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Agriculture/Natural Resources

Agribusiness Career Certificate - Effective FALL 1999


DEPARTMENT:

Agriculture/Natural Resources


TOTAL UNITS

29 Units


CAREER PROGRAMS

Career Certificates are intended to certify that students successfully completing this program are prepared to enter the careers associated with this certificate. They usually take at least one to two years to complete. These programs are approved by the California Community College Chancellor's Office.


CONTACT:

Bob Fraser, 527-4648


PROGRAM

Incorporating technology, communication skills and principles as applied to agriculture, the Agribusiness program provides students with current, marketable skills and knowledge.


} EMPLOYMENT

The challenging and diversified field of Agribusiness provides a large employment potential for men and women. Opportunities exist in areas of product marketing and distribution, input supply sales and services, business management and communications.


DATE

The requirements for this certificate are effective beginning the semester shown below. If you began working on this certificate before the effective semester, you may not be affected by any changes to the program. Consult with a counselor or department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the certificate under previous requirements.

Effective FALL 1999


REQUIREMENTS

CORE COURSES

SemesterNotesClassDescriptionSemester OfferedUnits
AG 70.2 Intro to Agriculture BusinessF3.0
AG 70.1 Ag LeadershipF,S2.0-8.0
AG 2 Ag Computer Applications (formerly Ag 76)EF2.0
AG 7Agricultural EconomicsF3.0
AG 72 Agriculture Sales & CommunicationsES3.0
AG 74 Agricultural MarketingOS3.0
AG 75 Agriculture and Wine Business ManagementF3.0
AG 78 Agriculture ComputationsF,S3.0

REQUIRED ELECTIVES

CHOOSE 3 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING

SemesterNotesClassDescriptionSemester OfferedUnits
Any animal science course OR3.0
Any plant science course

SUGGESTED ELECTIVES

SemesterNotesClassDescriptionSemester OfferedUnits
BGN 50.02AComputer Keyboarding or Equivalent0.5
BBK 50 Computerized Bookkeeping IF,S3.0
BAD 18 Legal EnvironmentF,S3.0
WRK EX 99/99IOccupational Work Experience/Internship1-4

NOTES

(F) offered fall semester

(S) offered spring semester

(OF) offered odd year fall semester

(OS) offered odd year spring semester

(ES) offered even year spring semester

(EF) offered even year fall semester

A certificate of completion will be granted upon fulfillment of the 29 units of requirements.