Agribusiness Management

Associate in Applied Science

The Agribusiness Management program focuses on system-wide business and managerial functions organizations perform throughout the agribusiness sector. Students will focus on the skills necessary to succeed in the agricultural business.

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What You Can Do

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates a shortage of qualified employees to fill agribusiness management positions including business and financial specialties and marketing or sales representatives. Agribusiness management prepares students for a variety of career paths.

Jobs

Agricultural Sales Representative
Agricultural Sales Manager
Farm/Ranch Manager
Natural Resource Manager

Earning Potential

Example: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Automotive Body and Glass Repairers, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/automotive-body-and-glass-repairers.htm (visited July 23, 2023)

Modes of Instruction
Learn more about the modes of instruction offered at John A. Logan College.

Program Details

AGR 2021

FIRST YEAR – FALL SEMESTER

ORI 100	College 101	1
ENG 101	English Composition I¹ OR ENG 113 Professional Technical Writing¹	3
MAT 113	Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics OR MAT 112 OR MAT 100 Mathematics for Applied Technologies	3
AGR 101	Agricultural Economics	3
AGR 112	Computers in Agriculture	3
AGR 161	Agribusiness Applications	3
		15

FIRST YEAR – SPRING SEMESTER

AGR 102	Intro to Crops	4
AGR 141	Agricultural Sales	3
ELECTIVE	IAI Social/Behavioral Science Elective	3
ELECTIVE	JALC CTE OR Business Elective	3
ELECTIVE	IAI AGR Elective	3
		16

SECOND YEAR – FALL SEMESTER

COM 115	Speech	3
AGR 181	Precision Agriculture	3
AGR 104	Intro to Soils	3
ELECTIVE	JALC CTE OR Business Elective	3
ELECTIVE	IAI Physical/Life Science Elective OR IAI Fine Arts/Humanities Elective	2
		15

SECOND YEAR – SPRING SEMESTER

ELECTIVE	JALC CTE OR Business Elective	3
AGR 121	Introduction to Animal Science	4
ELECTIVE	IAI AGR Elective	3
AGR 151	Introduction to Agriculture Business Management	4
		14

Total Hours for Degree

Elective Options

Possible AGR Electives – AGR 103, AGR 111, AGR 122
Possible JALC Electives – IDM 210, SRV 101, ELT 102, BUS 110, MGT 228, MKT
113, MKT 224, WEL 121, WEL 122

The Agribusiness Management Program is a minimum of 60 credit hours. Please use our Tuition and Fees page to calculate your approximate cost.

*Students will be responsible for additional classroom materials and tools.

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Program learning outcomes information.

Agriculture Faculty Contact: Wayne Griffith

Wayne Griffith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Agriculture

Email: waynegriffith@jalc.edu
Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8055
Office: H205

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Agribusiness Management – AAS Degree

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