Agriculture (AGR) at Wytheville Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- AGR 141 - Introduction to Animal Science and Technology
- Introduces the science and technology involved in sustainable animal production and management practices. Includes beef, sheep, horses, dairy, swine, goats, and poultry, with emphasis on practical experiences in laboratory and farm settings.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
4 credits - AGR 143 - Introduction to Agribusiness and Financial Management
- Introduces agriculture's importance to society and ways to start a farm or agribusiness. Evaluates forms of business including cooperatives and create financial statements and reports necessary for routine accounting and tax preparation. Utilizes financial tools for decision making, budgets and time value of money. Explores retirement, transition planning, personal financial management, and capital acquisition techniques.Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 2-3 hours, Total 4-6 per week.
Prerequisite: Local college option.3 credits - AGR 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - AGR 212 - The Science of Food
- Presents the fundamentals of food science, principles of food safety, food spoilage, processing and food preservation, and global food issues.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - AGR 231 - Agribusiness Marketing, Risk Management, and Entrepreneurship
- Covers marketing techniques required to create an effective marketing plan addressing product, price, place, promotion, and people considerations of an agribusiness. Emphasizes unique aspects of agricultural products and risk management including price fluctuations and biosecurity. Projects explore entrepreneurship and creative marketing plans for a proposed farm or agribusiness.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - AGR 241 - Agricultural Policy, Leadership, and Professional Service
- Enhances personal and professional leadership skills to build consensus and collaboratively solve agricultural issues. Uses the Virginia legislative process to track and influence relevant policy. Partners with stakeholders and key agricultural groups to advocate agriculture's importance to society and remove barriers that prevent farm/agribusiness acquisition and transition. Identifies relevant professional service and leaderships opportunities that will affect changes for the benefit of agricultural and rural communities. Covers current policy and public programs related to taxation, land use, environmental protection, water quality, population changes, water conservation, climate change and quality of rural life. Reinforces written and oral communication skills.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits
