Sustainable Agriculture and Resourse Systems

Wenatchee Valley College offers two associate of technical science degree programs in Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Systems. The transfer degree articulates to Washington State University's Agriculture and Food Science degree program in a variety of majors. The non-transfer degree prepares students to enter directly into employment in agriculture and related fields. The program builds educational pathways for students using core courses and electives to custom design a program to fit each student's emphasis area and intended educational outcome. Faculty advisers work closely with students to determine courses that will best meet their unique educational needs. Examples of three possible emphasis areas are listed below: General Agriculture, Tree Fruit Production and Sustainable and Organic Agriculture. Many other pathways are possible, including Horticulture, Natural Resources, Agribusiness, and Agriculture Education.

The bilingual agricultural employee education offers several certificate programs to increase the professional abilities of agricultural employees and their contributions to the operations of their respective employment settings. The programs are taught in Spanish, but all students should have basic English conversational skills and some ability to read and write in Spanish when entering these programs. Each program includes applied English, mathematics and computer applications instruction and a civics component which covers everyday life situations. Beginning and Advanced HOEEP (Hispanic orchard employee education program) focus on basic horticulture; HOEEP IV: Farm Management introduces the principles and practices of farm management; HOEEP V: Introduction to Viticulture introduces students to the production and management of juice and wine grapes and vineyard financial management; Integrated Pest Management Technician program is designed to prepare students as pest management scouts and assistants for apple, pear and cherry IPM projects.

Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Systems Curriculum Guides

Requirements for all Agriculture Associate of Technical Science degree
(both transfer and non-transfer)

AGRI 101 Ag Survey or
  AGRI 108 Intro to Horticulture 3
AGRI 161 Intro Plant Science or
AGRI 162 Intro Soils 5
AGRI 254 Integrated Pest Mgt 5
AGRI 261 Plant Science 5
AGRI 263 Soils 5

IN ADDITION, courses are chosen based on the student's emphasis or pathway.

For General Agriculture transfer pathway:

200-level courses in pathway 15
Elective Ag course 5
ENGL& 101 English Composition I 5
MATH 105 College Algebra 5
Humanities 10
Natural Sciences 15
Social Sciences 15
Degree Total 93

For General Agriculture non-transfer pathway:

AGRI 196 Work Experience 5
AGRI 296 Work Experience 5
AGRI 241 Farm & Ranch Mgt. 5
200-level courses in pathway 20
ENGL 100 Writing in the Workplace 5
MATH 100T Technical Math 5
READ 100 Technical Reading 5
BUS& 101 Intro to Business 5
BIOL& 100 Survey of Biology 5
BIT 105 Computer Applications 5
CMST& 220 Public Speaking 5
Degree Total 93

For Tree Fruit Production transfer pathway:

AGRI 255 Orchard IPM 5
AGRI 262 Intro to Pomology 5
AGRI 264 Tree Fruit Production I 5
AGRI 265 Tree Fruit Production II 5
AGRI 266 Tree Fruit Production III 5
AGRI 196 Work Experience 1-5
ENGL& 101 English Composition I 5
MATH 105 College Algebra 5
Humanities 10
Natural Sciences 15
Social Sciences 15
Degree Total 99-103

For Tree Fruit Production non-transfer pathway:

AGRI 196 Work Experience 5
AGRI 296 Work Experience 5
AGRI 241 Farm and Ranch Mgt. 5
AGRI 262 Intro to Pomology 5
AGRI 264 Tree Fruit Production I 5
AGRI 265 Tree Fruit Production II 5
AGRI 266 Tree Fruit Production III 5
AGRI elective 5
ENGL 100 Writing in the Workplace 5
MATH 100T Technical Math 5
READ 100 Technical Reading 5
BUS& 101 Intro to Business 5
BIOL& 100 Survey of Biology 5
BIT 105 Computer Applications 5
CMST& 220 Public Speaking 5
Degree Total 98

For Sustainable & Organic Agriculture transfer pathway:

AGRI 255 Orchard IPM 5
AGRI 289 Sustainable Ag & Food Systems 5
200-level Organic Ag courses 10
MATH 105 College Algebra 5
Humanities 10
Natural Sciences 15
Social Sciences 15
Degree Total 93

For Sustainable & Organic Agriculture non-transfer pathway:

AGRI 255 Orchard IPM 5
AGRI 289 Sustainable Ag & Food Systems 5
200-level Organic Ag courses 10
200-level electives 20
ENGL 100 Writing in the Workplace 5
MATH 100T Technical Math 5
READ 100 Technical Reading 5
BUS& 101 Intro to Business 5
BIOL& 100 Survey of Biology 5
BIT 105 Computer Applications 5
CMST& 220 Public Speaking 5
Degree Total 98

For Horticulture non-transfer pathway:

AGRI 196 Work Experience 5
AGRI 296 Work Experience 5
ECON 101 Intro to Economics 5
200-level electives 20
ENGL 100 Writing in the Workplace 5
MATH 100T Technical Math 5
READ 100 Technical Reading 5
BUS& 101 Intro to Business 5
BIOL& 100 Survey of Biology 5
BIT 105 Computer Applications 5
CMST& 220 Public Speaking 5
Degree Total 93

For AgriBusiness non-transfer pathway:
Business courses will replace some intro and core AGRI courses-see adviser

ENGL& 101 English Composition I 5
MATH 105 College Algebra 5
CHEM& 110 Chemical Concepts 5
CHEM& 121 Intro to Chemistry 5
BIOL& 100 Survey of Biology 5
CMST& 220 Public Speaking 5
Degree Total 98

Other pathways, such as Agriculture Education, Natural Resource Management, and other agriculture specialties will be developed as student needs arise.

For more information on:
• Tree Fruit Production programs, contact Leo Garcia at lgarcia@wvc.edu, 682-6628
• HOEEP and certificate programs, contact Francisco Sarmiento at fsarmiento@wvc.edu, 682-6622
• AgriBusiness programs, contact Nelson Martin at nmartin@wvc.edu, 682-6650
• Sustainable & Organic Ag, Horticulture, Natural Resources, and other programs, contact Bob Gillespie at bgillespie@wvc.edu, 682-6624.