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2021-2022 Catalog & Student Handbook 
    
2021-2022 Catalog & Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agriculture-Business Emphasis: University Parallel, A.S. (TTP)


The Associate of Science in Agriculture Business is designed to prepare students with a fundamental knowledge of the agriculture industry and practical agriculture management in areas of plant science, animal science, economics and technical skills. Students will create life-long learning approaches with practical application in agriculture.

Summary of Required Hours

Fall Credit Hours
AGRI 1010 - Introduction to Agriculture Business   3
AGRI 1030 - Introduction to Plant Science   3
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I   3
GEN 1010 - First Year Seminar   3
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics   3
   
Spring  
AGRI 1020 - Introduction to Animal Science    3
ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics   3
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II   3
 Agriculture Elective 3
1Humanities/Fine Arts   3
   
Fall  
BIOL 1110 - General Biology I    4
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication   3
ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics   3
2History Sequence   3
1Humanities/Fine Arts   3
   
Spring  
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I   4
3MATH 1830 - Applied Calculus   3
Guided Electives 2-4
2History Sequence   3
1Humanities/Fine Arts (Literature)   3
Total 61-63

1At least one literature course is required.

2Students who seek an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree should take the history sequence required by the senior institution.  For UT system universities, one course in Tennessee History may be substituted for one course in American History.

3Students should discuss math sequence courses with their advisor to be prepared to take Basic Calculus.  Students planned to transfer to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville must complete MATH 2050 - Calculus-Based Probability and Statistics  MATH 2050 - Calculus-Based Probability and Statistics  is offered through TN eCampus.