| CSSC Code | Title | Alternate Titles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Category | Sub-Category | Course | |||
| 01 | AGRIBUSINESS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION | A summary of groups of instructional programs that prepare individuals to apply scientific knowledge and methods, and technical skills in support of agribusiness and agricultural activities concerned with the production and propagation of crops and animals, supplies and services, mechanics, products processing and marketing, and horticulture. | |||
| 01 | AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT | A group of instructional programs that prepare individuals to apply the economic and business principles involved in the organization, operation, and management of farm and agricultural business. | |||
| 11 | Agribusiness, Introduction | Agricultural Business | Introductory course; agricultural businesses; management practices | ||
| 21 | Agricultural Business Operation | Agricultural Business Leadership | salesmanship; marketing and records; economic principles; agricultural enterprise | ||
| 31 | Farm and Ranch Management | accounting; taxes; production; financing; capital resources; farm enterprises | |||
| 41 | State and Community Agriculture | agricultural information; optimum crop and animal production geographic locations | |||
| 51 | Agricultural Mathematics | agricultural economics; business mathematics | |||
| 61 | Agricultural Microprocessing | record keeping; tax records; software selection; equipment controls | |||
| 71 | Agriculture Cooperatives | Agricultural Cooperative Education 1 | work experience in agribusiness; business organization | ||
| 72 | Agricultural Cooperative Education 2 | work experience in agribusiness; business organization | |||
| 81 | Agriculture, Independent Study | agriculture studies; independent projects | |||
| 82 | SOEP - Supervised Occupational Experience Program | agricultural related business operation; individual study | |||
| 00 | Agricultural Business and Management, Other | ||||
| 02 | AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS | A group of instructional programs that prepare individuals to select, operate, maintain, service, sell, and use agriculture/agribusiness power units, machinery, equipment, structures, and utilities. Includes instruction in agricultural power units; the planning and selection of materials for the construction of agricultural facilities; and the mechanical practices associated with irrigation, drainage, run-off, water conservation, and erosion control. | |||
| 11 | Agricultural Mechanics, General | Agricultural Construction and Maintenance | agricultural equipment maintenance; maintenance of hand and power tools; arc welding | ||
| 12 | Agricultural Mechanics 2 | advanced course; agribusiness power equipment; methods of irrigation; land leveling; contouring | |||
| 13 | Agricultural Mechanics 3 | continued advanced study; agribusiness equipment | |||
| 14 | Agricultural Mechanics 4 | continued advanced study; agribusiness equipment | |||
| 21 | Welding, Agricultural | welding repair and construction of agricultural machinery | |||
| 31 | Power and Machinery, Agricultural Small Engines, Agricultural | equipment selection, operation and repair; agricultural power units | |||
| 41 | Farm Construction | planning, materials selection; construction of agricultural structures; environmental facilities construction | |||
| 51 | Electricity and Electronics, Agricultural | safe use of electricity; electrical power; automatic controls | |||
| 61 | Soil and Water Mechanical Practices | irrigation; drainage; soil contours; terracing; strip cropping; irrigation equipment maintenance | |||
| 71 | Surveying, Agricultural | describing geographic areas; agricultural applications; mapping; layout of contours; ponds | |||
| 00 | Agricultural Mechanics, Other | ||||
| 03 | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION | A group of instructional programs that prepare individuals in planning and economically using facilities, land, water, machinery, chemicals, finance, and labor in the production of plant and animal products. | |||
| 11 | Agricultural Production, General | Production Agriculture | animal and plant production; farming production | ||
| 12 | Agriculture Technology 1 | vocational agriculture; technical information about agriculture | |||
| 13 | Agriculture Technology 2 | processing and distribution of agricultural products | |||
| 21 | Animal Production | Animal and Veterinary Science; Animal Husbandry | livestock production and basic veterinary science; selection, breeding, nutrition, health, housing, feeding, marketing; animal physiology and diseases | ||
| 31 | Crop Production | grains; fiber; forages; specialty crops; harvesting; production facilities operation | |||
| 00 | Agricultural Production, Other | ||||
| 04 | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PROCESSING | A group of instructional programs that prepare individuals to process food and nonfood products and to inspect those products preparatory to marketing. Includes instruction in the characteristics and properties of agricultural products and of agriculture-related processing techniques and skills including quality control and mechanical operations involved in marking, grading, inspecting, packaging, storing, and marketing. | |||
| 11 | Agricultural Products and Processing 1 | preparation of meat, dairy, poultry and produce for market, as well as aspects of quality control and marketing | |||
| 12 | Agricultural Products and Processing 2 | ||||
| 21 | Agricultural Products and Processing - Cooperative Education | ||||
| 00 | Agricultural Products and Processing, Other | ||||
| 05 | AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AND SUPPLIES | A group of instructional programs that prepare individuals to sell supplies for agricultural production; provide agricultural services; and purchase, grade, store, market, and transport agricultural products. Includes instruction in animal breeding, horseshoeing, small animal services, and animal hospital care services. | |||
| 11 | Agricultural Supplies Marketing | marketing operations; feeds; fertilizers; machinery; seeds; herbicides; pesticides; fungicides | |||
| 21 | Animal Grooming | Pet Grooming | techniques for grooming small animals | ||
| 00 | Agricultural Services and Supplies, Other | ||||
| 06 | HORTICULTURE | A group of instructional programs that prepare individuals to produce, process, and market plants, shrubs, and trees used principally for ornamental, recreational, and aesthetic purposes and to establish, maintain, and manage horticultural enterprises like arboriculture, floriculture, greenhouse operation and management, landscaping, nursery operation and management, and turf management. Includes instruction in machinery and equipment necessary for each horticultural enterprise. | |||
| 11 | Horticulture | Plant Propagation | landscaping; florist and garden centers; turf growth and care; diseases; chemicals; pesticides; fungicides; insecticides | ||
| 21 | Floriculture | Floriculture and Gardening | ornamental plant culture; turf management and gardening; greenhouse operation | ||
| 31 | Landscaping | Landscaping and Home Fruit Production; Landscape Maintenance and Construction; Landscape Design | soil types; fertilizer use; lawn and turf maintenance; pest and disease control; plant identification; landscape planning and construction | ||
| 32 | Landscaping, Advanced | history of landscaping; common styles of landscaping; practice in drawing techniques and design theory | |||
| 41 | Greenhouse Management | plants under glass; artificial environments for plants; commercial production | |||
| 51 | Nursery Operations and Management | Nursery Practices; Nursery Management | plant propagation; landscaping with plants; study of soils, insects, diseases, weeds, and agricultural chemicals | ||
| 61 | Horticulture Power Equipment Operation and Maintenance | Horticultural Mechanics 1 | power equipment; horticulture operation and maintenance | ||
| 62 | Horticultural Mechanics 2 | Horticultural Mechanics - Cooperative Education | |||
| 71 | Turf Management | grasses and ground covers; growth and maintenance | |||
| 81 | Fruit and Vegetable Production | orchard production; commercial vegetable production; harvesting; processing; marketing; storage | |||
| 00 | Horticulture, Other | ||||
| 07 | INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE | A group of Instructional programs that prepares individuals to apply the social, biological, and agricultural sciences, and technologies as they relate to food production and distribution on a worldwide scale. | |||
| 00 | International Agriculture, Other | ||||
| 99 | AGRIBUSINESS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, OTHER | A group of instructional programs in agribusiness and agricultural production not described above. | |||
| 00 | Agribusiness and Agricultural Production, Other | ||||
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