Production Agriculture

Applied Agriculture

A.A.S. Degree (G)

The Production Agriculture option involves the growing and marketing of crops and livestock. A thorough knowledge of marketing, management, and finance as well as production skills are the keys to a career as an agriculture producer.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Apply basic agribusiness management procedures to production and marketing of agriculture products.
  2. Integrate pest management procedures into crop production techniques.
  3. Demonstrate production techniques related to sustainable agriculture.
  4. Demonstrate scheduling, production, marketing, harvesting, and safe handling of crops.
  5. Describe the importance of poultry, livestock, and crop production to the agriculture industry.
  6. Assess breeding, care, and nutrition of livestock animals.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ENG 101Composition I

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

Select 2 course(s) from:

ENG 124Oral Communications

3

POL 111Political Science

3

PSY 100Human Relations

3

PSY 121General Psychology

3

SOC 111Sociology

3

Program/Major Courses

AGS 101Soil Science

3

AGS 102Agricultural Science

3

AGS 104Introduction to Agribusiness Management

3

AGS 105Principles of Plant Growth

3

AGS 106Vegetable Crop Production

3

AGS 202Agronomic Crops

3

AGS 204Animal Science

3

AGS 230Production Ag Work Experience

3

AGS 240Hydroponics Production

3

AGS 250Greenhouse Crop Production

3

Program/Major Support Courses

POS 215Poultry Production Management

3

SCI 206Pesticide Principles and Applications

3

SCI 223Applied Ecology

3

 

FSY 100Introduction to Food Science

3

Or

FSY 120Technology of Food Processing

3

Select course(s) from:

BIO 140General Biology

4

BIO 150Biology I

4

CHM 100Basic Chemistry

3

CHM 110General Chemistry

4

Select 1 course(s) from:

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

OAT 152Excel

3

OAT 157Word Level I

3

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

AGS 101Soil Science

3

AGS 105Principles of Plant Growth

3

AGS 102Agricultural Science

3

ENG 101Composition I

3

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

Semester 2

ENG 102Composition II

3

Elective
OAT Elective

3

AGS 106Vegetable Crop Production

3

AGS 104Introduction to Agribusiness Management

3

 

FSY 100Introduction to Food Science

3

Or

FSY 120Technology of Food Processing

3

Semester 3

AGS 230Production Ag Work Experience

3

Semester 4

Elective
Social Science Elective

3

SCI 206Pesticide Principles and Applications

3

SCI 223Applied Ecology

3

AGS 250Greenhouse Crop Production

3

AGS 204Animal Science

3

Semester 5

Elective
Social Science Elective

3

Elective
Science Elective

4/3

POS 215Poultry Production Management

3

AGS 240Hydroponics Production

3

AGS 202Agronomic Crops

3

Approved Electives

Select two (2) social science electives.

POL 111Political Science

3

PSY 121General Psychology

3

SOC 111Sociology

3

PSY 100Human Relations

3

ENG 124Oral Communications

3

Select one (1) science elective.

BIO 140General Biology

4

BIO 150Biology I

4

CHM 100Basic Chemistry

3

CHM 110General Chemistry

4

Select one (1) OAT elective.

OAT 157Word Level I

3

OAT 152Excel

3

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 64 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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