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Agriculture Service Management 10093106

2.00 credits

Crop And Soil

Explores the importance of customer service, understanding and satisfying the customer needs and ways to interact with the customer. A variety of assignments will help the learner examine the impact of customer service and its importance in building customer loyalty.

1 Course Section

Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Open	08/25/2025 – 12/17/2025	08/30/2025	Online Required Due Dates	Online	Aug 25 – Dec 17 - Online Charl Van Der Nest	View Rates

Elements In Hair Design 31502106

2.00 credits

Barber/Cosmetology

Develop skills in wet hairstyling to include: finger waves, pin curls, and roller sets. Develop dry hairstyling skills. Apply techniques and implement safety in thermal hairstyling skills to include: thermal curling and thermal straightening. Explore special occasion styling techniques and the implements used.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Waitlist	08/25/2025 – 10/13/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Aug 25 – Oct 13 Monday 08:00 AM - 12:30 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Kayla Ackerman Sep 5 Friday 08:00 AM - 12:30 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Kayla Ackerman	View Rates

Haircutting 1 31502120

4.00 credits

Barber/Cosmetology

Examine areas of the head and how to design haircuts and styles on different head shapes. Understanding haircutting essentials that include form and techniques will help the learner to develop a plan to execute the desired haircut. Perform haircuts that include shears, clipper cutting, shear over comb, and finishing techniques such as point cutting, texturizing, and blending. Apply and demonstrate steam towels with all haircuts. Safety and infection control will be practiced throughout this course.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Waitlist	08/25/2025 – 10/14/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Aug 25 – Oct 13 Monday 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Autumn Laabs Aug 26 – Oct 14 Tuesday 12:30 PM - 03:00 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Autumn Laabs Aug 26 – Oct 14 Tuesday 08:00 AM - 12:00 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Autumn Laabs Sep 5 Friday 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Autumn Laabs	View Rates

Agriculture Equipment Safety 10093103

2.00 credits

Crop And Soil

Explore the work environment of an agriculture equipment technician. Learners will practice safe use of basic hand and power tools. Additionally, learners will cover various types of equipment safe operation in both a shop and farm environment. Learners will complete an agriculture equipment driving examination.

2 Course Sections

Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Open	08/26/2025 – 12/16/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Agriculture Center of Excellence	Aug 26 – Dec 16 Tuesday 08:30 AM - 11:50 AM AG207 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence Alex Crockford	View Rates
#02 Fall	Open	08/26/2025 – 12/16/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Agriculture Center of Excellence	Aug 26 – Dec 16 Tuesday 01:00 PM - 04:20 PM AG213 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence Alex Crockford	View Rates

Introduction To Agronomy 10093101

1.00 credits

Crop And Soil

Familiarizes learners with the Agriculture Center of Excellence and standard operating procedures. Learners will begin to develop a strategic college plan. Learners will be exposed to the various opportunities available throughout their program of study. This course will acquaint students with basic agronomy practices and learners will begin the process of managing acres of cropland that will continue throughout the program.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Open	08/27/2025 – 12/17/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Agriculture Center of Excellence	Aug 27 – Dec 17 Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence Trevor Frank	View Rates

Introduction To Precision Agriculture 10093108

3.00 credits

Crop And Soil

Explores agricultural applications of GPS, yield monitoring systems and mapping. Learners will gain experience in operating equipment and software designed to support the production crop industry. The basics of variable rate technology, remote sensing, drones, and site-specific crop management techniques will be explored.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Open	08/27/2025 – 12/17/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Agriculture Center of Excellence	Aug 27 – Dec 17 Wednesday 01:30 PM - 04:50 PM AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence Alex Crockford	View Rates

Introduction To Soils 10093102

2.00 credits

Crop And Soil

Examines basic soil and plant relationships. Soil fertility is important in considering the role that the soil plays with regard to the availability of nutrients to plants. Learners will study nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, as well as other macro and micro nutrients. Learners will practice appropriate sampling, analyzing and interpretation of soil sample results. Various soil management practices will be discussed, along with soil physical, chemical and biological properties. The soil profile will be examined.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Open	08/27/2025 – 12/17/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Agriculture Center of Excellence	Aug 27 – Dec 17 Wednesday 08:00 AM - 11:20 AM AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence Trevor Frank	View Rates

Chemical Services 1 31502122

4.00 credits

Barber/Cosmetology

Examine the structure of the hair and the basics of chemistry in the cosmetology field. Examine the chemicals used and the effects that they have on the hair during the permanent wave application, chemical relaxing, straightening, and curl reformation services. Learners will practice and demonstrate the chemical procedures with safety and sanitation protocols.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#02 Fall	Waitlist	08/27/2025 – 10/16/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Aug 27 – Oct 16 Wednesday 08:00 AM - 12:00 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Kayla Ackerman Aug 27 – Oct 16 Wednesday 12:30 PM - 03:00 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Kayla Ackerman Aug 27 – Oct 16 Thursday 08:00 AM - 10:30 AM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Kayla Ackerman	View Rates

GIS Applications & Resource Management 10093111

3.00 credits

Crop And Soil

Examines natural resource management, using remote sensing and GIS for mapping resources. Learners will gather and analyze data with the help of remote sensing technology. Data can be collected using ground or aerial photographs or satellite photographs of the land area being studied. With this data, learners will be able to create various land cover maps, vegetation maps, soil maps and geology maps.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Open	08/28/2025 – 12/11/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Agriculture Center of Excellence	Aug 28 – Dec 11 Thursday 08:30 AM - 11:50 AM AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence Alex Crockford	View Rates

Agriculture Water Management 10093110

3.00 credits

Crop And Soil

Examines the use of water capacities, drought and water limiting conditions. Additionally specialty crops rely on irrigation for production, and learners will have the opportunity to explore irrigation on these crops in Wisconsin. Learners will examine various methods of irrigation and equipment during the course, and evaluate water use efficiency and design of different irrigation systems. Environmental impacts from agricultural water usage are explored.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Open	08/28/2025 – 12/11/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Agriculture Center of Excellence	Aug 28 – Dec 11 Thursday 01:00 PM - 04:30 PM AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence Alex Crockford	View Rates

Precision Drone Applications 10093116

3.00 credits

Crop And Soil

Explores agricultural applications of using drones for crop remote sensing, photography, overseeding cover crops and forages, fertilization, fungicide and herbicide treatments. Learners will gain basic flight training and experience in operating drone equipment to prepare for FAA certification exams.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Open	08/29/2025 – 12/12/2025	08/30/2025	In-Person	Agriculture Center of Excellence	Aug 29 – Dec 12 Friday 08:30 AM - 11:50 AM AG212 - Ag Classroom - Agriculture Center of Excellence Alex Crockford	View Rates

Haircutting 2 31502101

4.00 credits

Barber/Cosmetology

Perform short haircuts that include clipper cutting, shear over comb and finishing techniques such as point cutting, texturizing and blending. Consultation and special grooming techniques such as facial waxing, and grooming of eyebrows will also be practiced. Safety and infection control will be practiced throughout the course.

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Section	Status	Start/End Date	Register By	Instruction Mode	Campus	Meeting Information	Cost
#01 Fall	Waitlist	10/20/2025 – 12/09/2025	10/25/2025	In-Person	Wausau Main Campus	Oct 20 – Dec 9 Monday 08:00 AM - 10:30 AM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Autumn Laabs Oct 20 – Dec 9 Tuesday 08:00 AM - 12:00 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Autumn Laabs Oct 20 – Dec 9 Tuesday 12:30 PM - 03:00 PM F116 - Salon Classroom/Lab - F Building Autumn Laabs	View Rates

Salon Principles And Services 31502104

2.00 credits

Barber/Cosmetology

Examine how personality, teamwork, and ethics contribute to both personal and professional success within the cosmetology industry. Through the implementation of safety and infection control practices, learners will execute a positive guest experience including, the greeting of guests and completion of services. Learners will complete this course in an on-campus salon environment.

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