Agribusiness Management

Associate in Applied Science

The Agribusiness Management program focuses on system-wide business and managerial functions organizations perform throughout the agribusiness sector. Students will focus on the skills necessary to succeed in the agricultural business.

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What You Can Do

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates a shortage of qualified employees to fill agribusiness management positions including business and financial specialties and marketing or sales representatives. Agribusiness management prepares students for a variety of career paths.

Jobs

Agricultural Sales Representative
Agricultural Sales Manager
Farm/Ranch Manager
Natural Resource Manager

Earning Potential

Example: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, at Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov)

Modes of Instruction
Learn more about the modes of instruction offered at John A. Logan College.

Program Details

AGR 2021

View Program Guide for Agribusiness Management – AAS Degree

FIRST YEAR – FALL SEMESTER

ORI 100	College 101	1
ENG 101	English Composition I¹ OR ENG 113 Professional Technical Writing¹	3
MAT 113	Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics OR MAT 112 OR MAT 100 Mathematics for Applied Technologies	3
AGR 101	Agricultural Economics	4
AGR 112	Computers in Agriculture	3
AGR 161	Agribusiness Applications	2
		16

Requires a grade of “C” or higher. ↩︎

FIRST YEAR – SPRING SEMESTER

AGR 102	Intro to Crops	4
AGR 141	Agricultural Sales	3
ELECTIVE	IAI Social/Behavioral Science Elective	3
ELECTIVE	JALC CTE OR Business Elective	3
ELECTIVE	IAI AGR Elective	3
		16

SECOND YEAR – FALL SEMESTER

COM 115	Speech	3
AGR 181	Precision Agriculture	3
AGR 104	Intro to Soils	3
ELECTIVE	JALC CTE OR Business Elective	3
ELECTIVE	IAI Physical/Life Science Elective OR IAI Fine Arts/Humanities Elective	3
		15

SECOND YEAR – SPRING SEMESTER

ELECTIVE	JALC CTE OR Business Elective	3
AGR 121	Introduction to Animal Science	4
ELECTIVE	IAI AGR Elective	3
AGR 151	Introduction to Agriculture Business Management	4
		14

Total Hours for Degree

Elective Options

Possible AGR Electives – AGR 103, AGR 111, AGR 122
Possible JALC Electives – IDM 210, SRV 101, ELT 102, BUS 110, MGT 228, MKT
113, MKT 224, WEL 121, WEL 122

The Agribusiness Management Program is a minimum of 60 credit hours. Please use our Tuition and Fees page to calculate your approximate cost.

*Students will be responsible for additional classroom materials and tools.

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John A Logan College is accredited through the Higher Learning Commission. For more information on programs with specialized accreditations please visit Programs with Specialized Accreditations – John A. Logan College (jalc.edu)

John A Logan offers a seamless transfer to the next step in your educational journey for many of our programs. Our academic programs prepare you for what you will need to transfer to a four-year college or university. When you have selected the college where you would like to transfer, it is important to review their specific admission and course requirements. John A Logan College has many articulation agreements with various colleges.

Transfer Planning – John A. Logan College (jalc.edu)

Communication – Effective use of discipline specifice oral and written communication skills.
Discipline Literacy – Identify agricultural production inputs and outputs.
Learned problem solving techniques that are efficient and accurate.
Calculations- Perform agricultural calculations
Economics and Business – Analyze the economics and business principles of agricultural production

Agriculture Faculty Contact: Wayne Griffith

Wayne Griffith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Agriculture

Email: wayne.griffith@jalc.edu
Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8055
Office: H205