Agriculture Livestock Management - Ivy Tech Community College - Whitewater

Agriculture Livestock Management from Ivy Tech Community College - Whitewater is a Campus Associate Animal Science degree that prepares you for a Agriculture career. Indiana's agriculture industry is high-growth and high tech. Changes in the business of agriculture and technologies used have tremendous potential for our economy, the environment?and your future. The agriculture AAS degree at Ivy Tech will immerse students in the field of agriculture by taking a core of 27 credit hours of agriculture courses and 18 credit hours of agriculture courses in one of four agriculture concentrations. Students will gain hands-on experience and knowledge through class room, laboratory and field trip activities in a small class size environment with highly educated and experience instructors in agricultural disciplines. A supervised agriculture internship is also required in the curriculum. This internship allows students to apply concepts learned in the classroom, while developing connections within the agriculture industry. Livestock Management The livestock industry is ever-changing and offers a wide variety of career opportunities. The livestock management concentration helps prepare students for these opportunities through coursework in animal physiology and nutrition, housing facilities, waste management, herd management , and marketing techniques to maximize productivity of a livestock herd or poultry flock. Positions in the livestock industry include herd/flock manager, feed/supply sales, veterinarian technician, meat inspector, or animal breeder. View more details on Ivy Tech Community College - Richmond, IN . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Animal Science courses.