Academic Programs Catalog

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Institute of Agricultural Technology

Programs
Agricultural Industries

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.