Agriculture (Ag Practitioner Track) Diploma

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Offered at ECC (Code: EVAGB)

This program is designed to provide applied academic and field experience education for the person who wishes to work in a business or industry closely related to agriculture.

Upon completion, students are awarded the Agricultural Practitioner Diploma.

Plan of Study

Term One (18 credits)

Select six courses (18 credits) from approved Ag Electives EVAGB. See Ag Electives EVAGB note below.

Term Two (18 credits)

Select one course (3 credits) from approved Ag Communications. See Ag Communications note below.

Select 5 courses (15 credits) from approved Ag Elecetives EVAGB. See Ag Electives EVAGB note below

Ag Communications

A minimum of 3 credits of Communications courses from the courses listed below.

ENG 105 - Composition I 3 credit(s)
ENG 111 - Technical Writing 3 credit(s)
SPC 112 - Public Speaking 3 credit(s)
SPC 122 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit(s)

Ag Electives EVAGB

Courses that count towards the 33 credits of electives for the EVAGB degree.

AGA 114 - Principles of Agronomy 3 credit(s)
AGA 154 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 3 credit(s)
AGA 159 - Livestock Nutrient Management 2 credit(s)
AGA 211 - Grain and Forage Crops 3 credit(s)
AGA 284 - Pesticide Application Certification 3 credit(s)
AGB 235 - Introduction to Agriculture Markets 3 credit(s)
AGB 330 - Farm Business Management 3 credit(s)
AGB 331 - Entrepreneurship in Agriculture 3 credit(s)
AGB 336 - Agricultural Selling 3 credit(s)
AGB 437 - Commodity Marketing 3 credit(s)
AGC 103 - Ag Computers 3 credit(s)
AGC 216 - Career Seminar 2 credit(s)
AGC 240 - Global Agriculture 3 credit(s)
AGC 907 - Co-op Field Experience Varied credit(s)
AGC 929 - Individual Projects Varied credit(s)
AGM 114 - Hydraulics I 2 credit(s)
AGM 202 - Agricultural Welding 3 credit(s)
AGM 330 - Fundamentals of Electricity 3 credit(s)
AGM 336 - Agriculture Electronic Devices & Sys 3 credit(s)
AGP 333 - Precision Farming Systems 3 credit(s)
AGP 435 - Advanced Precision Farming: Software 3 credit(s)
AGP 436 - Advanced Precision Farming: Hardware 3 credit(s)
AGP 485 - Advanced Precision Farming: Software II 3 credit(s)
AGS 102 - Working with Animals 1 credit(s)
AGS 113 - Survey of the Animal Industry 3 credit(s)
AGS 218 - Domestic Animal Physiology 4.0 credit(s)
AGS 225 - Swine Science 3 credit(s)
AGS 226 - Beef Cattle Science 3 credit(s)
AGS 242 - Animal Health 3 credit(s)
AGS 270 - Foods of Animal Origin 3 credit(s)
AGS 305 - Livestock Evaluation 3 credit(s)
AGS 319 - Animal Nutrition 3 credit(s)
AGS 331 - Animal Reproduction 3 credit(s)
AGS 552 - Beef Feedlot Production 3 credit(s)
AGS 555 - Beef/Cow Calf Production 3 credit(s)
GIS 111 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 credit(s)
GIS 128 - Intro to UAV Systems & Flights 3 credit(s)