Agriculture BusinessAS-T Degree

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Community of interest
Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
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AS-T Degree
Program code
33579.31AS-T
Department
AG Business
CIP code
01.0102: Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations.
TOP code
0112.00 - Agriculture Business, Sales and Service*
Students completing Associate Degrees for Transfer are guaranteed admission to the CSU system. Please see the beginning of the "Academic Programs" section for details.
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Program Snapshot

Community of interest
ITAG Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
Award
AS-T Degree
Program code
33579.31AS-T
Department
AG Business
CIP code
01.0102: Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations.
TOP code
0112.00 - Agriculture Business, Sales and Service*

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Agriculture Business
AS-T Degree — expand to learn about this award

The AS-T is designed for transfer preparation to a specific California State University major. Like every Butte College associate degree, it has two parts: a general-education curriculum and an academic program of specialization.

About Associate Degrees for Transfer. AA-T and AS-T degrees are aligned with transfer model curricula developed jointly by the Academic Senates and discipline faculty in the California Community College and California State University systems. Completing one with a qualifying GPA guarantees CSU admission with junior standing in a related major (campus assignment depends on space and competitive criteria).

About General Education. GE is an integrated program of learning designed to foster intellectual curiosity, cultural understanding, critical thinking, creative reasoning, oral and written communication, and the capacity for ethical reasoning. By graduation, you'll have developed the ability to think critically, communicate clearly, apply quantitative reasoning, understand how the major academic disciplines ask their questions, comprehend diverse cultures and historical periods, and assess ethical problems — alongside the depth you build in your major.

See the 2025-26 Catalog for official program details

Semester-by-Semester Map

Term 1

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13–14 units
AB 22
Agricultural Economics
3 units
course details

This course covers the place of agriculture and farming in the economic system. Topics include basic economic concepts, problems of agriculture, pricing and marketing problems, factors of production, and state and federal farm programs that affect the farmer's economic position. (C-ID AG-AB 124).

ECON 2
Principles of Macroeconomics
3 units

Meets Area 4.

course details

An introductory course focusing on aggregate economic analysis. Topics include: market systems, aggregate measures of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and financial institutions, monetary and fiscal policy, international economics, and economic growth. (C-ID ECON 202).

Prerequisite: Elementary Algebra or equivalent

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Required

4 units
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Choose one of 2 choices

General Education: Area 1A

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English Composition

Baccalaureate-level academic writing — expository and argumentative. The foundation for every other course you'll write in.

Term 2

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16–17 units
AGS 50
General Soils
4 units

Meets Area 5A/5C.

course details

The study of soil physical, chemical and biological properties. Soil use and management including erosion, moisture retention, structure, cultivation, organic matter and microbiology. Laboratory topics include soil type, classification, soil reaction, soil fertility and physical properties of soil. (C-ID AG-PS 128L).

List A (Select one):

Required

3–4 units
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General Education: Area 1C

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Oral Communication

Public speaking and group discussion — organizing ideas for a live audience, listening actively, responding under pressure.

General Education: Area 3A

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Arts

Engaging with creative work — painting, music, theatre, design — through making, viewing, and interpreting.

General Education: Area 6

about Area 6

Ethnic Studies

The histories, experiences, and contributions of the four autonomous disciplines: Black / African American / Africana studies, Native American studies, Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x studies, and Asian American studies.

Term 3

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15–17 units

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Required

3–4 units
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Choose 2 of 6 choices

General Education: Area 1B

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Critical Thinking and Composition

Reading and writing about complex texts — analyzing arguments, identifying assumptions, building your own case with evidence.

General Education: Area 3B

Taking ECON 20, HIST 8, HIST 10, HIST 18, or HIST 26 is recommended to meet the US-1 graduation requirement for CSU/UC.

about Area 3B

Humanities

History, literature, philosophy, language — how people across time and cultures have made sense of the world.

General Education: Area 6

about Area 6

Ethnic Studies

The histories, experiences, and contributions of the four autonomous disciplines: Black / African American / Africana studies, Native American studies, Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x studies, and Asian American studies.

Term 4

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16–18 units

General Education: Area 4

Taking POLS C1000 or POS 12 is recommended to meet the US-2 graduation requirement for CSU/UC.

about Area 4

Social and Behavioral Sciences

The systematic study of people as members of society — cultural anthropology, cultural geography, economics, history, political science, psychology, sociology — and the methods these disciplines use to ask their questions.

General Education: Area 5B

Only necessary if not already met.

about Area 5B

Biological Science

Life and living systems — from cells to ecosystems.

Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999)

Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options.Department recommends ACCT 4 and CHEM 51.

Career Connections

2-Year Degree Paths

Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset point cleanly to an immediate 2-year outcome for this program.

4-Year Degree Paths

Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the 4-year pathway for this program.

Graduate School Paths

Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.

Source Notes

Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.

No NCES/IPEDS CIP-to-SOC mapping was found for this program's CIP code.

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