Agriculture Associate in Science: Agricultural Communications

Program 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
AGRI 1101 Ag Orientation (fall only) 1
Humanities ART, ENGL, HUM, MUS, PHIL 3
AGRI 2113 or CMSC 1223 Ag Computers or Bus App Software 3
Total 16
 
Freshman 2nd Semester
ENGL 1213 English Composition II 3
POLS 1113 U.S. Government 3
Life Science w/ Lab Biology w/ Lab 4
AGRN 1124 Intro to Soils (spring only) 4
AGRI 2301 Ag Service Learning 1
AGRI 2302 Ag Livestock Photography (spring only) 2
Total 17
 
Sophomore 1st Semester
Physical Science w/ Lab Gen Chem w/ Lab 5
SPCH 1113 Fund. of Speech 3
Humanities ART, ENGL, HUM, MUS, PHIL 3
MATH 1613 or MATH 2193 Trigonometry or Elementary Statistics 3
AGRI 2103 Communications in Ag (fall only) 3
Total 17
 
Sophomore 2nd Semester
AGRI 2193 Ag Internship 3
AGEC 1373 Intro to Ag Econ 3
ACCT 2173 Financial Accounting 3
AGRI 2303 Ag Leadership (spring only) 3
AGEC 2143 Principles of Ag Marketing ((spring only) 3
Total 15

General Requirements: Total hours to complete degree 65 • Minimum 2.0 GPA

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 five option areas of study: Agribusiness, Agricultural Communications, Agricultural Education, General Agriculture, or Animal Sciences.