| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| ENG-120 | Composition I * ORENG-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 | ||
| ENG-098 | Communications I +ENG-098 Students will learn the principles of communication by listening, speaking and writing. Emphasis is placed on communication skills related to the demands of the student's career area.
Communications I 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 | ||
| SOS-050 | Human Relations SOS-050 Provides 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.
Human Relations Course Outline | 2.0 | |
| HED-178 | Responding to Emergencies HED-178 The 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.
Responding to Emergencies Course Outline | 2.0 | |
| AGR-046 | Introduction to Ag Occupations +AGR-046 An 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.
Introduction to Ag Occupations Course Outline | 1.0 | |
| AGR-040 | Agricultural Mathematics + ORAGR-040 Applications of mathematics as it applies to the operation of grain and livestock farms, agriculture business and agriculture mechanization.
Agricultural Mathematics Course Outline | ||
| MAT-116 | General Education Math *MAT-116 Survey 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.
General Education Math Course Outline | 2.5 | |
| AGR-050 | Soils + ORAGR-050 Planned 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.
Soils Course Outline | ||
| 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 | 3.5 | |
| AGR-060 | Animal Husbandry + ORAGR-060 Prepares 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.
Animal Husbandry Course Outline | ||
| 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 | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| SPE-111 | Intro to Speech Communication ORSPE-111 Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences.
Intro to Speech Communication Course Outline | ||
| ENG-121 | Composition II * ORENG-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 | ||
| ENG-099 | Communications II *+++ENG-099 Students 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.
Communications II Course Outline | 2.0 | |
| CHM-101 | Physical Science II +++CHM-101 An 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.
Physical Science II Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| AGR-049 | OSHA/Ag Mach Safety +++AGR-049 Provides 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.
OSHA/Ag Mach Safety Course Outline | 1.0 | |
| AGR-152 | Intensive Crop Scouting +++ ORAGR-152 Scouting skills are taught with emphasis on insects and plant diseases. Life cycles, prevention and control measures are discussed.
Intensive Crop Scouting Course Outline | ||
| AGR-063 | Animal Nutrition +++AGR-063 Covers 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.
Animal Nutrition Course Outline | 2.5 | |
| AGR-041 | Supervised Occupational Exp I +++AGR-041 On-the-job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum the degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
Supervised Occupational Exp I Course Outline | 3.5 | |
| AGR-111 | Intro to Agriculture Software +++ ORAGR-111 Use of computers in farm and agri-business management with emphasis on commercially available software for accounting, budgeting, record keeping and market analysis.
Intro to Agriculture Software Course Outline | ||
| AGR-112 | Computer Applic/Agriculture +++AGR-112 Covers 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.
Computer Applic/Agriculture Course Outline | 2.0 | |
| --- --- | Elective **--- ---
Elective | 2.0 | |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | ||
| Summer Term | |||
| AGR-042 | Supervised Occupational Exp II ++++AGR-042 On-the-job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum the degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
Supervised Occupational Exp II Course Outline | 2.5 | |
| AGR-120 | Agriculture Economics ++++ ORAGR-120 An introduction to basic economic concepts of the agricultural sector with emphasis on costs, revenue, price determination, supply and demand and farm policy.
Agriculture Economics Course Outline | ||
| 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 | 3.0 | |
| AGR-053 | Integrated Pest Management ++++AGR-053 Students 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.
Integrated Pest Management Course Outline | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
8.5 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| AGR-052 | Principles of Crop Production + ORAGR-052 Designed 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.
Principles of Crop Production Course Outline | ||
| 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 | 3.0 | |
| AGR-151 | GPS/Applications in Ag +AGR-151 This 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.
GPS/Applications in Ag Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| AGR-043 | Supv Occup Exp III +AGR-043 On-the-job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum the degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
Supv Occup Exp III Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| AGR-131 | Agriculture Business Financing +AGR-131 Covers the use, sources, and methods of obtaining credit as it applies to farming and the farm supply business.
Agriculture Business Financing Course Outline | 2.0 | |
| AGR-134 | Business Analysis/Records +AGR-134 An analytical approach to financial statements and records of agricultural business, implications and decisions made on the basis of these records.
Business Analysis/Records Course Outline | 2.0 | |
Semester Totals |
13.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| POS-160 | American National Government POS-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 | 3.0 | |
| AGR-044 | Supv Occup Exp IV +++AGR-044 On-the-job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum the degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
Supv Occup Exp IV Course Outline | 3.5 | |
| AGR-123 | Marketing of Ag Products +++AGR-123 An introductory course covering farm marketing strategies, futures markets, cash markets for livestock and grain, and general problems in pricing major agricultural commodities.
Marketing of Ag Products Course Outline | 2.5 | |
| AGR-132 | Retailing/Agri Supplies +++AGR-132 Covers the practical application of retailing as it affects farm business supplies by divisions merchandising, sales, promotion, personnel control and operation.
Retailing/Agri Supplies Course Outline | 2.0 | |
| AGR-133 | Agriculture Salesmanship +++AGR-133 Covers 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.
Agriculture Salesmanship Course Outline | 2.5 | |
| --- --- | Elective --- ---
Elective | .5 | |
Semester Totals |
14.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 68.5 | ||
| Suggested Electives | |||
| AGR-051 | Soil Fertility +++AGR-051 Enables those involved with soils and crops to make intelligent and efficient use of fertilizer materials available.
Soil Fertility Course Outline | 2.5 | |
| BUS-085 | Accounting Process BUS-085 Develops a foundation and a working knowledge of the basic accounting procedures. Students will work through the accounting cycle.
Accounting Process Course Outline | 1.0 | |
| CIS-094 | Excel CIS-094 The basics of the Excel software package will be covered. This includes spreadsheet basics, formulas, functions, charting, data management and collaborative tools. (Repeatable 3 Times)
Excel Course Outline | 2.0 | |
| BUS-095 | Fundamentals of Accounting BUS-095 An 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.
Fundamentals of Accounting Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| CIS-054 | PowerPoint CIS-054 Introduction 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)
PowerPoint Course Outline | 2.0 | |