Farm and Ranch Resource Management, AAS

Program Description

This program is designed to prepare the student for farm and ranch management skills and integrate these skills into the day-to-day farming and ranching practices.

General courses are designed to develop critical and creative thinking, computation, communication skills and basic technology skills utilized in the farm and ranch industry.

The student will develop basic analytical skills for livestock production, livestock nutritional requirements, meat processing and evaluation, 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. (Wyoming Works Eligible)

General Education Requirements

Writing Level I (WR1) 3 credits
American & Wyoming Government (POLS 1000) 3 credits
MATH/APPM/LSCI (in program)
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 2010Principles of Accounting I

4 credits

 

ACCT 2110Quickbooks 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 1010Intro to Animal Science

4 credits

ANSC 2020Feeds and Feeding

4 credits

BADM 1020Business Communications

3 credits

BIOL 1010General Biology I

4 credits

 

CMAP 1200Computer Information Systems

3 credits

OR

CMAP 1765Spreadsheet Applications:

3 credits

 

ECON 1020Microeconomics

3 credits

 

ENTR 1505Entr I: Entrepreneurial Mindset

3 credits

OR

BADM 1000Introduction to Business

3 credits

 

FDSC 2040Principles of Meat Animal Evaluation

3 credits

REWM 1300Intro to Water Resources

3 credits

REWM 2000Principles of Rangeland Management

3 credits

REWM 2500Rangeland Plant Identification

2 credits

SOIL 2010Introduction to Soil Science

4 credits

CMAP 1765: Advanced level CMAP 1200

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 1000Intro 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: 66