr.;
 W. T. Haller; K. Hinson; E. S. Horner; A. E. Kretschmer,
 Jr.; D. E. McCloud; P. Mislevy Ill; G. O. Mott; A. .


Norden; P. L. Pfahler; H. L. Popenoe; G. M. Prine;
O. C. Ruelke; S. C. Schank; T. R. Sinclair; R. L. Smith;
I. D. Teare; S. H. West; E. B. Whitty; M. Wilcox. As-
sociate Professors: L. H. Allen, Jr.; J. M. Bennett; K.J.
Boote; B. j. Brecke; J. B. Brolmann; P. S. Chourey; W. L.
Currey; A. E. Dudeck; L. S. Dunavin; G. J. Fritz; L. A.
Garrard; R. S. Kalmbacher; D. A. Knauft; F. le Grand;
K. H. Quesenberry; V. N. Schroder; D. L. Sutton; D. H.
Teem; -D. L. Wright. Assistant Professors: S. L.
Albrecht; D. L. Anderson; D. D. Baltensperger; K. L.
Buhr; E. C. French; C. K. Hiebsch; M. S. Kang; W. D.
Pitman.
 The Department of Agronomy offers the Doctor of
Philosophy and the Master of Science degrees with
specialization in crop ecology, crop nutrition and
physiology, crop production, weed science, genetics,
cytogenetics, or plant breeding. A nonthesis degree,
Master of Agriculture, is offered with a major in
agronomy.
 Graduate programs emphasize the development
and subsequent application of basic principles in
each specialization to agronomic plants in Florida and
throughout the tropics. The continuing need for in-
creased food supplies is reflected in departmental re-
search efforts. When compatible with a student's pro-
gram and permitted by prevailing circumstances;
some thesis and dissertation research may be con-
ducted wholly or in part in one or more of several
tropical countries.
 A science background with basic courses in mathe-
 matics, chemistry, botany, microbiology, and physics
 is required of new graduate students. In addition to
 graduate courses in agonomy, the following courses
 in related areas are acceptable for graduate credit as
 part of the student's major: AGE 5643-Biological and
 Agricultural Systems Analysis; AGE 5646-Biological
 and Agricultural Systems Simulation; ANS 6368--
 Quantitative Genetics; ANS 6388-Genetics of
 Animal Improvement; ANS 6715-Ruminant Nutri-
 tion and Digestive Physiology; ANS 6452-Principles
 of Forage Quality Evaluation; BOT 5225-Plant
 Anatomy; BOT 6516--Plant Metabolism; BOT 6526-
 Plant Nutrition; BOT 6566-Plant Growth and Devel-
 opment; BOT 6646-Ecology of Aquatic Plants; HOS
 6201-Breeding Perennial Cultivars; HOS 6212-
 Herbaceous Horticultural Crop Breeding; HOS 6231
 Biochemical Genetics of Higher Plants; HOS 6343-
 Plant Stress Physiology; PCB 5307-Limnology; PCB
 6356-Ecosystems of the Tropics; PLS 5652-
 Herbicide Technology; PLS 6623-Weed Ecology; SOS
 6136-Soil Fertility.
 AGR 5266--Field Plot Techniques (2) Prereq: STA 3023.
 Techniques and procedures employed in the design and
 analysis of field plot, greenhouse and laboratory research ex-
 periments. Application of research methodology, the analy-
 sis and interpretation of research results.
 AGR 6233-Tropical Pasture and Forage Science (4) Prereq:
 AGR 4231 and ANS 5446, or consent of instructor. Potential
 of natural grasslands of tropical and subtropical regions. De-
 velopment of improved pastures and forages and their utili-
 zation in livestock production.
 AGR 6237-Agronomic Methods of Forage Evaluation (3)
 Prereq or coreq: STA 6167. Experimental techniques for field
 evaluation of forage plants. Design of grazing trials and pro-
 cedures for estimating yield and botanical composition in
 the grazed and ungrazed pasture.
 AGR 6307-Advanced Genetics (2) Prereq: AGR 3033, 4321,
 orASG 3313. Advanced genetic concepts and modern genet-
 ic theory.
 AGR 6311-Population Genetics (2) Prereq: AGR 3033, STA
 6166. Application of statistical principles to biological popu-
 lations in relation to gene frequency, zygotic frequency,