Ranch Management AAS Degree

Ranch managers maintain the quality of ranches, farms, crops and livestock by operating and repairing machinery and doing physical labor. The program combines theory with practical skills needed for daily ranch operations. Students will learn the foundations of farm business and animal science as well as have hands-on
experience working with ranch animals.

This degree is designed for students wishing to directly enter the workforce.

Degree Type: AAS
Not all required courses available online
TSI: required
Capstone course: AGMG-2280 Coop Education, Agriculture Business And Management or AGRI/AGCR/AGAH/AGEQ Elective
- Ranch Management Electives
  - Course List
    
    Code Title Hours
    
    AGEQ-1411 Equine Science I 4
    
    AGEQ-1319 Western Horsemanship I 3
    
    AGEQ-2339 Western Horsemanship II 3
    
    AGRI-2330 Wildlife Conservation and Management 3

Although not designed to transfer, this AAS degree program leads to an online Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) degree with participating universities. See an academic advisor for more information about the BAAS.

Plan of Study Grid
General Education		Hours
ENGL-1301	Composition I	3
MATH-1332	Contemporary Mathematics (Quantitative Reasoning)	3
Lang./Phil./Culture or Creative Arts
ENGL-2322 or ENGL-2323 or ENGL-2327 or ENGL-2328 or ENGL-2332 or ENGL-2333 or PHIL-1301 or PHIL-2306 or HUMA-1301 or SPAN-2311 or SPAN-2312 or ARTS-1301 or ARTS-1303 or ARTS-1304 or ARTS-1313 or DRAM-1310 or DRAM-2366 or MUSI-1306 or MUSI-1307 or MUSI-1310	British Literature I or British Literature II or American Literature I or American Literature II or World Literature I or World Literature II or Introduction to Philosophy or Introduction to Ethics or Introduction to Humanities I or Intermediate Spanish I or Intermediate Spanish II or Art Appreciation or Art History I (prehistoric to the 14th Century) or Art History II (14th Century to Present) or Foundations of Art or Theater Appreciation or Film Appreciation or Music Appreciation or Music Literature or American Music	3
Social/Behav. Science
HIST-1301 or HIST-1302 or GOVT-2305 or GOVT-2306 or ECON-2301 or ECON-2302 or PSYC-2301 or PSYC-2314 or SOCI-1301 or SOCI-1306 or SOCI-2301 or AGRI-2317	United States History I or United States History II or Federal Government Constitution or Texas Government or Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics or General Psychology or Lifespan Growth and Development or Introduction to Sociology or Social Problems or Marriage and the Family or Introduction to Agricultural Economics	3
COAE
EDUC-1300 or PSYC-1300	Learning Framework or Learning Frameworks	3
	Hours	15
Term One
AGRI-1419/AGAH-1401	Introductory Animal Science	4
AGAH-2313	Principles of Feeds and Feeding	3
AGRI-1325	Marketing of Agricultural Products	3
AGRI-1131	The Agricultural Industry	1
	Hours	11
Term Two
AGRI-2321	Livestock Evaluation	3
AGRI-2330	Wildlife Conservation and Management	3
AGCR-1341	Forage and Pasture Management and Utilization	3
BCIS-1305	Business Computer Applications	3
	Hours	12
Term Three
AGRI-1407	Agronomy	4
AGAH-1447	Animal Reproduction	4
AGRI-2303	Agricultural Construction	3
	Hours	11
Term Four
AGRI-2317	Introduction to Agricultural Economics	3
AGAH-1353	Beef Cattle Production	3
AGRI-2301	Agricultural Power Units	3
AGMG-2280	Coop Education, Agriculture Business And Management (Capstone)	2
or AGRI/AGCR/AGAH/AGEQ Elective
	Hours	11
	Total Hours	60

Ranch Management Electives

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
AGEQ-1411	Equine Science I	4
AGCR-2305	Entomology	3
AGEQ-1319	Western Horsemanship I (for rodeo team members only)	3
AGEQ-2339	Western Horsemanship II (for rodeo team members only)	3