Production Agriculture
Associate Degree Program
Production agriculture involves the growing and marketing of plants and livestock. A thorough knowledge of marketing, management, and finance combined with production skills prepares students for a career as an agricultural producer.
Offered at the following campus(es): Georgetown
What You Can Do
In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:
- Agricultural/marketing service USDA and state government
- Chemical applicator
- Conservation agronomist
- Consumer safety inspector
- Natural resources conservation service
- Production agriculture management trainee
- Production agriculture salesperson
- Production manager
- Soil conservation technician
- USDA and state animal and plant health inspector
What You Will Learn
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Apply basic agribusiness management procedures to production and marketing of agriculture products.
- Integrate pest management procedures into crop production techniques.
- Demonstrate production techniques related to sustainable agriculture.
- Demonstrate scheduling, production, marketing, harvesting, and safe handling of crops.
- Describe the importance of poultry, livestock, and crop production to the agriculture industry.
- Assess breeding, care, and nutrition of livestock animals.
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Suggested Pathway to Graduation
Semester 1
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
SSC 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
AGS 101 | Soil Science | 3 |
AGS 105 | Principles of Plant Growth | 3 |
AGS 102 | Agricultural Science | 3 |
ENG 101 | Composition I | 3 |
Elective | OAT Elective | 3 |
Semester 2
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ENG 102 | Composition II | 3 |
MAT 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
AGS 106 | Vegetable Crop Production | 3 |
AGS 104 | Introduction to Agribusiness Management | 3 |
Elective | Social Science Elective | 3 |
Semester 3
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
AGS 230 | Production Ag Work Experience | 3 |
Semester 4
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Elective | Social Science Elective | 3 |
SCI 206 | Pesticide Principles and Applications | 3 |
AGS 250 | Greenhouse Crop Production | 3 |
AGS 204 | Animal Science | 3 |
Semester 5
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ENG 124 | Oral Communications | 3 |
Elective | Science Elective | 4/3 |
POS 215 | Poultry Production Management | 3 |
AGS 240 | Hydroponics Production | 3 |
AGS 225 | Agriculture Seminar | 3 |
Approved Electives
Select two (2) social science electives.
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
POL 111 | Political Science | 3 |
PSY 121 | General Psychology | 3 |
SOC 111 | Sociology | 3 |
PSY 100 | Human Relations | 3 |
Select one (1) science elective.
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
BIO 140 | General Biology | 4 |
BIO 150 | Biology I | 4 |
CHM 110 | General Chemistry | 4 |
Select one (1) OAT elective.
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
OAT 157 | Word Level I | 3 |
OAT 152 | Excel | 3 |
CIS 107 | Introduction to Computers/Application | 3 |
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 64 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).
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Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?
This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!
This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.
Daniele Kidd
Department Chair, Instructor,
and Program Advisor
dkidd@firstnews-extra.com
(302) 259-6444
This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.