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Agribusiness Management – AAS Degree

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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.

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, at Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov)

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

Program Details

AGR 2021

View Program Guide for Agribusiness Management – AAS Degree

FIRST YEAR – FALL SEMESTER

ORI 100College 1011
ENG 101English Composition I1 OR
ENG 113 Professional Technical Writing1
3
MAT 113Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics OR MAT 112
OR MAT 100 Mathematics for Applied Technologies
3
AGR 101 Agricultural Economics4
AGR 112Computers in Agriculture3
AGR 161Agribusiness Applications2
16
  1. Requires a grade of “C” or higher. ↩︎

FIRST YEAR – SPRING SEMESTER

AGR 102Intro to Crops4
AGR 141Agricultural Sales 3
ELECTIVE IAI Social/Behavioral Science Elective3
ELECTIVEJALC CTE OR Business Elective3
ELECTIVEIAI AGR Elective3
16

SECOND YEAR – FALL SEMESTER

COM 115Speech3
AGR 181Precision Agriculture3
AGR 104Intro to Soils3
ELECTIVEJALC CTE OR Business Elective3
ELECTIVEIAI Physical/Life Science Elective OR
IAI Fine Arts/Humanities Elective
3
15

SECOND YEAR – SPRING SEMESTER

ELECTIVEJALC CTE OR Business Elective3
AGR 121Introduction to Animal Science4
ELECTIVEIAI AGR Elective3
AGR 151Introduction to Agriculture Business Management4
14

Total Hours for Degree61

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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John A Logan College is accredited through the Higher Learning Commission. For more information on programs with specialized accreditations please visit Programs with Specialized Accreditations – John A. Logan College (jalc.edu)

John A Logan offers a seamless transfer to the next step in your educational journey for many of our programs. Our academic programs prepare you for what you will need to transfer to a four-year college or university. When you have selected the college where you would like to transfer, it is important to review their specific admission and course requirements. John A Logan College has many articulation agreements with various colleges.

Transfer Planning – John A. Logan College (jalc.edu)

  1. Communication – Effective use of discipline specifice oral and written communication skills.
  2. Discipline Literacy – Identify agricultural production inputs and outputs.
  3. Learned problem solving techniques that are efficient and accurate.
  4. Calculations- Perform agricultural calculations
  5. Economics and Business – Analyze the economics and business principles of agricultural production

Agriculture Faculty Contact: Wayne Griffith

Wayne Griffith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Agriculture

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