# Ag – Mechanized Agriculture (AGMA) courses

Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

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"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### AGMA-42 — Farm Power and Machinery

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 27 lecture/81 lab total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 81 for the lecture portion of the class and an additional 81 hours of lab, totaling 162 hours for this course)
- **C-ID:** AG-MA 108L
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/agma.md)

This course covers basic skill-level operation and maintenance of agricultural equipment, including tractors, tillage, planting, and harvesting machinery. Safe operational practices, proper machine and implement inspection and set-up, and basic operational skills will be covered. Precision agricultural technology, equipment management, and field layout will be discussed. The lab activities will include the operation of machinery in the field laboratory. The lecture portion of this course may be offered in a distance education format.

### AGMA-44 — Introduction to Construction Skills for Agriculture and Natural Resources

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 27 lecture/81 lab total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 81 for the lecture portion of the class and an additional 81 hours of lab, totaling 162 hours for this course)
- **Formerly:** ENVR 44
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 15 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/agma.md)

This course covers the basic construction skills related to agriculture, natural resources, and environmental horticulture. Subjects covered will be mechanical drawing, design layout, arc welding, oxy/acetylene cutting and brazing, carpentry, electrification, small engine theory, concrete work structures, and project construction. Safety will be emphasized. The lecture portion of this course may be offered in a distance education format.