The Agricultural Industries program is designed to provide students in gaining in-depth agricultural industry and business knowledge to apply to their own operation or to launch a career in the industry. Students have the flexibility to focus on agronomy, horticulture, animal science or agricultural business through integration of hands-on laboratory learning and classroom formats. Students who are interested may be eligible to transfer into a four-year degree program at MSU upon completion of the certificate.
Requirements for Agricultural Industries
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The student must complete 48 credits from the following: |
|
1. |
All of the following courses (28 to 31 credits): |
|
|
AFRE |
100 |
Decision-making in the Agri-Food System |
3 |
|
AFRE |
130 |
Farm Management I |
3 |
|
AT |
45 |
Agricultural Communications |
2 |
|
AT |
55 |
Agricultural Finance |
3 |
|
AT |
71 |
Technical Mathematics |
2 |
|
AT |
214 |
Leadership Development in Agriculture and Natural Resources Industries |
2 |
|
AT |
293 |
Professional Internship in Agricultural Technology |
3 to 6 |
|
CSS |
101 |
Introduction to Crop Science |
3 |
|
CSS |
101L |
Introduction to Crop Science Laboratory |
1 |
|
CSS |
110 |
Computer Applications in Agronomy |
2 |
|
CSS |
126 |
Introduction to Weed Management |
2 |
|
CSS |
192 |
Professional Development Seminar I |
1 |
|
CSS |
226L |
Weed Science Laboratory |
1 |
2. |
Two of the following courses (4 to 6 credits): |
|
|
CSS |
120 |
Issues in Food and Agriculture |
3 |
|
CSS |
135 |
Crop Scouting and Investigation |
3 |
|
CSS |
151 |
Seed and Grain Quality |
2 |
|
CSS |
201 |
Forage Crops |
3 |
|
CSS |
212 |
Advanced Crop Production |
2 |
|
CSS |
222 |
New Horizons in Biotechnology |
2 |
3. |
One of the following courses (3 credits): |
|
|
AFRE |
222 |
Agribusiness and Food Industry Sales |
3 |
|
AFRE |
232 |
Commodity Marketing I |
3 |
4. |
One of the following courses (2 or 3 credits): |
|
|
CSS |
203 |
World of Soils |
2 |
|
CSS |
210 |
Fundamentals of Soil Science |
3 |
5. |
Complete a minimum of 5 to 11 elective credits in the college as approved by the program coordinator in the Institute of Agricultural Technology. |
|