The Agricultural Operations Management (AOM) program provides students with core fundamental knowledge and critical thinking skills as well as specialized tracks providing career path options. The program teaches both management and technical skills and provides students with the ability to apply this knowledge to solve problems common in family-owned businesses and large municipal entities.

Students focus on the application of technology used in agriculture and natural systems management with the integration of business management concepts. The AOM graduate is able to identify system problems, formulate possible solutions, evaluate the impact of alternatives (including social and economic dimensions), and then implement the best solution.

A major strength of the AOM program is its small class sizes. Students benefit from engaging discussion in a welcoming environment, interacting with and getting to know professors, and connecting with classmates through hands-on projects, activities and club functions.

Concentrations

AOM students complete a common core curriculum to build knowledge and strengthen critical thinking skills. Each student also selects a specific focus or concentration. All new AOM students will consult with an advisor and select from the above list to determine their specific coursework. Concentration areas include:

• Sustainable Land, Energy, and Water
• Agribusiness Management
• Animal Production Management
• Horticulture and Crop Management
• Smart Agricultural Management (starting Fall 2023)
• Agri-Food Systems Management (starting Fall 2023)

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Transfer Requirements

Students must complete an Associate of Arts degree, meet the required grade point average (GPA), complete the required prerequisite courses, and meet the foreign language and immunization policies of the University of Florida before transferring.

• Critical Tracking Courses

  Agricultural Operations Management – all areas of concentration

  Required GPA = 2.0 overall and 2.0 in the following courses.
  Students MUST complete a minimum of six out of the following eight courses listed below, and include math, chemistry and physics with a minimum grade of “C” in all courses:

  	Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
  	ACG 2021	Introduction to Financial Accounting	4
  	BSC 2010/2010L	General Biology 1 and Lab	4
  	CHM 2045 & 2045L	General Chemistry 1 and Lab	4
  	ENC 2210	Technical Writing	3
  	MAC 2233	Survey of Calculus 1	3
  or	MAC 1147	Precalculus	4
  or	MAC 1140 & MAC 1114	Precalculus Algebra and Trig	6
  	PHY 2004	Applied Physics 1	3
  or	PHY 2020	Introduction to Principles of Physics	3
  	PSY 2012	General Psychology	3
  	SPC 2608	Introduction to Public Speaking	3

Careers

The AOM program provides a solid foundation for management of technical assets, infrastructure, money, and personnel. Graduates become an integral part of profitable business operations such as building materials, environmental structures, citrus processing, and commercial nurseries.  Students also graduate with specialized skills including geographic information system (GIS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), precision systems management, business and accounting, energy usage, utilities, sustainability, and construction.

• Example Careers
  • Commercial Construction Manager
  • Farm or Ranch Manager
  • Heavy Equipment Sales and Management
  • Irrigation Specialist
  • Landscape Manager
  • Production Manager
  • Precision Ag Specialist
  • Sales Representative

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