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Farm and Ranch Resource Management

Learn to integrate skills into day-to-day farming and ranching practices

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Farm and Ranch Resource Management

Associate of Applied Science Degree

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. 

Course Number Course Credits
ACCT 2010Principles of Accounting I4
  
ACCT 2110Quickbooks Accounting2
OR 
AGEC 2010Farm and Ranch Business Records3
  
AECL 1000Agroecology4
AECL 2100Integrated Resource Management3
AGEC 2020Farm and Ranch Business Management4
ANSC 1010Intro to Animal Science4
ANSC 2020Feeds and Feeding4
BADM 1020Business Communications3
BIOL 1010General Biology I4
  
CMAP 1200Computer Information Systems3
OR 
CMAP 1765Spreadsheet Applications:3
  
ECON 1020Microeconomics3
  
ENTR 1505Entr I: Entrepreneurial Mindset3
OR 
BADM 1000Introduction to Business3
  
FDSC 2040Principles of Meat Animal Evaluation3
REWM 1300Intro to Water Resources3
REWM 2000Principles of Rangeland Management3
REWM 2500Rangeland Plant Identification2
SOIL 2010Introduction to Soil Science4

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

Course Number Course Credits
AGEC 2010Farm and Ranch Business Records3
  
BADM 2105Small Business Management3
OR 
ENTR 1525ENTR II: Opportunity Analysis3
  
BIOL 1010General Biology I4
OR 
BIOL 1020Life Science4
  
CHEM 1000Intro to Chemistry4
CPED 1000Co-Op Work Experience I:3
ECON 1010Macroeconomics3
REWM 1000Intro to Range Management1

Students must complete general education requirements that will provide students a general knowledge to help them complete a degree at CWC.

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

Total Credit Hours: 66

Certificates

The Farm and Ranch Resource Management Certificate I is designed to provide the student with basic farm and ranch management skills. The general education requirements are designed to encourage the student to develop computation and communication skills utilized in the farm and ranch industry.

The certificate is designed to prepare the student to develop basic analytical skills for livestock production, meat science, livestock nutritional requirements, grazing and forage management, crop rotation, strategic planning, and analyzing financial feasibility.

Total Credit Hours: 43

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Program Requirements
Course Number Course Credits
ACCT 2010Principles of Accounting I4
  
ACCT 2110Quickbooks Accounting2
OR 
AGEC 2010Farm and Ranch Business Records3
  
AECL 1000Agroecology4
AECL 2100Integrated Resource Management3
AGEC 2020Farm and Ranch Business Management4
ANSC 1010Intro to Animal Science4
ANSC 2020Feeds and Feeding4
  
CMAP 1200Computer Information Systems3
OR 
CMAP 1765Spreadsheet Applications:3
  
FDSC 2040Principles of Meat Animal Evaluation3
REWM 2000Principles of Rangeland Management3
REWM 2500Rangeland Plant Identification2
General Ed. Requirements
Writing level I (WR1)/ORAL3 credits

MATH/APPM/LSCI

3 credits
UNST1 credits

The Farm and Ranch Management Certificate II is designed to provide the student with basic farm and ranch management skills. 

Total Credit Hours: 20

Program Requirements Students are required to choose a minimum of 20 credits from the following course prefixes: ACCT/AECL/AGEC/ANSC/FDSC/REWM/SOIL/WELD

Meet Your Professor

Instructor of Agriculture

Keith Duren is an Instructor of Agriculture.