Syllabus 2301
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| Course Description |
| AGRI 2301 - AGRICULTURAL POWER UNITS Fundamentals of internal combustion engines: gasoline, diesel, and liquefied petroleum. Maintenance and adjustments of the electrical, ignition, fuel, lubricating, and cooling systems. |
| Prerequisites |
| None |
| Course Goals (includes competencies, incorporation of SCANS, etc.) |
| To familiarize students with the basic principles of power and machinery operation, maintenance, service, repair and management of internal combustion engines used on the farm, the golf course, and the industry. Topics to include small combustion engines, transmissions, power takeoff drives, determination of machinery costs, and selection and management of machinery. The student will be required to turn in a computer generated research paper and will also be required to give an oral presentation. |
| Instructor Information |
| S. Todd Fuller, B.S.; M.S. |
| Textbook Information |
| Repair
Manual: For Single Cylinder 4-cycle Engines; Briggs & Stratton |
| Lab Requirements (if any) |
| The lab sections will cover various maintenance and adjustments for small engines. It will also incorporate a portion of diesel mechanics. Essential tools will be provided for the class. |
| Students with Disabilities |
| Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services Office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office. If you have any questions, please contact Donna Price at 713-718-5165 or the Disability Counselor at each college. |
| Academic Honesty |
| Academic dishonesty, CHEATING, will not be tolerated. If an individual is caught, punishment will be taken according to the Student Policies Handbook. |
| Attendance and Withdrawal Policies |
| Students are expected to attend classes regularly. Class attendance is checked daily by instructors. Although it is the responsibility of the student to drop a course for non-attendance, the instructor has the authority to drop a student for excessive absences. A student may be dropped from a course for excessive absences after the student has accumulated absences in excess of 12.5% of the hours of instruction (including lecture and laboratory time). |
| Course Requirements and Grading Policy |
| Exams (40%), Lab (40%), Attendance (10%), Quizzes (10%) |
| Testing |
| The tests in this class will be computer generated over materials administered in class. |
| Make-up policy |
| Per college policy |
| Projects, Assignments, Portfolios, Service Learning, Internships, etc. |
| Various projects may be assigned by instructor. |
| Course Content |
| Fundamentals of internal combustion engines: gasoline, diesel, and liquefied petroleum. Maintenance and adjustments of the electrical, ignition, fuel, lubricating, and cooling systems. |
| Course Calendar with Reading Assignments |
| To be determined by instructor. |
| Other Student Information (clubs, tutoring, web resources, etc.) |
| Agriculture
Consortium of Texas (ACT) |
