Farm and Ranch Resource Management, AAS

Program Description

The Associate of Applied Science degree in Farm and Ranch Resource Management is designed to prepare students for farm and ranch management skills and integrate these skills into the day-to-day farming and ranching practices.

The general education requirements are designed to encourage students to develop critical and creative thinking, computation, communication skills and basic technology skills utilized in the farm and ranch industry.

The program is designed to prepare students to develop basic analytical skills for livestock production, livestock nutritional requirements, grazing and forage management, crop rotation, strategic planning, analyzing financial feasibility, cash flow, marketing, and human resource management strategies that are essential to manage or operate a farm or ranch business.

General Education Requirements

Writing Level I (WR1) 3 credits
American & Wyoming Government (POLS 1000) 3 credits
MATH/APPM/LSCI 3 credits
Student must complete six (6) credits of general education courses distributed over two (2) different general education areas, one of which is either WR2 or ORAL.
ARTS/HUM/IT/ORAL/SOC/WR2 (in program)
UNST 1 credits

Program Requirements

Course Requirements

Course NumberTitleCredits
ACCT 1010Principles of Accounting I

4 credits

 

ACCT 1065Computerized Accounting:

2 credits

OR

AGEC 2010Farm and Ranch Business Records

3 credits

 

AECL 1000Agroecology

4 credits

AECL 2100Integrated Resource Management

3 credits

AGEC 2020Farm and Ranch Business Management

4 credits

ANSC 1010Livestock Production I

4 credits

ANSC 2020Feeds and Feeding

4 credits

BADM 1020Business Communications

3 credits

 

CMAP 1680Microcomputer Applications:

3 credits

OR

CMAP 1775Spreadsheet Applications:

3 credits

 

ECON 1020Microeconomics

3 credits

 

MGT 2000Introduction to Business

3 credits

OR

ENTR 1505Entr I: Entrepreneurial Mindset

3 credits

 

REWM 1300Intro to Water Resources

3 credits

REWM 2000Principles of Range Management

3 credits

REWM 2500Rangeland Plant Identification

2 credits

 

SOIL 2010Introduction to Soil Science

4 credits

CMAP 1775: Advanced level CMAP 1680

Program Electives

Students are required to take a minimum of three (3) credits from the following program electives:

Course NumberTitleCredits
AGEC 2010Farm and Ranch Business Records

3 credits

 

BADM 2105Small Business Management

3 credits

OR

ENTR 1525ENTR II: Opportunity Analysis

3 credits

 

BIOL 1010General Biology I

4 credits

OR

BIOL 1020Life Science

4 credits

 

CHEM 1000Introduction to Chemistry

4 credits

CPED 1000Co-Op Work Experience I:

3 credits

ECON 1010Macroeconomics

3 credits

REWM 1000Intro to Range Management

1 credits

Total Credit Hours: 62