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2024-2025 College Catalog

Agribusiness Technology, AAS

This program is designed to enable students to find employment in the areas of production agriculture and agribusiness. Instructional areas include crop production, animal production, management, sales and marketing.

Students will be provided with a combination of classroom instruction and agriculture/cooperative work experience.

Plan of Study

Term 1

SDV 108 - The College Experience 1 credits
AGA 154 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 3 credits
AGC 216 - Career Seminar 2 credits
AGP 329 - Introduction to GPS 3 credits
AGB 470 - Farm Records, Accounts, Analysis 3 credits
ENG 105 - Composition I 3 credits

Term 2

AGS 113 - Survey of the Animal Industry 3 credits
AGA 114 - Principles of Agronomy 3 credits
AGM 155 - Farm Equipment Management 2 credits
AGH 284 - Pesticide Application Certification 3 credits
MAT 772 - Applied Math 3 credits
BCA 206 - Applied Computer Concepts 3 credits

Term 3

AGC 936 - Occupational Experience 3 credits

Term 4

AGT 250 - Food and Biosecurity Issues 1 credits
AGS 270 - Foods of Animal Origin 3 credits
AGS 242 - Animal Health 3 credits
AGX-XXX Agriculture Elective - 2 credits
SPC 112 - Public Speaking 3 credits
ECN 130 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 credits

Term 5

AGA 158 - Soil Fertility 3 credits
AGB 235 - Introduction to Agriculture Markets 3 credits
AGB 336 - Agricultural Selling 3 credits
AGC 420 - Issues in Agriculture 3 credits
AGX-XXX Agriculture Elective - 2 credits

Program Total: 64

Business Elective

Agribusiness Technology AAS Term 4 Fall electives: Agronomy Emphasis: AGB 437 ; Animal Science Emphasis: AGS 319 ; Agribusiness Emphasis: AGB 330 , AGB 437 , AGB 466 .

Agribusiness Technology AAS Term 5 Spring electives: Agronomy Emphasis: AGC 403 ; Animal Science Emphasis: AGS 226 , AGS 319 ; Agribusiness Emphasis: AGB 451 , AGB 330 .