Program Goals
- Provide training in the use of effective oral and written communication skills necessary for the profession.
- Provide training in applied concepts of agricultural technology that gives students confidence in implementing new and emerging technologies.
- Provide technical training in basic concepts and techniques of agriculture financial management and record-keeping procedures.
- Provide training in basic managerial functions such as cost control, purchasing, inventory, and time management, employee evaluations and employee supervision.
- Provide training in the fundamentals of crops, land use, livestock, and planning to optimally manage agricultural resources.
- Provide training in the basic knowledge areas of nutrition, disease/pest management and various life cycle stages of plants and animals.
- Provide training in basic teamwork or cooperative group work as it applies to productivity on the job.
- Provide training in basic analysis of agribusiness and production agriculture, including assessment of the situation, identifying alternatives, selecting optimum choices, training and supervision of implementation, evaluating results, recommending process changes for improvement, and accepting responsibility for the decision.
- Provide training in basic concepts and techniques of career selection, steps to meaningful employment and promotion in the agriculture industry.
- Provide basic training in applying ethics to agricultural technology and business scenarios.
Program goals will be reviewed annually by our faculty and advisory board.
Student Learning Goals
- Students will be able to demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.
- Students will be able to demonstrate skills and confidence in implementing new and emerging technologies.
- Students will be able to demonstrate competency in basic agricultural financial management and record-keeping procedures.
- Students will be able to demonstrate basic business managerial skills, including time management and employee supervision and evaluation.
- Students will be able to demonstrate fundamental knowledge in the areas of crops/horticulture, land use, and livestock in relation to optimally managing agriculture resources.
- Students will be able to demonstrate an attitude of punctuality, attendance, basic teamwork, cooperation and safety as it relates to increasing productivity on the job.
- Students will be able to demonstrate basic problem solving skills:
a) assessment of the situation
b) identification of alternatives
c) selecting optimum choices
d) training and supervision of implementation
e) evaluating results
f) recommending process changes for continuous improvement
g) possess an attitude of accepting responsibility for ethical outcomes
h) show competency in career selection and the steps to meaningful employment