Cultivate Your Career and Help Feed the World!
By 2050 2.3 billion more people will inhabit the planet. We will have to produce as much food in the next forty years as had been produced during the past 8,000 years. Meeting our future global food demand will require innovative solutions from our next generation of agriculture scientists, professionals and producers.
The agriculture program at Cochise will incorporate the diverse agricultural products specific to Cochise County such as chile production/processing, pecan farming, viticulture, pistachio orchards and dairy production.
Whether you like raising livestock or growing crops, working outside or in a laboratory, improving our country’s vast natural resources, working to monitor and understand the impact of global climate change or working in agri-business, there is a career for you in the vast field of agriculture….choose a career in agriculture and help feed the world!
Also under our Agriculture degrees and certificates find an exciting career in Animal Science!
Degree & Certificate Information
The Agriculture Associate of Applied Science degree is designed to prepare students for a career in the agricultural profession or for transfer to a university Bachelor of Applied Science degree program. It focuses on animal science, natural resources, and agribusiness management while introducing students to various careers in agriculture.
Department Contacts
Division Assistant
Kathy Carrillo
carrillok@cochise.edu
520-515-5418
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Agriculture Instructors
Hands on experience in agricultural fields.
Program Information
Fall: August 21, 2023
Spring: January 16, 2024
Degree: 4 Semesters
Certificate: 2 Semesters
Degree: 64 credits
Certificate: 32 credits
Program Costs
Please see the Tuitions & Fess page for more information about all related costs. Using the Academic Program Cost section can help you find costs related to certain programs.
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