General Requirements: Total Hours: 62 Minimum GPA: 2.0
Program Description: The Associate in Science degree program is designed to lay a foundation in Agriculture studies and meet the needs of students to continue education at a four-year university. Students have a choice to select one of six (6) option areas of study: Agribusiness, Agricultural Communications, Agriculture Education, Agroecology, Animal Science, or General Agriculture.
| General Agriculture Option Requirements: 15 hours | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Min. Hours | Course Code | Course Description |
| Agriculture Sciences | 15 | ACCT 2173 | Financial Accounting |
| AGEC 2113 | Farm and Ranch Management | ||
| AGEC 2143 | Principles of Agricultural Marketing | ||
| AGRI 2103 | Communication in Agriculture | ||
| AGRI 2303 | Agriculture Leadership | ||
| AGRI 2301 | Service Learning in Agriculture | ||
| AGRN 2333 | Range and Pasture Management | ||
| ANSI 1124 | Introduction to Animal Science | ||
| ANSI 1213 | Livestock Production | ||
| ANSI 2023 | Meat & Carcass Evaluation | ||
| ANSI 2112 | Livestock Eval. & Selection | ||
| ANSI 2123 | Livestock Feeding | ||
| ANSI 2133 | Advanced Livestock Evaluation & Selection | ||
| ANSI 2142 | Artificial Insemination | ||
| ANSI 2143 | Anatomy/Physiology of Reproduction | ||
| ANSI 2163 | Beef Production | ||
Plan of Study
| Course Code | Course Description | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman 1st Semester | ||
| ENGL 1113 | English Composition I | 3 |
| HIST 1483 or HIST 1493 | U.S. HIST to 1877 or U.S. HIST 1877-Pres | 3 |
| MATH 1513 | College Algebra | 3 |
| COL 1111 | College Success | 1 |
| AGRN 1214 | Intro to Plant Science | 4 |
| Total | 14 | |
| Freshman 2nd Semester | ||
| ENGL 1213 | English Composition II | 3 |
| POLS 1113 | U.S. Government | 3 |
| BISC 1114 | Biology w/ Lab | 4 |
| Gen Ag (3) | Select 3 hr course from list | 3 |
| Humanities | Choose 1 from Humanities list | 3 |
| AGRI 2301 or AGRI 2302 | Ag Service Learning or Ag Livestock Photography | 1-2 |
| Total | 17-18 | |
| Sophomore 1st Semester | ||
| CHEM 1315 | Gen Chem w/ Lab | 5 |
| SPCH 1113 | Fund. of Speech | 3 |
| Humanities | Choose 1 from Humanities list | 3 |
| MATH 1613 or MATH 2193 | Trigonometry or Statistics | 3 |
| Gen Ag (3) | Select 3 hr course from list | 3 |
| Total | 17 | |
| Sophomore 2nd Semester | ||
| AGRI 2193 | Ag Internship | 3 |
| AGEC 1373 | Intro Ag Econ | 3 |
| Gen Ag (9) | Select (6 hrs) from list | 9 |
| Total | 15 | |