PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :
AGRI 110 Course Standard:
A qualified faculty member teaching Introduction to Agricultural Business and Economics possesses an earned master’s or higher degree, from a regionally accredited institution, in Agricultural Economics, or Agriculture Education or a Master of Business Administration (MBA).
AGRI 111 Course Standard:
A qualified faculty member teaching Crop Production possesses an earned master’s or higher degree, from a regionally accredited institution, in Agronomy, or Agriculture Education.
AGRI 112 Course Standard:
A qualified faculty member teaching Fundamentals of Horticulture possesses an earned master’s or higher degree, from a regionally accredited institution, in Horticulture, or Agriculture Education.
AGRI 113 Course Standard:
A qualified faculty member teaching Animal Agriculture possesses an earned master’s or higher degree, from a regionally accredited institution, in Animal Science, or Agriculture Education.
AGRI 114 Course Standard:
A qualified faculty member teaching Introduction to Agricultural Systems possesses an earned master’s or higher degree, from a regionally accredited institution, in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural Systems, Management, Agronomy, Animal Science or
Agricultural Economics, or Agriculture Education.
AGRI 209 Course Standard:
A qualified faculty member teaching Agricultural Commodity Marketing meets the course standard through one of two routes:
Possesses an earned baccalaureate or higher degree, from a regionally accredited institution, in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agriculture Education, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Systems Management, Agronomy, Animal Science, Botany, Horticulture, Plant Science, or other agriculture-related discipline; or Possesses an earned baccalaureate or higher degree, from a regionally accredited institution and holds a Series 3 commodity futures broker license from NASD.
AGRI 210 Course Standard:
A qualified faculty member teaching Management Methods for Agricultural Business possesses an earned master’s or higher degree, from a regionally accredited institution, in Agricultural Economics, or Agriculture Education, or a Master of Business Administration (MBA).