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Program Overview

Plan of Study in Agriculture

The Agriculture curriculum is designed to satisfy the basic lower division requirements for agriculture majors at most senior institutions. If you have chosen a transfer institution, consult them to make course selections. Students enrolling in this curriculum are urged to meet with an advisor at the senior institution to review course selections and transfer plans.

Use the Transfer Guide

Log on to MyCreditsTransfer at www.itransfer.org to see how your courses transfer to other colleges and universities. MyCreditsTransfer also offers program requirements and course equivalencies.


Program Requirements

Major courses

CHEM1624General Chemistry II

4 Credits

Choose two

AGRC1624Soil Science

4 Credits

AGRC1704Animal Science

4 Credits

AGRC1724Plant Science

4 Credits

HORT1513Introduction to Horticulture Science

3 Credits

Total Credit Hours:11-12

Choose one course based on the intended Agriculture Specialties within the IAI core courses (Agribusiness, Animal Sciences, Crop and Soil Science, Horticulture, Mechanization or Education).

Communications

COMM1553Introductory Speech

3 Credits

ENGL1613English I

3 Credits

ENGL1623English II

3 Credits

Total Credit Hours:9

A minimum grade of C is required in ENGL 1613 and ENGL 1623.

Life Sciences and Physical Sciences

CHEM1614General Chemistry I

4 Credits

BIOL1514General Biology I

4 Credits

Total Credit Hours:8

Mathematics

Choose two

MATH1713Finite Mathematics

3 Credits

MATH1774Statistics

4 Credits

MATH1834Calculus for Business & Social Science

4 Credits

Total Credit Hours:7-8

Humanities

Humanities Courses

6 Credits

Total Credit Hours:6

Choose one course from general humanities and one from the fine arts or interdisciplinary categories. View Humanities course options.

Social and behavioral science

Choose two courses, with different prefixes.

ECON1553Principles of Macroeconomics

3 Credits

ECON1563Principles of Microeconomics

3 Credits

PSYC1813Introduction to Psychology

3 Credits

PLSC1513American Government

3 Credits

Total Credit Hours:6

Electives

Electives

17 Credits

Total Credit Hours:17

Choose courses from any transfer-level elective area. Appropriate electives have a first digit of 1 or 2 and second digit of 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in the KCC course number. Credit hours may come from additional agriculture major courses. COSC 1513 and CHEM 1624 are recommended. A maximum of four credit hours can come from physical education activity courses.

 

Total Credit Hours: 64

Suggested Course Sequence

Fall semester

ENGL1613English I

3 Credits

CHEM1614General Chemistry I

4 Credits

Agriculture Course

4 Credits

Humanities Elective

3 Credits

Elective

3 Credits

Spring semester

ENGL1623English II

3 Credits

Mathematics Elective

3-4 Credits

Social and Behavioral Science Elective

3 Credits

Humanities Elective

3 Credits

Agriculture Course

3-4 Credits

Fall semester

BIOL1514General Biology I

4 Credits

Agriculture Course

4 Credits

Social and Behavioral Science Elective

3 Credits

Electives

4 Credits

Spring semester

COMM1553Introductory Speech

3 Credits

Mathematics Elective

3-4 Credits

Humanities Elective

3 Credits

Social and Behavioral Science Elective

3 Credits

Electives

4 Credits

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