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Associate in Science Degree - Agricultural Sales and Service - Natural Resource Option

Overview

Degree Requirements:

  • General Education Courses
  • Core Curriculum
  • Option(s) Courses
 Student Learning Outcomes

Agricultural Sales and Service graduates will be able to demonstrate a/an:

  1. Basic proficiency in a wide range of specific approved practices in agricultural production, business, and resource management. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, III, and VI.)
  2. Basic proficiency in the use of financial and GIS computer software. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, III, and VI.)
  3. Ability to develop and implement a herd health program and/or a crop rotational plan for production agriculture. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, III, IV, and VI.)
  4. Ability to develop and use the newest marketing and management tools to make more effective marketing and management decisions. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I, II, III, V, and VI.)
  5. Basic understanding of specific livestock and farm production practices of the Northern Great Plains. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I, II, V, and VI.)

The online courses in the Equine Training option will have substantial attached fees. Contact the Department of Agriculture and Technical Studies for more information.

Career Options

Why should you pursue a Associate in Science Degree - Agricultural Sales and Service: Natural Resource Option?

The natural resource option of the associate degree in agricultural sales and service is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the science involved in managing natural resources often in agricultural settings. Students pursuing this option combine business techniques with knowledge of agricultural production to prepare for further education in the fields of natural resource, range and soils management.

Possible Career Paths

  • Government Service Technician
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
  • Soil Conservation District (SCD)
  • Land Reclamation Technician
  • NGO Environmental Technician

Requirements

Agricultural Sales and Services Core Curriculum

AGEC 241Introduction to Agricultural Economics

3

One course from the following two courses (3 credits):

ANSC 114Introduction to Animal Science

3
ANSC 123Feeds and Feeding

3

One course from the following two courses (3 credits):

BOTE 247Spreadsheet Applications

3
CSCI 200Database Software Applications

3
Total Credit Hours:9

Natural Resource Option

Students pursuing the Natural Resource option combine business techniques with knowledge of agricultural production to prepare for further education in the fields of natural resource, range and soils management.
GEOL 105Physical Geology

3
GEOL 105LPhysical Geology Lab

1
GIS 380Applied Arc GIS

3
H&CE 241Leadership and Presentation Techniques

3
PLSC 110World Food Crops

3
SOIL 210Introduction to Soil Science

4

One pair of courses from the following two pairs of courses (4-5 credits):

BIOL 151General Biology II

3
BIOL 151LGeneral Biology II Lab

1
OR
CHEM 121General Chemistry I

4
CHEM 121LGeneral Chemistry Lab I

1
Total Credit Hours:21-22

Total Credit Hours:30-31