Agricultural Business Management Associate in Applied Science
What Follows is the Program Outline.
This program has articulation agreements with Iowa State University, Illinois State University, & Southern Illinois University-Carbondale**, but is not designed for students transferring to other colleges or universities. As a rule, courses with a second digit "0" are designed to transfer. Students planning to transfer should consult a Counselor to verify the transferability of courses. Prerequisites for courses are noted in the IVCC Catalog. Program Pre-Admission Information is included if applicable.
Refer to the General Education for Associate in Applied Science for options to fulfill the AAS General Education courses.
Fall semester, first year
AGR 1000 | Introduction To Field Crop Science | 4 | AG 903 |
AGR 1002 | Intro Agriculture Mechanics | 3 | AG 906 |
AGR 1200 | Introduction To Agricultural Business Management | 3 | |
AGR 1202 | Intro To Agricultural Industry | 2 | |
MTH 1206 | Technical Mathematics I | 3 | |
Spring semester, first year
AGR 1001 | Introductory Agricultural Economics | 3 | |
AGR 1206 | Intro To Precision Agriculture | 4 | |
AGR 1215 | Agricultural Marketing | 3 | |
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ENG 1205 | Writ Comm Skills for Bus Ind & Tech | 3 | |
| Or | | |
ENG 1001 | English Composition I | 3 | C1 900 |
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| AAS General Education Course | 3 | |
Total Credit Hours: | 31 |
Fall semester, second year
AGR 1005 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | AG 904 |
AGR 1207 | Agricultural Credit & Finance | 3 | |
AGR 1208 | Advanced Agricultural Business Management | 3 | |
AGR 1212 | Agriculture Sales | 3 | |
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SPH 1204 | Oral Communication Skills for Business, Industry & Technology | 3 | |
| Or | | |
SPH 1001 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 | C2 900 |
Spring semester, second year
AGR 1004 | Microcomputer Applications in Agri | 3 | AG 913 |
AGR 1213 | Agricultural Internship | 3 | |
AGR 1214 | Agricultural Internship Seminar | 1 | |
| Agricultural Elective | 3 | |
| Agricultural Elective | 3 | |
Total Credit Hours: | 29 |
Total Credit Hours: 60
Agriculture Elective: Any course from the following prefixes: AGR, ACT, BUL, BUS, ELE, IMT, MET, WLD.
*Alternate options for MTH 1206 (MTH 1206 is preferred unless transferring): MTH 1000, MTH 1003, MTH 1004, MTH 1005, MTH 1006, MTH 1007, MTH 1008, MTH 1010, MTH 2001
ENG 1205: Preferred unless transferring.
**Articulation Agreements:
Iowa State - https://www.admissions.iastate.edu/transfer/pdf/transfer_plans/3252.pdf
https://www.admissions.iastate.edu/transfer/pdf/transfer_plans/3253.pdf
Illinois State - https://registrar.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/articulation-agreements/IVCC-Agribusiness.pdf
https://registrar.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/articulation-agreements/IVCC-AgronomyManagement.pdf
Southern Illinois - https://articulation.siu.edu/articulation-agreements/illinois-valley-community-college/index.php
For additional information, please consult any counselor at (815) 224-0360 or program coordinator willard_mott@ivcc.edu, (815) 224-0413.
3/17/2022