CSS Courses Online

CSS 110 - Computer Applications in Agronomy
Fall, Spring, Summer. Use of computers in agriculture. Laboratory experience in word processing, spread sheets, presentations, and software related to agriculture. Instructor: Dave Krauss

CSS 151 - Seed and Grain Quality
Spring. Principles and practices of producing, conditioning, testing and marketing field crop seed. Grain grading and quality evaluation. Offered first ten weeks of semester. Instructor: Larry Copeland

CSS 210 - Fundamentals of Soil Science
Fall, Spring. Agricultural and natural resource ecosystems: soil, vegetation, and ground water components. Energy, water, and nutrient cycles. Soil classification and mapping. Land management and use issues. Instructor: Jim Crum

CSS 232 - Introduction to Turfgrass Management
Fall. Turfgrass utilization, identification, establishment and management principles. Responses to various cultural practices. Instructor: Trey Rogers

CSS 267 - Turfgrass Practices
Spring. Turfgrass establishment, renovation, and construction principles. Maintenance of golf course turf. Agronomic and management principles applied to golf course maintenance. Instructor: Trey Rogers

CSS 269 - Turfgrass Strategies
Spring. Issues in turfgrass management including employee relations, construction, and environmental problems. Offered first ten weeks of semester. Instructors: Trey Rogers and David Gilstrap

CSS 302 - Principles of Weed Management
Fall. Cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical weed management principles and practices. Environmental considerations. Instructor: Jim Kells

CSS 470 - Soil Resources
Fall. Evaluation of the properties, genesis, and classification of soil resources to assist in making land-use decisions. Instructor: Del Mokma

CSS 480 - Soil Fertility and Management
Fall. Comprehensive management of agricultural soils. Soil fertility, including liming and fertilizer materials and other nutrient sources. Site specific soil management. Environmental impacts including soil erosion, runoff, and organic matter mineralization. Instructor: Lee Jacobs

CSS 921 - Geostatistics
Fall of odd years. Estimating functions. Growth models, generalized linear models, linear and non-linear mixed models. Field experiments with spatial trends. Longitudinal data. Modeling in the presence of spatial and temporal correlations. Instructor: Sasha Kravchenko

STT 464 - Statistical for Biologists
Fall. Biological random variables. Estimation of population parameters. Testing hypotheses. Linear correlation and regression. Analyses of counted and measured data to compare several biological groups including contingency tables and analysis of variance. Instructor: Sasha Kravchenko

STT 814 - Advanced Statistics for Biologists
Spring. Concepts of reducing experimental error for biological and agricultural research. Covariance, randomized block designs, latin squares, split plots, repeated-measures designs, regression applications, and response surface designs. Analyses using statistical software. Instructor: Sasha Kravchenko

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