Agriculture-Range Management Option, AS

Program Description

The goal of the Associate of Science in Agriculture - Animal Science Option, Range Management Option or Meat Science Option is to provide the first step in preparing students for a bachelor's degree. The general studies and program requirements components offer students a broad base of knowledge in English, communication, political science, math, animal science and range management courses required in the first two years of a transfer degree. Program electives allow students to select additional coursework to complement this degree.

General Education Requirements

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

Program Requirements

Course Requirements

Course NumberTitleCredits
BADM 1020Business Communications

3 credits

BIOL 1010General Biology I

4 credits

CHEM 1000Intro to Chemistry

4 credits

COMM 2010Public Speaking

3 credits

ECON 1020Microeconomics

3 credits

 

FDSC 1410Food and Our Well Being

3 credits

OR

FDSC 2040Principles of Meat Animal Evaluation

3 credits

 

MATH 1400College Algebra

4 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

 

STAT 2050Fundamentals of Statistics

4 credits

OR

STAT 2070Intro Statistics for the Social Sciences

4 credits

Program Electives

Student must choose a minimum of six (6) credits from the following courses:

Course NumberTitleCredits
AECL 1000Agroecology

4 credits

AECL 2100Integrated Resource Management

3 credits

AGEC 2010Farm and Ranch Business Records

3 credits

AGEC 2020Farm and Ranch Business Management

4 credits

ANSC 1010Intro to Animal Science

4 credits

ANSC 2020Feeds and Feeding

4 credits

REWM 1000Intro to Range Management

1 credits

General Electives (4 credits)

Total Credit Hours: 60