| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway ORENG-119 Students 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.
Composition I Pathway Course Outline | ||
| ENG-120 | Composition I ENG-120 Students 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.
Composition I Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| BIO-100 | Bio Science I BIO-100 This course provides an introduction to the fundamental processes and structures common to all living things along with their applications to society.
Bio Science I Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| MAT-130 | College Algebra MAT-130 Review of the real number system, radicals, equations, and exponents, relations and functions, logarithms, complex numbers, polynomials, and theory of equations. A graphing calculator is required. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendation.
College Algebra Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology ORPSY-271 Focuses 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.
Intr/Psychology Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
| AGR-206 | Intro/Animal Science AGR-206 Focuses on a study of beef, swine, sheep, poultry and horses and the scientific factors affecting nutrition, selection and genetics, products, environment and physiology.
Intro/Animal Science Course Outline | 4.0 | |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| ENG-121 | Composition II ENG-121 Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
Composition II Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| MAT-211 | Math Analysis ORMAT-211 This course covers mathematical analysis of polynomial calculus with applications to business and social sciences. It includes the mathematics of finance, techniques and applications of differentiation and integration, optimization theory and area. Graphing calculator required.
Math Analysis Course Outline | ||
| MAT-210 | Finite Mathematics MAT-210 An introduction to Finite Mathematics, matrices, linear systems of equations and inequalities, linear programming, counting theory and probability.
Finite Mathematics Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| AGR-205 | Intro/Soil Science AGR-205 Application 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.
Intro/Soil Science Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| ECO-231 | Principles of Economics I (Macro) ORECO-231 Focuses on the nature and method of economics, basic supply and demand analysis, national income accounting, business cycles, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy, money and banking and monetary policy.
Principles of Economics I (Macro) Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
| ART-250 | Understanding Art ORART-250 A survey of the visual arts from Ancient to contemporary times, an understanding the major cultural and historical relationships to the art forms.
Understanding Art Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Fine Arts --- ---
IAI Fine Arts | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| COM-111 | Intro to Speech Communication COM-111 Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selecting, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence and points of view to audiences.
Intro to Speech Communication Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| CHM-120 | General, Organic and Biochemistry I ORCHM-120 Fundamentals of inorganic chemistry including history, atomic theory, bonding, stoichiometry, gases, solids, solutions, chemical equilibria, acids, bases, salts, pH and electrochemistry.
General, Organic and Biochemistry I Course Outline | ||
| CHM-150 | General Chemistry I CHM-150 General principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include atomic theory, bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws and thermochemistry.
General Chemistry I Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| AGR-208 | Intro/Ag Mechanization ORAGR-208 Study of problems and laboratory exercises pointing to present and potential engineering applications in agriculture are presented. Emphasis is placed on farm power and machinery, soil and water control, electricity and structures.
Intro/Ag Mechanization Course Outline | ||
| HRT-201 | Introduction to Horticulture HRT-201 A study and introduction to the principles and practices involved in the development, production and use of horticultural crops (fruits, vegetables, greenhouse, turf, nursery, floral and landscape). Course will include a broad overview of the green industry, including propagation, production and design.
Introduction to Horticulture Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| AGR-207 | Intro/Ag Economics AGR-207 Principles 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.
Intro/Ag Economics Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| HIS-250 | Western Civil to 1660 ORHIS-250 A survey of the political, economic, cultural and social development of Western Civilization to 1660. Topics include prehistory, ancient near east, Greco-Roman world, Germanic migrations, Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation and the beginnings of the Modern World.
Western Civil to 1660 Course Outline | ||
| HIS-252 | West Civil/1660-Present ORHIS-252 Survey of Western Civilization with topics including absolutism, the rise of modern science, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Age of Ideology, Imperialism, the Russian Revolutions, World War I, the Rise of Totalitarianism, World War II and the Contemporary Age.
West Civil/1660-Present Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Humanities/Fine Arts --- ---
IAI Humanities/Fine Arts | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| CHM-121 | General, Organic and Biochemistry II ORCHM-121 Study of organic and biological chemistry for students in allied health programs, agriculture, forestry and other majors with comparable requirements.
General, Organic and Biochemistry II Course Outline | ||
| CHM-151 | General Chemistry II CHM-151 Continuation of the general principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include solids/liquids, solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
General Chemistry II Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| HIS-153 | History/Culture of Non-Western Civ. ORHIS-153 The course introduces students to the history and culture of non-Western civilizations from ancient to modern times. It focuses upon broad themes in history and culture and will examine those themes in each major historical era.
History/Culture of Non-Western Civ. Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Humanities/Fine Arts --- ---
IAI Humanities/Fine Arts | 3.0 | |
| AGR-204 | Prin/Field Crop Science AGR-204 Designed 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.
Prin/Field Crop Science Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| POS-160 | American National Government ORPOS-160 The 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.
American National Government Course Outline | ||
| SOC-286 | Racial and Ethnic Groups ORSOC-286 An examination of American racial and ethnic diversity with an attempt to understand racial and ethnic relations. The examination is made emphasizing the sociological perspective while including material from the other social sciences.
Racial and Ethnic Groups Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
14.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 64.0 | ||
| Suggested Electives | |||
| AGR-201 | Intro/Agriculture Education AGR-201 An introduction to Agricultural Education programs including: delivery systems and policies, teaching in school and non-school settings, types of Agricultural Education, program components, approaches to teaching, teacher characteristics, community relationships, educational change and innovation, trends and developments in Agricultural Education.
Intro/Agriculture Education Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| AGR-064 | Beef/Dairy Production Skills AGR-064 Prepares students with the necessary skills required in modern cattle production, the different methods and tools used to perform these skills and a close inspection of handling facilities.
Beef/Dairy Production Skills Course Outline | 1.5 | |
| AGR-065 | A.I. Management-Cattle AGR-065 Provide a basic understanding of reproductive physiology and trains individuals to artificially inseminate beef or dairy cattle. Explains and gives hands-on experience in actual insemination producers.
A.I. Management-Cattle Course Outline | 1.5 | |
| AGR-071 | Swine Reproduction and A.I. AGR-071 Trains individuals to understand reproductive physiology, semen collection and artificial insemination.
Swine Reproduction and A.I. Course Outline | 1.0 | |
| AGR-067 | Livestock Merchandising I AGR-067 This course is a study in the planning and execution of a successful online livestock sale, including topics on the diverse options of merchandising purebred and commercial livestock.
Livestock Merchandising I Course Outline | 1.5 | |