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Agriculture

Transfer Guide for Associate Degree

The Agriculture Transfer Guide is  introductory  to prepare students to transfer to a four-year institution. A wide range of career opportunities can be pursued through an agriculture major.  Agriculture is a part of everyone's life because it affects food, water, shelter, clothing, air, earth, economics, society, aesthetics, and recreation.  Demand for technically qualified men and women in agriculture continues to grow.  Agriculture is Alabama's largest industry, and is challenging, highly rewarding and multi-faceted.

Production agriculture--farming--accounts for only about 10 percent of the many careers available for graduates of the College of Agriculture. The list of professional opportunities is extensive and covers a wide variety of jobs. Each of these provides excellent career opportunities for both women and men.

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       Examples of Agriculture careers:

 

 
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Manager: international business, marketing, cooperative extension, production, food service, agribusiness, sales, manufacturing, processing, retailing.

 

 

 
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Scientist: veterinarian, nutritionist, physicist, chemist, physiologist, environmentalist, microbiologist, economist, geneticist, aquaculturalist.

 

 

 
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 Financial: banks, farm credit, cooperative extension, marketing, appraisal, real estate, insurance, auditors, land management, merchandising.

 

 
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Government: agricultural research, foreign agricultural services, rural development, USDA, Bureau of Land Management, grading/inspection, statistician, soil conservation/Peace Corps/AID, Cooperative Extension Service.

 

 

 
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Sales: chemical, equipment, packaging, institutional /food, feed/seed, supplies, plant, livestock/poultry, pharmaceuticals, retail.
 

 

 

 
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Production: beef/pork/dairy, lamb/horse, forage, poultry, grain, ornamentals, vegetables, fish/seafood, fruits, nuts.

 

 

 
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Education: college teaching, field representation, communication specialist, cooperative extension, information specialist, graduate school, public relations, consumer education, TV/radio, secondary teaching.

 

 
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Engineering: computer, consulting engineer, manufacturing, design/test, systems maintenance, irrigation/drainage, soil/water conservation, processing, safety engineer, product development.

Advisors

Ayers Campus: Blanca Borrero, 232 Cheaha Career Center (256.835.5489 ) bborrero@gadsdenstate.edu

McClellan Campus: James Skillman, 2174 McClellan (256-238.9371)        jskillman@gadsdenstate.edu

Wallace Drive Campus: Julie Bowen, 007A Browder Hall (256.549.8426)  jbowen@gadsdenstate.edu

                                                Nancy Gilbert, 8 Browder Hall (256.549.8433)      ngilbert@gadsdenstate.edu

 


Area I – Written Composition ................................................. 6
    ENG 101 English Composition I ............................................. 3
    ENG 102 English Composition II ............................................ 3

Area II – Humanities and Fine Arts* .................................... 12
    Literature ................................................................................ 3
    REQUIRED: Literature OR history sequence
    Fine Arts ................................................................................. 3
    Speech (SPH 106, 107 OR 116) .............................................3
    Humanities and Fine Arts or Literature ..................................... 3

Area III – Natural Science or Mathematics* ....................11-12
    MTH 112 Precalculus Algebra ................................................. 3
    Natural Science and Lab .......................................................... 4
    Natural Science and Lab .......................................................... 4

Area IV – History, Social and Behavioral Sciences* ............ 12
    History ..................................................................................... 3
    REQUIRED: Literature OR history sequence
    History, Social or Behavioral Science ........................................ 3
    History, Social or Behavioral Science ........................................ 3
    History, Social or Behavioral Science ........................................ 3

Area V – Pre-Professional, Pre-Major and Electives* ........... 23
    ORI 101 Orientation .................................................................. 1
    MTH 113 Precalculus Trigonometry............................................ 3
    CHM 111 College Chemistry I ...................................................4
    CHM 112 College Chemistry II ..................................................4
    PHY 201 General Physics I Trig Based .......................................4
    PHY 202 General Physics II Trig Based ..................................... 4
    Elective (Recommended MTH 125) ........................................... 3

Total Hours Required for Degree ........................................60-64

 

*The detailed requirements for each of the Transfer Guides for Associates Degrees or Programs offered through the Division of Science are found in the Gadsden State Catalog and Student Handbook which may be accessed online at GSCC Catalog.  It is recommended that you review the information published in the Catalog, and that you research the STARS program on the Web at http://stars.troy.edu/ to ensure that your planned curriculum will meet the requirements of the four-year colleges that you may be considering for transfer upon completion of your requirements at Gadsden State.

It is also recommended that you get assistance every semester in determining courses for the program of study you have chosen. Faculty advisors for your selected program are available to assist you. If you have not decided on a program of study, you must confer with the counselor for undeclared majors whose office is in the Inzer Student Center.

 

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