- Associate of Science of
Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Degree
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- Students may obtain an associate of science
in agricultural, food and life sciences degree at ACTA community
colleges. ACTA's four-year institutions work with the community
colleges to assure efficient transfers to the senior institutions.
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- The 62-hour curriculum toward the ACTA
associate degree features a science-based transfer degree with
enough latitude in coursework to allow students to major in a
variety of fields.
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- The degree also includes five credit hours
of orientation and introductory courses in agricultural, food
and life sciences. These courses are shared among ACTA colleges.
The courses are offered with on-campus faculty, compressed interactive
video and the World Wide Web.
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- Students who follow the curriculum should
be able to transfer all credits into the majors of their choice
listed under the bachelor of science degree section.
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- Here is a list of the course requirements
for the A.S. degree in Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences:
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| Courses |
Credit Hours |
| English Composition |
6 |
| Speech |
3 |
| Humanities |
6 |
| Social/Behavioral
Sciences |
6 |
| U.S. History |
3 |
| Lab Sciences |
8-16 (number and
type depends on major) |
| College Algebra
or Higher |
3 |
| Orientation to
and introductory course in some area of agricultural, food or
life sciences |
5 |
| Coursework related
to student's intended major or to college-specific requirements |
14-22 |
| TOTAL |
62 |
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- Associate of Applied Science
Degree
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- ACTA partners also offer a track toward
an associate of applied science degree for career entry after
two years of college. This terminal degree will ground students
in fundamentals of English, math and speech and will prepare
them for careers in technical agriculture upon graduation.
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Bachelor of Science
Degrees
- Students who receive the associate of
science in agricultural, food and life sciences degree may transfer
to one of ACTA's four-year institutions and choose from these
bachelor of science degree programs to pursue:
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- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
- Agricultural Business
- Agricultural Education, Communication
and Technology
- Animal Science
- Apparel Studies
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop Management
- Environmental, Soil, and Water Science
- Food, Human Nutrition and Hospitality
- Food Science
- Horticulture
- Human Environmental Sciences
- Human Development, Family Sciences and
Rural Sociology
- Interior Design
- Pest Management
- Poultry Science
- Pre-Veterinary Medicine
- Turf and Landscape Horticulture
- University of Arkansas at Monticello
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- Division of Agriculture
- Agribusiness
- Animal Science
- Plant and Soil Science
- General Agriculture
- School of Forest Resources
- Forestry
- Wildlife Management
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Science
- Agriculture
- Fisheries Biology
- Human Science
- Regulatory Science-Agriculture
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