ASSOCIATE DEGREES

Associate of Applied Science Degree in Ag. Resources Technology- Ag. Business Option with an Equine Emphasis

• Associate of Applied Science Degree
• From Western Dakota Technical in Rapid City, South Dakota
• Classes are delivered on-line
• You will be able to complete the entire program on-line or you can choose to take your general education classes and agriculture classes on the Western Dakota Technical campus.
• On-line classes contain a lot of practical knowledge learned from years of training and running a nationally known horse business.
• If you have college classes already, many of them will transfer in.
• High School Students can get dual credit- (High School and College)

Western Dakota Technical has two tracts.
 The riding tract is for those students that want to work directly with training horses or students that want to learn how to train their own horses. The riding tract has four training classes and the students will need to have a broke or well started horse for these classes. The student needs to have enough riding skills to be able to walk, trot and lope a horse with a fairly secure seat.  The student will need a horse that they have exclusive use of, tack, video camera and a person to take the videos for this class.

The management tract  is for those students that want to be involved with the management or business side of the horse industry.  No riding classes required. We developed this tract because many of our students want to be involved in the horse industry, but they do not have a riding background and they still want to live their dream of being involved in the great equine industry. This option will let you live your dream of being in the horse industry without having to have years of riding experience.  Many of our students are involved in the horse industry by managing an equine facility, sales, marketing, breeding or developing their own business and do not plan on training horses as part of their occupation. There are many equine jobs out there that do not involve actually having to train horses for a living.  You will take Training Theory classes where you will take an in-depth look at the training process and then write papers on how the training is actually done instead of having to do the actual training.

Two great Tracts-
Ag. Resources Technology- Equine Option

RIDING TRACT-

First Semester-                                          Credit
EM-160 Equine Behavior (Fall-1) ..................................... 2
AGB-116 Leadership ....................................................... 1
AGR-101 Intro to Animal Science ..................................... 2
AGR-102 Plant Science .................................................... 3
EM-110 Equine Nutrition (F-2) ......................................... 2
CIS-105 Microcomputer Software Applications I .............. 3
EM-130 Equine Reproduction- (F-2) ................................ 2
EM-120 Equine Business Management (F-2) ................... 2
ORT-010 Orientation ....................................................... 1
Total credit hours- ....................................................... 18

Second Semester-
AGB-111 Ag. Business Mgmt. I ........................................ 3
CIS-106 Microcomputer Software App.II ......................... 3
EM-220 Equine Marketing- (S-1) ...................................... 2
EM-230 Equine Anatomy & Selection- (S-l) ...................... 2
ET-110 Techniques of Training I (S-2) ............................. 2
EM-210 Stallion Management- (S-2) ................................ 2
ENGL-101 Composition ................................................... 3
Total credit hours ......................................................... 17

Third Semester-
AGB-122 Ag. Business Mgmt. .......................................... 3
ET-120  Techniques of Training II (F-1) ........................... 2
AGR-212 Range Management .......................................... 3
ART-126 Career Launch ................................................... 1
ECN-202 Principles of Economics ..................................... 3
MATH 104 Technical Mathematics .................................... 3
EM-140 Eq. Health & Disease- (F-1) ................................ 2
ET-130  Training Techniques III- (F-2) ............................. 2
Total Credit Hours- ........................................................19

Fourth Semester-    
ET-140 Techniques of Training IV- (S2) ........................... 2
AGB-120 Ag. Banking ...................................................... 3
AGB-212 Business Law ................................................... 3
AGB-213 Principles of Selling ........................................... 3
PSYC-103 Human Relationsin the workplace ................... 3
ART-299 Career Internship .............................................. 2
Total Credit Hours ........................................................ 16

Total Credit hours for the Program ............................. 70

MANAGEMENT TRACT -

First Semester-                                          Credit
EM-160 Equine Behavior (fall-1) ...................................... 2
AGB-116 Leadership ........................................................1
AGR-101 Intro to Animal Science ......................................2
AGR-102 Plant Science .....................................................3
EM-110 Equine Nutrition  (F-2) .........................................2
CIS-105 Microcomputer Software ....................................3
EM-130 Equine Reproduction- (F-2) .................................2
EM-120 Equine Business Mgmt. (F-2) ...............................2
ORT-010 Orientation ........................................................1
Total Credit Hours- ........................................................18

Second Semester-
AGB-111 Ag. Business Mgmt. I..........................................3
CIS-106 Microcomputer  Software II.................................3
EM-220 Equine Marketing-(S-1) ........................................2
EM-230 Equine Anatomy & Selection.................................2
EM-150 Facility Management- (S-2) ..................................2
EM-210 Stallion Management- (S-2) .................................2
ENGL-101 Composition .....................................................3
Total Credit Hours- ........................................................17

Third Semester-
AGB-122 Ag. Business Mgmt. ...........................................3
EM-240  Training Theory ..................................................2
AGR-212 Range Management ..........................................3
ART-126 Career Launch ...................................................1
ECN-202 Principles of Economic .......................................3
MATH 104 Technical Mathematics .....................................3
Eq. Health & Disease- (F-1) ..............................................3
Total Credit Hours- .......................................................17

Fourth Semester-    
EM-250 Training Theory II ................................................2
AGB-120 Ag. Banking ........................................................3
AGB-212 Business Law .....................................................3
AGB-213 Principles of Selling .........,..................................3
PSYC-103 Human Relations-workplace .............................3
ART-299 Career Internship ...............................................2
Total Credit Hours- ........................................................16

Total Credit hours for the Program .............................. 68

Associate of Science Degree in Ag. Sales and Service with an Emphasis in Equine Management

• Associate of Science Degree
• From Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota
• Classes are delivered on-line
• You can complete the entire program on-line or you can choose to take your general education classes on the DSU campus.
• On-line classes contain a lot of practical knowledge learned from years of training and running a nationally known horse business.
• University classes transfer to most colleges
• If you have college classes already, many of them will transfer in.

ALL CLASSES ARE COMPLETELY  ONLINE,
you never have to leave home

General Education...................... 39
Major Core Courses..................... 9
Option (select one)............... 18-20
Total Semester Hours......... 66-68

General Education Requirements-

Group I Communication............................................................ 9
Group II Natural Sciences....................................................... 10
Group III Expression of Human Civilization .............................. 9
Group IV Understanding of Human Civilization ......................... 9
Group V Multi Cultural Studies selected from groups III & IV
Group VI Physical Education ..................................................... 2

TOTAL GENERAL ED COURSES.............................................. 39

Ag. Classes-

ARSC 160 Intro to Animal Science.............. 3
BOTE 247 Spreadsheet Applications.......... 3
AGEC 244 Intro to Ag Marketing................ 3

TOTAL MAJOR CORE COURSES............... 9

Equine Management Option-

ARSC 160 Equine Nutrition....................................................... 2
ARSC 161 Equine Business Management................................. 2
ARSC 162 Equine Reproduction................................................ 2
ARSC 163 Equine Health & Diseases........................................ 2
ARSC 164 Equine Behavior & Ground work.............................. 2
ARSC 261 Stallion Management............................................... 2
ARSC 262 Equine Anatomy & Selection.................................... 2
ARSC 297A Techniques of Training Performance Horses I........ 2
ARSC 297B Techniques of Training Performance Horses II....... 2
     Select one course from the following
ARSC 265 Equine Marketing..................................................... 2 or
ARSC 267 Equine Facility Management..................................... 2

TOTAL EQUINE HOURS......................................................... 20

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