Length: 7 terms (21 months)
Degree: Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.)
The Sustainable Agriculture/Entrepreneurship program is designed to provide area landowners, farmers, and young adults with access to land the entrepreneurial skills necessary to start a new or further develop an existing land-based business. You can pursue an Associate in Applied Science degree or limit your coursework to particular areas of interest.
Many people who pursue the A.A.S. degree or certificate in Sustainable Agriculture/Entrepreneurship plan to apply these skills to their own agriculture business or work for an agriculture-related business. Others will choose to continue their education by transferring to a four-year college or university.
Course Schedule
| Catalog Number |
Course Name | Credits |
| Term I | ||
| AGA154 | Fundamentals of Soil Science | 3 |
| BIO101 | Introductory Biology | 2 |
| BIO103 | Introductory Biology Lab | 1 |
| CSC105 | Computer Essentials | 1 |
| ENV142 | Natural Resources | 3 |
| MAT156 | Statistics | 3 |
| Total | 13 | |
| Term II | ||
| AGA450 | Issues in Sustainable Agriculture | 3 |
| AGN127 | Agrarian Systems and Ecology | 3 |
| AGP450 | Fundamentals of GIS | 3 |
| CHM121 | Introduction to General Chemistry OR CHM157 Principles of Chemistry I | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| Term III | ||
| AGA114 | Principles of Agronomy | 3 |
| AGA455 | Organic Crop Production * | 3 |
| AGN130 | Soil and Water Conservation | 3 |
| AGS113 | Survey of Animal Industry | 3 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | |
| Term IV | ||
| AGB230 | Land Management: Experiences * | 6 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Total | 9 | |
| Term V | ||
| AGN115 | Integrated Agroforestry | 3 |
| AGN120 | Wildlife and Agriculture * | 3 |
| AGS216 | Equine Science | 3 |
| ENG105 | Composition I | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| Term VI | ||
| AGB212 | Agriculture Law and Taxation | 3 |
| AGN125 | Woodland Management * | 3 |
| BUS130 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MKT140 | Principles of Selling * | 3 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | |
| Term VII | ||
| ACC118 | Introduction to Accounting Systems | 3 |
| AGB235 | Introdcution to Agriculture Markets | 3 |
| AGB949 | Special Topics | 2 |
| AGS226 | Beef Cattle Science | 3 |
| Total | 11 |
Students choosing the transfer option will take the courses below in place of the courses indicated with *:
| Catalog Number |
Course Name | Credits |
| ENG106 | Composition II | 3 |
| SPC112 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts elective | 3 | |
| Literature elective | 3 | |
| Social Science elective | 3 | |
| and one of the following: | ||
| HIS110 | Western Civlization: Ancient to Modern | 3 |
| HIS111 | Western Civilization: Early Modern to Present | 3 |
| HIS151 | U.S. History: to 1877 | 3 |
| HIS152 | U.S. History: since 1877 | 3 |
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