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Summer Internship
The Farm and Ranch Management Certificate Program will offer students the opportunity to receive production agriculture education and training designed to enhance production efficiencies. Students enrolled in this program will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the requirements of this program.

Student Learning Outcomes

Farm and Ranch Management completers will be able to demonstrate a/an:
1.         Objective and up-to-date understanding of the issues facing modern agriculture and be able to present both the pros and cons of proposed solutions to these issues. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I, II, III, and V.)
2.         Basic proficiency in a wide range of specific approved practices in production agriculture. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I and V.)
3.         Basic proficiency in the use of financial and precision farming computer software. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I, II, and V.)
4.         Be able to develop and use the newest marketing and management tools to make both more effective marketing and management decisions. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I, II, III, and V.)
5.         Basic proficiency in using both Arc & Wire welders in all positions. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I and V.)

Farm and Ranch Management Major Courses

  • AGEC 142 – Agricultural Accounting
  • AGEC 244 – Introduction to Agricultural Marketing
  • AGRI 115 – Agricultural Math
  • AGRI 280 – Computers in Agriculture
  • ARSC 220 – Livestock Production
  • ASM 155 – Agricultural Welding
  • H&CE 241 – Leadership and Presentation Techniques
  • PLSC 110 – World Food Crops
  • SOIL 210 – Introduction to Soil Science
  • Electives

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS

  • The student must register for two semester hours in AGRI 297B – Agricultural Management Internship during the summer after the first year.
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