| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| ENG-098 | Communications I + ORENG-098Students will learn the principles of communications by listening, speaking, and writing. Emphasis is placed on communication skills related to the demands of the student's career area.
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| ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway * ORENG-119Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts and writing, revising and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion.
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| ENG-120 | Composition I *ENG-120Students develop a writing process by reading and analyzing texts that illustrate various rhetorical strategies as well as writing, revising and editing short essays. Minimally, students must compose four formal, revised writing assignments, having one reach at least 1,250 words.
| 3.0 | |
| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology ORPSY-271Focuses on psychology as a science, presenting concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy and social psychology.
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| SOS-050 | Human Relations SOS-050Provides an understanding of the human mechanism when associated with interpersonal relationships on the job. Emphasis is placed on vocational problems connected with motivation, communication, perception and how to work with others.
| 2.0 | |
| HED-178 | Responding to Emergencies HED-178The purpose of the American Red Cross Responding to Emergency course is to provide the citizen responder with the knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life.
| 2.0 | |
| AGR-046 | Introduction to Ag Occupations +AGR-046An introduction to the vast, complex business of agriculture, ways of doing business, guides for success of a person in the agricultural business of farm machinery technology, and familiarizes the student with the preparation for agricultural production, business and mechanics jobs.
| 1.0 | |
| MAT-115 | General Education Pathway ORMAT-115Survey of mathematical topics including set theory, consumer/financial math, measurement and statistics. Problem solving projects involving detailed written solutions required. Calculators and computers will be used. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-116. Includes supplemental instruction lab.
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| MAT-116 | General Education Math * ORMAT-116Survey of mathematical topics with emphasis on solutions to real life problems. Topics will include set theory, consumer/financial math, measurement, and statistics. Problem solving projects involving detailed written solutions will be required. Calculators and computers will be used.
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| AGR-040 | Agricultural Mathematics +AGR-040Applications of mathematics as it applies to the operation of grain and livestock farms, agriculture business and agriculture mechanization.
| 2.5 | |
| AGR-050 | Soils + ORAGR-050Planned learning activities and experiences designed to cover soil development, functions of soil minerals, soil types and their class. A major study of soil types in Illinois and Indiana and their conservation practices are included.
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| AGR-205 | Intro/Soil Science *AGR-205Application of the basics in the physical, chemical, and biological aspects in soils. Soils of Illinois and Indiana are emphasized along with concepts of fertility, conservation, and field descriptions.
| 3.5 | |
| AGR-060 | Animal Husbandry + ORAGR-060Prepares students with a basic understanding of livestock care, production and management from selection through breeding and marketing of beef and dairy cattle, swine and sheep. Emphasis is placed on confinement plans and new trends.
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| AGR-206 | Intro/Animal Science AGR-206Focuses on a study of beef, swine, sheep, poultry and horses and the scientific factors affecting nutrition, selection and genetics, products, environment and physiology.
| 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| SPE-111 | Intro to Speech Communication ORSPE-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences.
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| ENG-121 | Composition II * ORENG-121Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
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| ENG-099 | Communications II * +++ENG-099Students will continue to enrich the listening, speaking, and writing skills introduced in Communications I. Emphasis is placed on research, report writing, and communication skills for the upwardly mobile career student.
| 2.0 | |
| CHM-101 | Physical Science II +++CHM-101An introductory discussion of chemical principles. Presents a balance between basic knowledge needed to understand the uses of chemicals and applications of chemicals in everyday life.
| 3.0 | |
| AGR-049 | OSHA/Ag Mach Safety +++AGR-049Provides an intensified study into agricultural machinery safety. Focuses on why agricultural machinery accidents happen, how they can be prevented and how to create a safe working environment. Visual aids are utilized to display effect.
| 1.0 | |
| AGR-152 | Intensive Crop Scouting +++ ORAGR-152Scouting skills are taught with emphasis on insects and plant diseases. Life cycles, prevention and control measures are discussed.
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| AGR-063 | Animal Nutrition +++AGR-063Covers fundamental principles of livestock nutrition with an understanding of the monogastric and ruminant digestive system, essential nutrients, feed ingredients, additives and balancing of rations. Private and commercial feed sales implications are included.
| 2.5 | |
| AGR-041 | Supervised Occupational Exp I +++AGR-041On-the-job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum the degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 3.5 | |
| AGR-111 | Intro to Agriculture Software +++ ORAGR-111Use of computers in farm and agri-business management with emphasis on commercially available software for accounting, budgeting, record keeping and market analysis.
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| AGR-112 | Computer Applic/Agriculture +++AGR-112Covers the effective use of keyboard, manipulating agriculture files, using word processors, spreadsheets, database and presentation software, and discovering available agriculture software for accounting, budgeting, record keeping, and market analysis.
| 2.0 | |
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| 2.0 | |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | ||
| Summer Term | |||
| AGR-042 | Supervised Occupational Exp II ++++AGR-042On-the-job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum the degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 2.5 | |
| AGR-120 | Agriculture Economics ++++ ORAGR-120An introduction to basic economic concepts of the agricultural sector with emphasis on costs, revenue, price determination, supply and demand and farm policy.
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| AGR-207 | Intro/Ag Economics AGR-207Principles of economics applied to problems in agriculture, marketing of agricultural products, agricultural policy and the role of agriculture in the U.S. and world economies.
| 3.0 | |
| AGR-053 | Integrated Pest Management ++++AGR-053Students will develop a working knowledge of agricultural chemicals as they relate to herbicides and insecticides. Students should have a working knowledge of calibration and maintenance of agricultural chemical equipment. Identification of major weed species and their control is emphasized.
| 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
8.5 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| AGR-052 | Principles of Crop Production + ORAGR-052Designed to develop needed skills involved in production of the major field crops in central Illinois and Indiana. Plant growth, crop choice, tillage, planting and sowing for maximum yields are emphasized.
