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Agriculture Education

The agriculture education transfer major provides students with opportunities to earn Associate of Arts (AA) degrees, which transfer to many four-year institutions. The agriculture education transfer major is appropriate for students who are interested in pursuing careers as a secondary agriculture educator, agriculture manager, or as agriculture representatives in sales, public relations, extension, trade organizations, commodity groups, communications, or international agriculture.

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AA Associate of Arts Degree

The Associate of Arts (AA) degree readies students for their junior year at the college/university level. This degree totals 64 credits of general education from the following areas–communication, humanities, math, science, social sciences, and electives. Students in this program are sometimes referred to as transfer or liberal arts students. As an Associate of Arts Degree student, your chosen major could include business, early childhood education, elementary education, English, history, psychology, secondary education, sociology, etc.

Associate of Arts (AA) Degree Sheet 

Potential Careers

  • High school ag educator
  • Agriculture manager
  • Ag representative
  • Extension employee
  • International agriculture representative

 
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  • AGA 181 Introduction to Crop Science
  • AGA 114 Principles of Agronomy
  • CHM 166 General Chemistry I
  • ENG 105 Composition I
  • MAT 156 Statistics
  • ACC 131 Principles of Accounting I
  • AGA 182 Introduction to Soil Science
  • ENG 106 Composition II
  • MAT 210 Calculus I
  • AGS 112 Survey of the Animal Industry
  • BIO 112 General Biology I
  • ECN 130 Principles of Microeconomics
  • PHI 105 Introduction to Ethics
  • BIO 113 General Biology II
  • PSY 121 Developmental Psychology
  • SPC 101 Fundamentals of Oral Communication

Click on the course number in the list above to view the course description. This may not be a complete list of courses that may be included for the agriculture education transfer pathway. To see all courses in a semester-by-semester plan, view the Agriculture Education transfer pathway course outline.

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