Agriculture, AS

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Degree: Associate of Science
Major: 1090
CIP: 24.0102

Associate of Science in Agriculture

The Associate of Science in Agriculture is a transfer degree for the student who plans to major in an agricultural related field. Northark has agreements with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and with Arkansas Tech University to offer students seamless options for transfer into specified agriculture majors or concentrations using the AS in Agriculture degree. Students planning to transfer into one of the specified majors/areas of concentrations at either of these transfer institutions should work closely with a Northark advisor to follow the prescribed selection of courses, and other requirements, needed for transfer into the program with junior level classification.

Required Courses

ENGL 1013 - English Composition I Credits: 3
ENGL 1023 - English Composition II Credits: 3 or
ENGL 1033 - Technical Report Writing Credits: 3
SPCH 1313 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication Credits: 3 or
SPCH 2303 - Public Speaking Credits: 3
Humanities Elective Credits: 3 *
Humanities Elective Credits: 3 *
MAT 1223 - College Algebra Credits: 3
Lab Science Electives Credits: 4 **
Lab Science Electives Credits: 4 **
Social & Behavioral Science Electives Credits: 3 ***
Social & Behavioral Science Electives Credits: 3 ***
HIST 2003 - United States History I Credits: 3 or
HIST 2013 - United States History II Credits: 3 or
PLSC 2003 - American National Government Credits: 3

Directed Electives

Elective courses may be chosen from the following:

AGRI 1004 - Introductory Animal and Poultry Science Credits: 4
AGRI 1102 - Careers in Agriculture, Food, and Life Sciences Credits: 2
AGRI 1114 - Principles of Horticulture Credits: 4
AGRI 1204 - Introduction to Plant Science Credits: 4
AGRI 2012 - Livestock Judging and Selection Credits: 2
AGRI 2014 - Pest Management Credits: 4
AGRI 2023 - Introduction to Equine Industry Credits: 3
AGRI 2143 - Feeds and Feeding Credits: 3
AGRI 2204 - Soil Science Credits: 4
AGRI 2213 - Behavior of Domestic Animals Credits: 3
AGRI 2313 - Introduction to Agribusiness Credits: 3
BA 2003 - Accounting Principles I Credits: 3
BA 2713 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
ENGL 1033 - Technical Report Writing Credits: 3
BIOL 1144 - Environmental Biology Credits: 4
BIOL 1304 - General Botany Credits: 4
BIOL 1504 - General Zoology Credits: 4
BIOL 2014 - Microbiology Credits: 4
CHEM 1224 - Chemistry II for Health-Related Professions Credits: 4
CHEM 1415 - College Chemistry I Credits: 5
CHEM 1425 - College Chemistry II Credits: 5
CIS 1103 - Introduction to Information Technology Credits: 3
GEOL 1014 - General Geology Credits: 4
MAT 1233 - Trigonometry Credits: 3
MAT 2123 - Survey of Calculus Credits: 3
MAT 2133 - Introduction to Statistics Credits: 3 or
BA 2133 - Introduction to Statistics Credits: 3
PHIL 1003 - Introduction to Philosophy Credits: 3
PHSC 1044 - Introduction to Astronomy Credits: 4
PHYS 2014 - College Physics I Credits: 4
PHYS 2024 - College Physics II Credits: 4

Total Credits: 25

Grand Total Credits: 60

*Humanities courses may be chosen with the following prefixes: ART, DRAM, ENGL, FA, FL, MUS, PHIL

**Lab Science courses may be chosen with the following prefixes: BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHSC, PHYS

***Social & Behavioral Science courses may be chosen with the following prefixes: ANTH, ECON, GEOG, HIST, PLSC, PSYC, SOC