Course Overview / Details
The Agriscience/Intro to Agriculture course helps students acquire a broad understanding of a variety of agricultural areas, develop an awareness of the many career opportunities in agriculture, participate in occupationally relevant experiences, and work cooperatively with a group to develop and expand leadership abilities. Students study California agriculture, agricultural business, agricultural technologies, natural resources, and animal, plant, and soil sciences.
Industry Sector, Pathway(s), and Grade Levels
- Grades:
- 9 to 12
- Industries and Pathways:
- Agriculture & Natural Resources, Agriscience
CTE Course Certification Elements
- Course Level: Introductory
- CBEDS Course: Agriscience
- CBEDS #: 4070
- Total Hours: 180
- Course Length: 2 Semesters
- State Certified: No
- Board Approval: No
- Labor Market Demand: Unknown
- Is this course industry certified?: No
- Course Type: Career-Technical Preparation
- CSU/UC Approval: No
Related Occupations
Standards
- California Career and Technical Education Standards: 108
- California Academic Content Standards: Integrated: 1 Reinforced: 33
- All Standards
- Full Details
Competencies / Outcomes
An understanding and application of:
- the role of agriculture in the California economy
- the interrelationship between agriculture and the environment
- the effects of technology on agriculture
- the importance of animals, the domestication of animals, and the role of animals in modern society
- the basic cell structure and function of plants and animals
- basic animal anatomy and systems
- basic animal genetics
- fundamental animal nutrition and feeding
- basic animal health
- soil science principles
- basic plant growth and development
- fundamental pest management
- scientific method
- FFA issues and activities
- FFA supervised agricultural enterprises
- FFA California Record Book
Units in this Course
This unit contains lessons about the aim, purpose, history and structure of the FFA. Other lessons are about the opportunities in FFA such as awards, contests (career development opportunities), leadership opportunities and conferences.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons about SAE's: what they are, how to begin and manage them, selection, and how SAE's support agricultural learning.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons on components, entering information, completing the record book as well as how to use the record book for awards and recognition.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons in career exploration, job applications, job descriptions and qualifications and requirements, education and training, and experience methodologies.
- Classroom
- 10 Hours
This unit contains lessons about the history of agriculture in California, how agriculture effects our lives, and its economic impact both locally and nationally.
- Classroom
- 5 Hours
This unit contains lessons about agricultural enviornmental issues, natural resources, conservation and energy sources developed from agricultural products.
- Classroom
- 5 Hours
This unit contains lessons on how agricultural commodities move from producer to consumer, the technology influences in all aspects of agriculture, public concerns about technological advancements in agriculture, and biotechnology laws and regulations.
- Classroom
- 5 Hours
This unit contains lessons regarding domesticated animals: their evolution and purpose, modern-day uses of animals and animal by-products, various points of view for animal usage, and unique and alternative animal uses.
- Classroom
- 5 Hours
This unit contains lessons about cell purpose, anatomy, and function, as well as cell actions-osmosis and division, and how plant and animal cells are alike and different.
- Classroom
- 5 Hours
This unit contains lessons on animal external anatomy and the anatomy and major functions of all vertebrate systems.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons on genes, genetic characteristics, phenotype and genotype ratios, cell division and fertilization processes.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons on types of nutrients, feed analysis, and basic animal feeding guidelines and feeding programs.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons about evaluating normal, healthy animal appearance and behaviors; how housing, sanitation, and nutrition affect animal health; common animal diseases; animal parasites; and important practices for animal medication usage, implementation, and storage.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons regarding soil components and types, soil texture, structure, pH and salinity, water delivery and irrigation systems, soil amendments, and fertilizers.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons regarding plant anatomy and function of plant structure; growth requirements; life cycles; reproductionk; photosynthesis; and respiration.
- Classroom
- 0 Hours
This unit contains lessons about pest classification, plant pest control methods, and basic integrated pest management.
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
This unit contains lessons about basic scientific method practices.,
- Classroom
- 10 Hours




