Resource Management

Agriculture Degree/A.A.

(Agribusiness Management and Rural Development)

This curriculum includes five areas of concentration: general agricultural economics, agribusiness management, farm management, rural development, and resource economics. The general agricultural economics area or concentration provides a basic background for a variety of agriculturally-related careers.

Career Opportunities: Agribusiness and farm management areas provide specialized training for careers in agribusiness, credit, government and farming. Rural development and resource economics areas of concentration provide training for careers in community development, rural planning and management of natural resources. Employment opportunities exist with agribusiness firms, extensions, local, state, and national and international agencies.

Requirements for Graduation

In order to earn an Associate of Arts Degree in Agriculture with a major in Agriculture Resource Management, a student must complete a minimum of 65 credit-hours of required and elective course work.

Note: AGRL 111 replaces WVUe 191 as a first-semester requirement.

Recommended Two-Year Sequence

FIRST YEAR

First Semester   Hrs.
ENGL 101                           Composition and Rhetoric  3
BIOL 101 General Biology 3
BIOL 103 General Biology Laboratory 1
MATH 126 College Algebra 3
AGRL 111 Professions in Agriculture          1
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics 3
TOTAL   14

 

Second Semester   Hrs.
ENGL 102                           Composition and Rhetoric          3
CS 101  Introduction to Computer
Applications 		4
AGRL 112 Professions in Agriculture 1
ECON 102 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
GEC Electives    6
TOTAL   17

  SECOND YEAR

First Semester   Hrs.
PLSC 206                           Principles of Plant Science  4
CHEM 111 Survey of Chemistry 4
STAT 211 Elementary Statistical Inference 3
ARE 150 Introductory Agricultural and
Agribusiness Economics 		3
GEC Elective   3
TOTAL   17

 

Second Semester   Hrs.
A&VS Priciples of Animal Science 4
AGRN 202                         Principles of Soil Science             3
AGRN 203 Principles of Soil Science Lab 1
ARE 204 Agribusiness Management 6
TOTAL   17

Total Hours: 65