Agriculture Business, A.A.S.

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Program Code: AG151

The Agriculture Business program is a two-year program designed to prepare individuals for jobs in the rapidly expanding field of agriculture supply, distribution and service. Students prepare for a career in selling and retailing agriculture supplies, providing services to farmers regarding the use of agriculture supplies, including applications of Global Positioning Systems, conducting agriculture research and quality control, and operating and managing an agriculture business. Students will receive training in the latest developments in technical agriculture as well as general college subjects and actual work experience in agriculture business through the supervised occupational experience program.

In addition to the broad base of study, the AAS degree program includes 18 weeks of a paid internship work experience in a related agricultural business.*

For further information from the US Department of Labor, go to: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers.htm.

*Students are placed in these work experience programs.

General Education Requirements: 15 Semester Hours

ENG 101 - Rhetoric or ENG 130 - Technical Writing and Communication Students may substitute ENG 102 or ENG 230 for either of the above courses.
COMM 101 - Principles of Speech Communication
Select one course from Group II: Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 hrs.

Select one course from Group IV: Math/Sciences - 3 hrs.

Select one course from Groups I - V: General Education - 3 hrs.

Major Core Requirements: 27 Semester Hours

Major Core Electives (Select with approval of adviser from courses listed below): 15 Semester Hours

Department Electives: 7 Semester Hours

Select 7 hours from any courses with AGRI prefix.

Total Required Hours 64

For further information related to Gainful Employment Information, please refer to http://www.jjc.edu/institutional-research/Pages/GainfulEmploymentDisclosure.aspx.

Includes Online Courses

This program includes the option for distance education courses (online and/or hybrid).