FIRST YEAR | ||
First Semester | Hours | |
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 * ORENG-120Students will study the writing process by reading essays that illustrate a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing writing tasks and texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays.
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ENG-098 | Communications I +ENG-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.
| 3.0 |
PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology ORPSY-271Focuses on psychology as a science, introducing 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 agriculture 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-063 | Animal Nutrition +++AGR-063Covers fundamental principles of livestock nutrition with an understanding of the mono-gastric and ruminant digestive system, essential nutrients, feed ingredients and 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 that degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 3.5 |
AGR-121 | Farm Business Records +++AGR-121An introduction into basic farm record keeping. Prepares students to compile records associated with specific farm enterprises. Record analysis is emphasized for farm efficiency measures.
| 2.5 |
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 |
Semester Totals |
16.5 | |
Summer Term | ||
AGR-042 | Supervised Ocupational Exp II ++++AGR-042On the job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum that 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-053Designed to develop a working knowledge of agricultural chemicals as they are related to herbicides and insecticides. Students should have a working knowledge of calibration and maintenance of agricultural chemical equipment. Identification of major weed species in this area 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-090 | Principles of Agri Mechanics +AGR-090Covers the fundamentals of basic preventive maintenance for tractors and familiarizes the student with setting and adjusting sprayers, tillage equipment, planters, and combines.
| 2.5 |
AGR-043 | Supv Occup Exp III +AGR-043On the job experience as a full-time employee in selected agriculture occupation. Must be in curriculum that degree is awarded. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 3.0 |
AGR-122 | Farm Management +AGR-122Economics principles applied directly to the organization and operation of midwest farms are discussed. Management effectiveness in cropping and livestock systems and resource utilization for maximum profit are stressed.
| 2.5 |
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| 1.5 |
Semester Totals | 12.5 | |
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 that 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-124 | Farm Credit and Finance +++AGR-124An introduction to financing statements, capital and credit needs of farmers, sources of credit, and problems of borrowers and lenders.
| 2.0 |
AGR-051 | Soil Fertility +++AGR-051Enables those involved with soils and crops to make intelligent and efficient use of fertilizer materials available.
| 2.5 |
Semester Totals |
13.5 |
Total Program Hours | 68.0 |
Suggested Electives | ||
AGR-152 | Intensive Crop Scouting +++AGR-152Scouting skills are taught with emphasis on insects and plant diseases. Life cycles, prevention and control measures are discussed.
| 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-054 | Crop Harvesting/Drying/Storage +AGR-054Fundamentals of harvesting, drying, and storage. Opportunities of various systems are explored through visitations at different sites and systems.
| 2.5 |
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 |