Students enrolled in the Agriculture Production option will complete the 13 core Agriculture classes and four courses unique to this option, as well as the general education requirements of Kaskaskia College. The Agriculture Production courses emphasize the technical and mechanical side of production agriculture including engines, harvesting and air conditioning.

Students enrolled in the Agriculture Production Program at Kaskaskia College complete a total of 450 hours of Supervised Occupational Experience.

• Production Manager
• Greenhouse/Florist Manager
• Farm Manager
• Custom Spray Operator
• Crop Scout
• Livestock Production Manager
(Swine, Beef, Dairy, Poultry, Sheep)
• A.I. Breeding Technician
• Livestock Feedlot Operator

Since many of the AGRC courses are offeredonly once each year, students should attempt to follow the program schedule as closely as possible.

Approved Substitution

Course substitutions will be handled on an individual basis. All course substitutions must be approved by the appropriate dean or vice-president. Course AGRC 236 has a Prerequisite of AGRC 230



First Semester

AGRC 121	*Soils and Soil Supplements	3
AGRC 101	*Introduction to Animal Science	4
AGRC 122	*Agriculture Economics	3
AGRC 213	*Computer in Agriculture	4
	Area B (Arts & Humanities) Elective	3-4
		17-18

Second Semester

AGRC 124	*Agriculture Crop Production	4
AGRC 155	*Agriculture Chemicals	3
AGRC 102	*Animal Nutrition	3
AGRC 115	Introduction to Agriculture Employment	1
AGRC 230	*Supervised Occupational Experience	2
AGRC 223	*Plant and Animal Diseases	3
		16

Summer Semester

AGRC 125	*Field Crop Scouting	3
		3

Third Semester

AGRC 211	*Business Records & Computer Analysis	3
AGRC 221	*Agricultural Marketing	3
AGRC 161	*Agriculture Credit and Finance	3
AGRC 250	*Beef and Swine Production	3
	Area A (Natural Sciences & Mathematics) Elective	3
	Area C (Social Science) Elective	3
		18

Fourth Semester

AGRC 224	*Waste Management	3
AGRC 227	*Supervised Occupational Experience	4
	Area A (Natural Sciences & Mathematics) Elective	3
	Area B (Arts & Humanities) Elective	3
	Area C (Social Science) Elective	3
	Area D (Health & Personal Development) Elective	2
		18

*Courses required for certificate

Minimum Requirements

Certificate		45 credit hours
AAS Degree		72 credit hours

• ETHICS 120
• PHILOSOPHY 121
• POLITICAL SCIENCE 101
• PSYCHOLOGY 101
• SOCIOLOGY 101
• MANAGING DIVERSITY 134

NOTE: The program requirements presented here are effective Spring 2008. Previous versions of the KC Catalog are available in their entirety at our catalog archive. If you are uncertain about which catalog you should reference, please contact an academic advisor. Please contact an academic advisor with questions regarding course registration or degree/certificate completion.