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Agriculture Business, A.A.S.


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JJC Program Code: AG151

ICCB Program Code: AGRI 0006
CIP Code: 01.0103
SOC Code: 11-9013.02
  • Two-year program
  • Designed to prepare you for jobs in the rapidly expanding field of agriculture supply, distribution and service
  • Prepare for a career:
    • selling and retailing agriculture supplies
    • providing services to farmers regarding the use of agriculture supplies, including GPS applications, conducting agriculture research and quality control, and operating and managing an agriculture business.
  • 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
  • Includes 18 weeks of a paid internship work experience in a related agricultural business.*

    More Information
    US Department of Labor 

*Students are placed in these work experience programs.

General Education Requirements: 15 Semester Hours


Department Electives: 7 Semester Hours


Select 7 hours from any courses with AGRI prefix.

Total Required Hours 64


Includes Online Courses


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

Completion Guide


Graduation Requirements


Graduation Requirements

To be awarded an Associate degree at Joliet Junior College, each student must meet the following requirements:

1. Satisfy all admissions requirements.

2. Complete the courses required to earn the given degree. If the student is a transfer student with coursework taken elsewhere, he/she must complete a minimum of 60

credit hours of which 15 credit hours applicable to the degree are earned at JJC. Proficiency test, CLEP, and Advanced Placement does not meet this requirement.

3. Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.

4. Discharge all financial obligations to the College and have no restrictions.

5. File an application for graduation. An application should be filed at the time of registration for the student’s anticipated last semester.

6. Have all official transcripts from other college/universities on file in the Graduation Office by the graduation filing date for evaluation of credit. A delay in the process

may result in a later graduation date.

 

To be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, Certificate of Completion, or Occupational Certificate at JJC, each student must meet the following requirements:

1. Satisfy all admission requirements.

2. Complete the courses required to earn the chosen certificate. Complete a minimum of 1-8 credit hours (Occupational Certificate),  4-29 credit hours (Certificate of Completion) or 30-50 credit hours (Certificate of Achievement). If the student is a transfer student with coursework taken elsewhere, he/she must complete a minimum of 25% of the total required credit hours applicable to the certificate at JJC. Proficiency test, CLEP, and Advanced Placement do not meet this requirement.

3. Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in the area of concentration.

4. Discharge all financial obligations to the college and have no restrictions.

5. File an application for graduation. An application should be filed at the time of registration for the student’s anticipated last semester.

6. Have all official transcripts from other college/universities on file in the Graduation Office by the graduation filing date for evaluation of credit. A delay in the process

may result in a later graduation date.

Contact Information


Department Chairperson 

Program Coordinator 

Program Advisor 

Name: Brad Angus 

Name: 

Name:  Tammy Miller

Email:  bangus@jjc.edu

Email:  

Email:  tmiller@jjc.edu

Phone: 815-280-2673

Phone: 

Phone: 815-280-2424

 

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