Principles of Agriculture

721314 Principles of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Prerequisite: None                                           

Credit: 1 

This is a basic course designed to provide an introduction to general agriculture. This course is designed for students who have never taken an Agriculture course before. In the fall the course covers agricultural career development, leadership, communications, personal finance, and mechanized agriculture. The students will also be introduced to the FFA Contests. This FFA information will play a large role in the study material for the course during the fall semester. In the Spring Semester this course is designed to enhance the agricultural understanding in the area of production agricultural science (which is the actual agriculture production areas such as Farming, Ranching, Horticulture, and Ag Mechanics.). The course covers: soils, plants, animals, wildlife, agricultural construction, food science, supervised agricultural experience programs, and leadership.