Agricultural Operations (AAS)
Agricultural Operations is an innovative program developing career-ready graduates with a solid background in plant and soil science, precision agriculture, water management, plant pathology and business management. In partnership with Michigan State University, students benefit from dual enrollment, earning an associate degree from Bay College and a certificate from the MSU Institute of Agricultural Technology (IAT) in two years.
Prerequisites: apply for admission to the MSU Institute of Agricultural Technology, apply for admission to Bay College
Courses
- ACCT1000 — Practical Accounting
- ACCT1010 — Accounting Principles I
- AE131 — Agricultural Water Resource Management
- AE143 — Application of Precision Agriculture Technologies
- AFRE130 — Farm Management I
- AT100 — Career Development in Agricultural Technology
- AT202 — Agricultural Regulation, Compliance, and Safety
- AT293 — Professional Internship in Agricultural Technology
- BIOL1030 — Essential Biology
- BIOL1070 — Environmental Science
- BIOL1080 — Environmental Science Lab
- BIOL1100 — Evolution & Diversity
- BIOL1120 — Cells & Molecules
- BUSN1600 — Introduction to Business
- BUSN1950 — Business Communications
- BUSN2530 — Marketing
- CHEM1020 — Introduction to Chemistry
- CHEM1040 — Introduction to Chemistry Lab
- CIS1010 — Computer Concepts & Applications
- CIS1210 — Microsoft Excel
- COMM1030 — Interpersonal Communication
- COMM1040 — Public Speaking
- CSS101 — Introduction to Crop Science
- CSS126 — Introduction to Weed Management
- CSS203 — World of Soils
- ECON1200 — Personal Finance
- ECON1310 — Macroeconomics
- ECON1320 — Microeconomics
- ENGL1010 — Rhetoric & Composition
- ENGL1020 — Research Writing
- ENGL1450 — Technical and Report Writing
- ENT110 — Applied Entomology of Economic Plants
- MATH1050 — Intermediate Algebra
- PHED1440 — Effective Stress Management
- PLP105 — Fundamentals of Applied Plant Pathology
- PLP105L — Fundamentals of Applied Plant Pathology Lab
- POLI2620 — State & Local Government
- SPAN1010 — Spanish I
- WELD1100 — Metal Processing Fundamentals
- WELD1200 — Arc Welding
- WELD2200 — Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG)