Agriculture, Occupational Certificate
Over the past several years, the need for well-trained entry-level agricultural technicians has greatly increased. To meet this need, this program is offered for those wishing to pursue this occupation which, upon completion, will enable the student to become employable. The course work contained in the certificate may be applied to the A.A.S. degree in Applied Agriculture.
Courses
- ACC 211 — Financial Accounting
- AGB 230 — Agricultural Business Management
- AGS 101 — Agriculture - Solving the Problems of the World
- AGS 170 — Agriculture - Basic Tractor Operations and Safety
- AGS 201 — Food Safety Practices and Managment
- AGS 220 — Food Safety in Facilities
- AGS 296 — Agricultural Internship
- BIO 181 — General Biology
- ECN 250 — Principles of Microeconomics
- GLG 101 — Introduction to Geology 1 (Physical)
- PLS 100 — Plant Science
- PLS 110 — Chemical Applications Using Integrated Pest Management
- PLS 200 — Introduction to Integrated Pest Management
- PLS 211 — Soils
- PLS 220 — Crop Water Use, Evapotranspiration, and Irrigation
- PLS 230 — Basic Crop Fertility
- PLS 240 — Plant Propagation
- PLS 290 — Vegetable Crop Production