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Oct 03, 2024
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2024-2025 WWCC College Catalog
Agri-Business, AAS
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This technical degree provides the skills necessary for employment and preparation for advancement in the agri-business industry. Graduates of this program may find employment as farm managers, salespersons, commodity brokers, store managers, or consultants.
Degree Outcomes:
- Demonstrate knowledge of accounting basics.
- Demonstrate ability to use computer software to create and use written documents, including spreadsheets, graphical presentations and databases.
- Prepare and orally deliver a sales presentation to a prospect which includes appropriate techniques for opening, presenting product, handling objections and closing.
- Identify and apply management tools used to measure business performance.
- List parts of a business plan and explain the benefits of creating a plan.
- Discuss structure and characteristics of the food product, agricultural production, food processing and retailing; and their influence on food marketing.
- Demonstrate the ability to prepare graphs to describe business relationships such as the production process, cost, revenue and profit values.
- Illustrate and describe market theory, including effects of changes in demand and supply on the market price and equilibrium quantity and the rationing function of prices.
- Describe advantages and disadvantages of various forms of market structures.
- Describe the factors which affect consumer choice.
- Explain the process and rationality for enacting government regulations impacting businesses and the effect of regulations on market decisions.
Transferability: The AAS Degree is designed for students planning to enter their chosen career upon graduation. Often only selected credits are considered transferable to public or private baccalaureate institutions.
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Grand Total: 98
PLAN CODE: ABMABAPT (Previously EPC: 110)
REQUIRED: FYE (3 credits) required to be taken as well.
* Math above MATH 075 .
** Either AGBS 211 or AGSC 220 will meet requirement for certificate completion. Both courses are required for degree completion.
*** Ag Electives as approved by advisor. 10-15 credits. (these are acceptable prefixes: AGBS, AGSC, ANSC, IRR, TURF, EV, WELD, BUS, EST, JD, DT.
**** Animal Science/Irrigation Elective: Choose either IRR 112 or AGSC 110.
The following courses meet the related instruction requirements of this certificate/degree (one course per category required):
(W) - AENG 100 , ENGL& 101
(M) - AMATH 105 , MATH& 141 , MATH& 146
(O) - ACOM 102 , CMST& 240
Note: Course substitutions may apply for some AGBS courses, please contact an Agriculture Advisor for more information.
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