Agriculture Business & Supply (AAS.AGBUS)

This core curriculum is designed for those students who are planning a career in fertilizer, pest management, agri-business sales, management or ownership in these areas. While this curriculum is designed for agricultural business, it also provides transferability to Southern Illinois-Carbondale, Western Illinois and Illinois State universities.

Note: Those students that are considering transferring to a university should contact their advisor as soon as possible.

Program requirements may change over time. Specific degree/graduation requirements are determined by a degree audit.
Catalog Term Year: 2020 Spring
FIRST YEAR
First Semester
Hours
ENG-120
Composition I 
* OR
ENG-098
Communications I 
+
3.0
PSY-271
Intr/Psychology 
OR
SOS-050
Human Relations 
2.0
HED-178
Responding to Emergencies 
2.0
AGR-046
Introduction to Ag Occupations 
+
1.0
AGR-040
Agricultural Mathematics 
+ OR
MAT-116
General Education Math 
*
2.5
AGR-050
Soils 
+ OR
AGR-205
Intro/Soil Science 
*
3.5
AGR-060
Animal Husbandry 
+ OR
AGR-206
Intro/Animal Science 
3.0

Semester Totals
17.0
Second Semester
SPE-111
Intro to Speech Communication 
OR
ENG-121
Composition II 
* OR
ENG-099
Communications II 
*+++
2.0
CHM-101
Physical Science II 
+++
3.0
AGR-049
OSHA/Ag Mach Safety 
+++
1.0
AGR-152
Intensive Crop Scouting 
+++ OR
AGR-063
Animal Nutrition 
+++
2.5
AGR-041
Supervised Occupational Exp I 
+++
3.5
AGR-111
Intro to Agriculture Software 
+++ OR
AGR-112
Computer Applic/Agriculture 
+++
2.0
--- ---
Elective 
**
2.0

Semester Totals
16.0
Summer Term
AGR-042
Supervised Occupational Exp II 
++++
2.5
AGR-120
Agriculture Economics 
++++ OR
AGR-207
Intro/Ag Economics 
3.0
AGR-053
Integrated Pest Management 
++++
3.0

Semester Totals
8.5
SECOND YEAR
First Semester
Hours
AGR-052
Principles of Crop Production 
+ OR
AGR-204
Prin/Field Crop Science 
+++
3.0
AGR-151
GPS/Applications in Ag 
+
3.0
AGR-043
Supv Occup Exp III 
+
3.0
AGR-131
Agriculture Business Financing 
+
2.0
AGR-134
Business Analysis/Records 
+
2.0

Semester Totals
13.0
Second Semester
POS-160
American National Government 
3.0
AGR-044
Supv Occup Exp IV 
+++
3.5
AGR-123
Marketing of Ag Products 
+++
2.5
AGR-132
Retailing/Agri Supplies 
+++
2.0
AGR-133
Agriculture Salesmanship 
+++
2.5
--- ---
Elective 
.5

Semester Totals
14.0

Total Program Hours

68.5
Suggested Electives
AGR-051
Soil Fertility 
+++
2.5
BUS-085
Accounting Process 
1.0
CIS-094
Excel 
2.0
BUS-095
Fundamentals of Accounting 
3.0
CIS-054
PowerPoint 
2.0