Agriculture, Food and natural resources

Career and Technical Education Department

ELECTIVE CAREER TECH COURSES

CTA6330 Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (010105) 

· Semester 1 and 2 - 0.5 credit – Grades 9, 10

· Selection Criteria: none

· Fee 

This first course in the career field is an introduction to Agricultural and Environmental Systems. Students will be introduced to the scope of the Agricultural and Environmental Systems career field. They will examine principles of food science, natural resource management, animal science & management, plant & horticultural science, power technology and bioscience. Students will examine the FFA organization and Supervised Agricultural Experience programs. Throughout the course, students will develop communication, leadership and business skills essential to the agriculture industry.