Job readiness and/or transfer
CONTACT PERSON: Lyle Warner • Voc Tech Center 104A • 224-5419 • Lyle.Warner@bsc.nodak.edu

The Agriculture, Technology & Natural Resources Department has three program options: Farm and Ranch Management, Sales and Service, and Agriculture Transfer. Concentrated areas of study are animal science, crop and soil science, agricultural mechanics, farm and ranch management, and agribusiness management.

The two-year Farm & Ranch Management program prepares students to work in production agriculture as owners or managers. The two-year Agriculture Sales and Service program prepares students to work in agricultural sales and service. Graduates receive training for positions in agronomy centers, elevators, feed mills, chemical and fertilizer application companies, grain and seed companies, farm supply stores and other agricultural businesses.

Graduates of these two options are awarded an Associate in Applied Science degree upon successful completion of the program, which includes 60 semester hours of technical and general education credit and a cooperative education/internship. The cooperative education internship program gives students on-the-job training in farming or ranching or with an agricultural business. An integral part of the program that helps students develop practical skills, it is scheduled for all students in the Farm and Ranch Management and Sales and Service options from April 1 to August 15 of their freshman year.

Students in the Agriculture Transfer program complete the first two years of work toward a bachelor’s degree before transferring to a four-year college or university. They receive an Associate in Science degree upon successful completion of 60 semester hours of technical and general education credit. The cooperative education/internship program is not required, but is an option.