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| AGR-204 | Prin/Field Crop Science +++AGR-204Designed to develop a working and scientific knowledge of modern crop production as a germination, growth, reproduction, tillage and weed control of agricultural field crops. Emphasis is also placed on fertility, diseases and insects.
| 3.0 | |
| AGR-151 | GPS/Applications in Ag +AGR-151This class is designed to provide students the opportunity to become familiar with global positioning systems as they relate to agriculture and develop a working knowledge of variable rate systems.
| 3.0 | |
| AGR-043 | Supv Occup Exp III +AGR-043On-the-job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum the degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 3.0 | |
| AGR-131 | Agriculture Business Financing +AGR-131Covers the use, sources, and methods of obtaining credit as it applies to farming and the farm supply business.
| 2.0 | |
| AGR-134 | Business Analysis/Records +AGR-134An analytical approach to financial statements and records of agricultural business, implications and decisions made on the basis of these records.
| 2.0 | |
Semester Totals |
13.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| POS-160 | American National Government POS-160The fundamental principles of the American Government are summarized. Such topics as federalism, civil liberties, citizenship, parties and elections, the Presidency, Congress, Judiciary and national policies and politics are discussed within the framework of the American Constitutional system.
| 3.0 | |
| AGR-044 | Supv Occup Exp IV +++AGR-044On-the-job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum the degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 3.5 | |
| AGR-123 | Marketing of Ag Products +++AGR-123An introductory course covering farm marketing strategies, futures markets, cash markets for livestock and grain, and general problems in pricing major agricultural commodities.
| 2.5 | |
| AGR-132 | Retailing/Agri Supplies +++AGR-132Covers the practical application of retailing as it affects farm business supplies by divisions merchandising, sales, promotion, personnel control and operation.
| 2.0 | |
| AGR-133 | Agriculture Salesmanship +++AGR-133Covers the basic principles underlying the sales process in agricultural farm supply and practical application and development of sales techniques. Basic to the course is an understanding of the salesperson's obligation to self, his or her company, and his or her customer.
| 2.5 | |
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| .5 | |
Semester Totals |
14.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 68.5 | ||
| Suggested Electives | |||
| AGR-051 | Soil Fertility +++AGR-051Enables those involved with soils and crops to make intelligent and efficient use of fertilizer materials available.
| 2.5 | |
| BUS-085 | Accounting Process BUS-085Develops a foundation and a working knowledge of the basic accounting procedures. Students will work through the accounting cycle.
| 1.0 | |
| CIS-094 | Excel CIS-094The basics of the Excel software package will be covered. This includes spreadsheet basics, formulas, functions, charting, data management, and collaborative tools. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 2.0 | |
| BUS-095 | Fundamentals of Accounting BUS-095An introduction to basic accounting principles and techniques designed to give the student a general knowledge of accounting practices and terminology. Students will work through the accounting cycle for both a service and retail business.
| 3.0 | |
| CIS-054 | PowerPoint CIS-054Introduction to the graphic presentation software PowerPoint. The basics of PowerPoint will be covered including creating, editing, and formatting slides. Adding graphic elements, animation and illustrations will also be covered. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 2.0 | |
| Suggested Electives | |||
| AGR-051 | Soil Fertility +++AGR-051Enables those involved with soils and crops to make intelligent and efficient use of fertilizer materials available.
| 2.5 | |
| BUS-085 | Accounting Process BUS-085Develops a foundation and a working knowledge of the basic accounting procedures. Students will work through the accounting cycle.
| 1.0 | |
| CIS-094 | Excel CIS-094The basics of the Excel software package will be covered. This includes spreadsheet basics, formulas, functions, charting, data management, and collaborative tools. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 2.0 | |
| BUS-095 | Fundamentals of Accounting BUS-095An introduction to basic accounting principles and techniques designed to give the student a general knowledge of accounting practices and terminology. Students will work through the accounting cycle for both a service and retail business.
| 3.0 | |
| CIS-054 | PowerPoint CIS-054Introduction to the graphic presentation software PowerPoint. The basics of PowerPoint will be covered including creating, editing, and formatting slides. Adding graphic elements, animation and illustrations will also be covered. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 2.0 | |
| Suggested Electives | |||
| AGR-051 | Soil Fertility +++AGR-051Enables those involved with soils and crops to make intelligent and efficient use of fertilizer materials available.
| 2.5 | |
| BUS-085 | Accounting Process BUS-085Develops a foundation and a working knowledge of the basic accounting procedures. Students will work through the accounting cycle.
| 1.0 | |
| CIS-094 | Excel CIS-094The basics of the Excel software package will be covered. This includes spreadsheet basics, formulas, functions, charting, data management, and collaborative tools. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 2.0 | |
| BUS-095 | Fundamentals of Accounting BUS-095An introduction to basic accounting principles and techniques designed to give the student a general knowledge of accounting practices and terminology. Students will work through the accounting cycle for both a service and retail business.
| 3.0 | |
| CIS-054 | PowerPoint CIS-054Introduction to the graphic presentation software PowerPoint. The basics of PowerPoint will be covered including creating, editing, and formatting slides. Adding graphic elements, animation and illustrations will also be covered. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 2.0 | |