Academic Programs Catalog

The Agricultural Industries program provides students with in-depth agricultural industry expertise paired with essential business knowledge. Students can apply this knowledge to their own operations or for launching a career in various agricultural sectors. Through both on-campus learning and hands-on experiences, courses provide a background in crop and soil sciences along with agribusiness management. Upon completion of the program, students are often recruited by agricultural businesses within their chosen focus areas or are prepared to lead their own successful organizations. Some common career paths include crop production management; agricultural retail management; agricultural sales (such as seed, fertilizer, chemicals or feed); and crop and agricultural processing or manufacturing.

Requirements for Agricultural Industries

1. The student must complete 42 credits from the following:
2. 1. All of the following courses (15 to 18 credits):
   1. AFRE 100 Economics and Management for the Bioeconomy (3)
   2. AT 145 Agricultural Communications (2)
   3. AT 293 Professional Internship in Agricultural Technology (3 to 6)
   4. CROP 101 Introduction to Crop Science (3)
   5. CROP 101L Introduction to Crop Science Laboratory (1)
   6. CROP 192 Professional Development Seminar I (1)
   7. CROP 292 Career Leadership in Agriculture (2)
3. 2. One of the following courses (2 or 3 credits):
   1. SOIL 203 World of Soils (2)
   2. SOIL 210 Fundamentals of Soil Science (3)
4. 3. Complete one of the following concentrations. The concentration will be noted on the student’s transcript.
   1. Agronomy
   2. 1. All of the following courses (10 credits):
      1. CROP 110 Computer Applications in Agronomy (2)
      2. CROP 126 Introduction to Weed Management (2)
      3. CROP 135 Crop Scouting and Investigation (3)
      4. CROP 212 Advanced Crop Production (2)
      5. CROP 226L Weed Science Laboratory (1)
   3. 2. Complete 4 credits from the following:
      1. CROP 151 Seed and Grain Quality (2)
      2. CROP 201 Forage Crops (3)
      3. ENT 111 Basics of Applied Entomology (2)
      4. PLP105 Fundamentals of Applied Plant Pathology (1)
      5. PLP 105L Fundamentals of Applied Plant Pathology Lab (1)
   4. 3. Complete 7 to 11 elective credits in the college as approved by the program coordinator in the Institute of Agricultural Technology.
   5. Ag Business
   6. 1. All of the following courses (12 credits):
      1. AFRE 130 Foundations of Agribusiness Management (3)
      2. AFRE 203 Data Analysis for Managerial Decision-Making (3)
      3. AFRE 222 Sales for the Bioeconomy (3)
      4. AFRE 232 Commodity Marketing (3)
   7. 2. Complete 3 credits from the following:
      1. AFRE 206 World Food, Population and Poverty (3)
      2. AFRE 240 Product Marketing for the Bioeconomy (3)
   8. 3. Complete 6 to 10 elective credits in the college as approved by the program coordinator in the Institute of Agricultural Technology.
   9. Ag Education
   10. 1. All of the following courses (8 credits):
       1. CEP 240 Introduction to Exceptional Learners (3)
       2. CSUS 200 Introduction to Sustainability (3)
       3. CSUS 222A Seminar in Instructional Theory I - Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Education (1)
       4. CSUS 222B Seminar in Instructional Theory II - Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Education (1)
   11. 2. Complete 6 credits from the following:
       1. ANS 110 Introductory Animal Agriculture (3)
       2. FOR 202 Introduction to Forestry (3)
       3. HRT 203 Introduction to Horticulture (3)
       4. TE 150 Reflections on Learning (3)
   12. 3. Complete 7 to 11 elective credits in the college as approved by the program coordinator in the Institute of Agricultural Technology.
   13. Food Processing and Safety
   14. 1. All of the following courses (16 credits):
       1. AE 153 Engine and Equipment Technology (2)
       2. FSC 113 Basic Commodity Overview of Food Processing and Technology (3)
       3. FSC 114 Food Processing and Technology Facilities Management (3)
       4. FSC 125 Food Processing and Technology Unit Operations (2)
       5. FSC 211 Principles of Food Science (3)
       6. PKG 101 Principles of Packaging (3)
   15. 2. Complete 3 credits from the following:
       1. AE 151 Fabrication Technology (2)
       2. AFRE 203 Data Analysis for Managerial Decision-Making (3)
       3. AFRE 222 Sales for the Bioeconomy (3)
       4. AFRE 240 Product Marketing for the Bioeconomy (3)
       5. FSC 222 Professional Development and Career Planning in Food Science (1)
       6. HNF 150 Introduction to Human Nutrition (3)
   16. 3. Complete 2 to 6 elective credits in the college as approved by the program coordinator in the Institute of Agricultural Technology.