May 18, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Agriculture, BS, Sustainable Ranch Management Concentration

Location(s): Alpine


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The Agriculture curriculum is designed to be a broad-based student-centered program that prepares students with marketable technical skills within the agricultural field for careers in business, industry, education, and government.

The Sustainable Ranch Managment concentration emphasizes specialized coursework in several broad areas that are needed to be a successful ranch manager. The degree empahsizes hands on learning for the person that will be the on the ground decision maker on a ranch including ranch managment, agribusiness, range managment, wildlife management, construction, and animal science.

BS Agriculture Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)

  • Students will demonstrate the basic skills of analyzing and interpreting information gathered in a research setting
  • Students will apply critical thinking skills to deal with potential challenges in diverse animal sciences and related industries
  • Students will demonstrate general knowledge in animal science content areas.

Program Requirements


Core Curriculum: 42

Required Core Courses: 18

Required Concentration Core: 54

Restrictive Electives: 6

Restrictive Electives: 6 Credits


Students must choose any two lower or upper level courses in IT, ANSC, NRM, or RCH.

Total Hours: 120


Core Curriculum: 42

Required Core Courses: 18

Required Concentration Core: 54

Restrictive Electives: 6

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