Agribusiness

Associate of Arts Degree

TG-XR 60701

This curriculum is designed as the first two years of a four-year bachelor’s degree program at a College of Agriculture at one of Arizona’s public universities. Since program requirements differ between universities, the official transfer guide of the school which you plan to attend upon leaving EAC should be consulted in order to adjust this program to your personal needs. Web addresses for the transfer guides of Arizona’s three public universities are included below.

Curriculum Requirements

AGR 135	Conservation and Natural Resources	3 credits
CHM 130	Fundamental Chemistry	4 credits
CMP 103	Introduction to Computer Based Systems I	3 credits
BUA 230	Uses of Accounting Information I	3 credits
BUA 240	Uses of Accounting Information II	3 credits
BUA 250	Introductory Accounting Lab	1 credit
MAT 171	Finite Mathematics	4 credits

Total Curriculum Requirements

21 credits

General Education Requirements

AGEC-A

To complete your General Education requirements, one of the courses taken to fulfill degree requirements must be designated as an Intensive Writing/Critical Inquiry course and another must be designated as a Global/International/Historical Awareness course.

English	ENG 101 Written Communications I	3 credits
	ENG 102 Written Communications II	3 credits
Mathematics	MAT 154 College Algebra	3 credits
Lab Science	BIO 181 General Biology I	4 credits
	BIO 182 General Biology II	4 credits
Humanities	ART 133 World Art I	3 credits
	ART 134 World Art II	3 credits
	MUS 101 World of Music	3 credits
Social Science	Choose from Social Science list. Choose courses from more than one department.	9 credits

Total General Education Requirements

35 credits

Courses qualifying for General Education credit that are listed as curriculum requirements may be counted toward completion of General Education requirements only if other courses are not specified in the General Education distribution area.

Electives & Foreign Language Requirements

To obtain this degree you must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at the 202 course level. To do this select from the following options:

If you have no foreign language coursework completed, take the French or Spanish 101, 102, 201, 202 course sequence offered at EAC. This option will fulfill your foreign language and elective requirements and will result in a total of 72 hours required to obtain the degree.
If you have completed two years of high school French or Spanish courses, take the 201, 202 course sequence at EAC. These two courses will fulfill your foreign language and elective course requirements and result in 64 credits required to obtain the degree.
If you have completed four years of high school foreign language courses or have obtained foreign language ability at the 202 course level in some other manner, testing options are available to demonstrate your proficiency. Contact the Records and Registration Office for more information. If you demonstrate foreign language proficiency by testing, you will need to complete eight credits in courses of your choice numbered 100 or higher to obtain the 64 credits required for the degree.

Electives and Foreign Language Requirements

8 to 16 credits

Total Minimum Degree Requirements

64 credits

In addition to completing each of the courses listed above with a grade of "C" or better, you must meet the following general graduation requirements to obtain this degree:

Complete at least 16 degree credits at Eastern Arizona College.
Attain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
Demonstrate a reading competency at the twelfth grade level or above by one of the following methods:

1. EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score of 76 or higher*

2. EAC ASSET reading assessment test score of 40 or higher*

3. ACT Assessment Reading score of 18 or higher*

4. SAT verbal score of 530 or higher*

5. Completion of ENG 113, College Reading, with a grade of "C" or better

6. Grade equivalency score of 12 or higher as demonstrated by the Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE tests*

*Your EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor. If you took the ASSET test or submitted an ACT, SAT, Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE score, a derived EAC Compass score has been placed in your record and is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor.

File a Graduation Petition at least 60 calendar days prior to the end of the semester in which graduation is anticipated and pay the Graduation Fee of $25.
Remove any indebtedness to the College.
Complete the Sophomore Qualifying Examination that is administered each semester to students who have petitioned to graduate. The Sophomore Qualifying Examination is used as a measure of EAC's institutional effectiveness, and your score has no effect on your graduation status.

Transfer Guides:

ASU International Agribusiness - 2001/2002
ASU Food Science - 2001/2002
ASU Professional Golf Science - 2001/2002
ASU Resource Management Concentration - 2001/2002
ASU Agribusiness Finance Concentration - 2001/2002
ASU Agribusiness Management Concentration - 2001/2002
ASU Food and Agribusiness Marketing - 2001/2002
ASU International Agribusiness - 2000/2001
ASU Food Science Concentration - 2000/2001
ASU Professional Golf Management Concentration - 2000/2001
ASU Resource Management Concentration - 2000/2001
ASU Agribusiness Finance Concentration - 2000/2001
ASU Agribusiness Management Concentration - 2000/2001
ASU Food and Agribusiness Marketing - 2000/2001
ASU Ecology Resource Management - 2000/2001
ASU Resource Management Watershed - 2000/2001
ASU Resource Management Wildlife - 2000/2001
ASU Food Science Concentration - 1999/2000
ASU International Agribusiness Concentration - 1999/2000
ASU Professional Golf Management Concentration - 1999/2000
ASU Resource Management Concentration - 1999/2000
ASU - 1998/1999

NAU - 2001/2002 - No transfer guide available
NAU - 2000/2001 - No transfer guide available
NAU - 1999/2000 - No transfer guide available
NAU - 1998/1999 - No transfer guide available

U of A - 2001/2002
U of A - 2000/2001
U of A - 1999/2000
U of A - 1998/1999