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Associate Degree | Swine Management Diploma
Swine Management Certificate
Swine Management
A15150This curriculum is designed to prepare students for careers in the production, processing, and distribution of livestock, swine, and poultry and their products according to scientific principles essential to efficient and profitable operation.
Students should learn skills necessary for the operation of efficient and profitable livestock, swine, and poultry enterprises. Coursework includes production practices, animal health, nutrition, reproduction, and management.
Graduates should qualify for entry-level jobs as herd or flock managers, field service persons, feed salespersons, equipment salespersons, feed mill workers, buyers of poultry and livestock, owners/operators, farm managers, department supervisors, field service representatives, and waste management technicians.
This program focuses on the application of biological and chemical principles to the production and management of swine animals and the production and handling of meat and other products. Potential course work includes instruction in animal sciences, range science, nutrition sciences, food science and technology, biochemistry, and related aspects of human and animal health and safety.
| ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A15150 | |||||
| Hours | |||||
| Prefix | Course # | Course Title | Class | Lab | Credit |
| FIRST SEMESTER | |||||
| ACA | 115 | Success &Study Skills | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| ANS | 110 | Animal Science | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ANS | 115 | Animal Feeds and Nutrition | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 140 | Swine Production | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| CIS | 111 | Basic PC Literacy | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| ENG | 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 15 | |||
| SECOND SEMESTER | |||||
| ANS | 142 | Swine Records and Analysis | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 143 | Swine Health Management | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 144 | Swine Housing & Waste Mgt. | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| ENG | 115 | Oral Communications | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Social/Behavioral Science Elective* | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 16 | |||
| THIRD SEMESTER | |||||
| WBL | 113 | Work-Based Learning I | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 0 | 30 | 3 | |||
| FOURTH SEMESTER | |||||
| AGR | 150 | Ag-O-Metrics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| AGR | 214 | Agricultural Marketing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ANS | 130 | Poultry Production | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 240 | Swine Production Issues | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| BUS | 115 | Business Law I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts Elective** | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 17 | |||
| FIFTH SEMESTER | |||||
| AGR | 212 | Farm business Management | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ANS | 120 | Beef Production | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 150 | Animal Health Management | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BUS | 153 | Human Resource Mgt. OR | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BUS | 137 | Principles of Management | |||
| MAT | 110 | Math Measurement & Literacy | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| SPA | 111 | Elementary Spanish I OR | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| SPA | 120 | Spanish for the Workplace | |||
| 16 | 4 | 18 | |||
| *The Social/Behavioral Science elective must be chosen from the following: | |||||
| ECO | 151 | Survey of Economics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ECO | 251 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GEO | 111 | World Regional Geography | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY | 150 | General Psychology | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| SOC | 210 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| SOC | 220 | Social Problems | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| **The Humanities/Fine Arts elective must be chosen from the following: | |||||
| ART | 111 | Art Appreciation | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ART | 114 | Art History Survey I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ART | 115 | Art History Survey II | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ART | 116 | Survey of American Art | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| HUM | 110 | Technology and Society | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| HUM | 121 | The Nature of America | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| HUM | 122 | Southern Culture | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| HUM | 230 | Leadership Development | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MUS | 110 | Music Appreciation | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MUS | 112 | Introduction to Jazz | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MUS | 210 | History of Rock Music | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| REL | 110 | World Religions | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| REL | 211 | Introduction to Old Testament | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| REL | 212 | Introduction to New Testament | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT: 69 | |||||
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| DIPLOMA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D15150 | |||||
| Hours | |||||
| Prefix | Course # | Course Title | Class | Lab | Credit |
| FIRST SEMESTER | |||||
| ANS | 110 | Animal Science | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ANS | 115 | Animal Feeds and Nutrition | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 140 | Swine Production | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| CIS | 111 | Basic PC Literacy | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| ENG | 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 14 | |||
| SECOND SEMESTER | |||||
| ANS | 120 | Beef Production | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 142 | Swine Records and Analysis | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 143 | Swine Health Management | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 144 | Swine Housing & Waste Mgt. | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| ANS | 150 | Animal Health Management | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 16 | |||
| THIRD SEMESTER | |||||
| ANS | 130 | Poultry Production | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 240 | Swine Production Issues | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| BUS | 153 | Human Resource Mgt. | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ENG | 115 | Oral Communications | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT | 110 | Math Measurement & Literacy | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | |||
| TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT: 42 | |||||
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| SWINE MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE | |||||
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| C15150 | |||||
| Hours | |||||
| Prefix | Course # | Course Title | Class | Lab | Credit |
| FIRST SEMESTER | |||||
| ANS | 140 | Swine Production | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| CIS | 111 | Basic PC Literacy | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| SECOND SEMESTER | |||||
| ANS | 142 | Swine Records and Analysis | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 143 | Swine Health Management | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ANS | 144 | Swine Housing & Waste Mgt. | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 10 | |||
| TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT: 15 | |||||
It isn’t the farm that makes the farmer – it’s the love, hard work, and character. -Unknown