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
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All of the following courses (28 to 31 credits): |
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AFRE |
100 |
Decision-making in the Agri-Food System |
3 |
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AFRE |
130 |
Farm Management I |
3 |
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AT |
45 |
Agricultural Communications |
2 |
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AT |
55 |
Agricultural Finance |
3 |
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AT |
71 |
Technical Mathematics |
2 |
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AT |
214 |
Leadership Development in Agriculture and Natural Resources Industries |
2 |
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AT |
293 |
Professional Internship in Agricultural Technology |
3 to 6 |
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CSS |
101 |
Introduction to Crop Science |
3 |
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CSS |
101L |
Introduction to Crop Science Laboratory |
1 |
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CSS |
110 |
Computer Applications in Agronomy |
2 |
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CSS |
126 |
Introduction to Weed Management |
2 |
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CSS |
192 |
Professional Development Seminar I |
1 |
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CSS |
226L |
Weed Science Laboratory |
1 |
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Two of the following courses (4 to 6 credits): |
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CSS |
120 |
Issues in Food and Agriculture |
3 |
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CSS |
135 |
Crop Scouting and Investigation |
3 |
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CSS |
151 |
Seed and Grain Quality |
2 |
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CSS |
201 |
Forage Crops |
3 |
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CSS |
212 |
Advanced Crop Production |
2 |
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CSS |
222 |
New Horizons in Biotechnology |
2 |
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One of the following courses (3 credits): |
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AFRE |
222 |
Agribusiness and Food Industry Sales |
3 |
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AFRE |
232 |
Commodity Marketing I |
3 |
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One of the following courses (2 or 3 credits): |
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CSS |
203 |
World of Soils |
2 |
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CSS |
210 |
Fundamentals of Soil Science |
3 |
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Complete a minimum of 5 to 11 elective credits in the college as approved by the program coordinator in the Institute of Agricultural Technology. |
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