Agriculture, Associate of Arts

• Demonstrate a practical knowledge and understanding of production agriculture and supporting industries, and identify challenges impacting agricultural producers and agribusinesses

• Identify and apply basic economic and marketing principles and strategies used in farm and agribusiness applications.

• Discuss agricultural, biological, and technical systems and their relationship to agribusiness decision-making.

Major Code: 1100R

**Alternative plans of study available by contacting your advisor

Fall Semester Freshman Year

ENGL 101Writing and Rhetoric I

3 Credits

MATH 143College Algebra*

3 Credits

AGRI 102Plant Science in Agriculture*

3 Credits

AGRI 102LPlant Science in Agriculture Lab*

1 Credit

AGRI 104Agriculture Management

4 Credits

AGRI 100Agriculture and Natural Resources Seminar

1 Credit

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring Semester Freshman Year

AGRI 250Agricultural Markets

3 Credits

COMM 101Fundamentals of Oral Communication

3 Credits

ECON 202Principles of Microeconomics

3 Credits

GNED 101Introduction to General Education

3 Credits

HUMA GEAny Gen. Ed. Humanistic & Artistic Way of Knowing Course

3 Credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Fall Semester Sophomore Year

ENGL 102Writing and Rhetoric II*

3 Credits

CHEM 101Introduction to Chemistry*

4 Credits

SOCS GE2Any 2nd Gen. Ed. Social and Behavioral Way of Knowing Course

3 Credits

HUMA GE2Any 2nd Gen. Ed. Humanistic & Artistic Way of Knowing Course

3 Credits

PROG ELEC
Program Electives

3 Credits

Total Credit Hours:16

Social & Behavioral Way of Knowing courses must be from 2 different disciplines (prefixes).

Humanistic & Artistic Way of Knowing courses must be from 2 different disciplines (prefixes).

Spring Semester Sophomore Year

AGRI 109Principles of Animal Science*

3 Credits

AGRI 109LPrinciples of Animal Science Lab*

1 Credit

AGRI 205General Soils*

3 Credits

AGRI 205LGeneral Soils Lab*

1 Credit

BIOL 201Biology 1*

4 Credits

WELL
Wellness

2 Credits

PROG ELEC
Program Electives

2 Credits

Total Credit Hours:16

*Prerequisite or corequisite required

Program Electives

Students must complete a minimum of 5 credit hours of coursework from the program elective options.

AGRI 108Crop Production

4 Credits

AGRI 121Pest Management*

4 Credits

AGRI 126Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems*

3 Credits

AGRI 155Introduction to GPS

2 Credits

AGRI 158Applied Animal Nutrition*

4 Credits

AGRI 160Introduction to Agriculture Selling

3 Credits

AGRI 190Intro to Precision Agriculture

3 Credits

AGRI 203Principles of Range Management

3 Credits

AGRI 222Animal Reproduction and Breeding

3 Credits

AGRI 226Spatial Analysis with GIS*

3 Credits

AGRI 240Forage Crops

3 Credits

AGRI 271Animal Anatomy and Physiology*

4 Credits

WATR 140Irrigation*

2 Credits

WATR 140LIrrigation Lab*

1 Credit

Total Credit Hours:5

Total Credit Hours: 62