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Mar 23, 2026
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2024-2026 Academic Catalog
Agricultural Sales and Service - Natural Resource Management Option, A.S.
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Overview
The Associate in Science in Agricultural Sales and Service with Natural Resource Management Option is a major within the School of Professional Studies. If you have questions regarding this program, please contact dsu.hawk@dickinsonstate.edu or call 1-800-279-HAWK.
Degree Requirements:
- General Education Courses
- Core Curriculum
- Option(s) Courses
Career Options
Why should you pursue an Associate in Science Degree - Agricultural Sales and Service: Natural Resource Option?
The natural resource option of the associate degree in agricultural sales and service is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the science involved in managing natural resources often in agricultural settings. Students pursuing this option combine business techniques with knowledge of agricultural production to prepare for further education in the fields of natural resource, range and soils management.
Possible Career Paths
- Government Service Technician
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
- Soil Conservation District (SCD)
- Land Reclamation Technician
- NGO Environmental Technician
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Agricultural Sales and Services Core Curriculum
One course from the following two courses (3 credits):
One course from the following two courses (3 credits):
Natural Resource Option
Students pursuing the Natural Resource option combine business techniques with knowledge of agricultural production to prepare for further education in the fields of natural resource, range and soils management. One pair of courses from the following two pairs of courses (4-5 credits):
Student Learning Outcomes
Agricultural Sales and Service graduates will be able to demonstrate a/an: - Basic proficiency in a wide range of specific approved practices in agricultural production, business, and resource management. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, III, and VI.)
- Basic proficiency in the use of financial and GIS computer software. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, III, and VI.)
- Ability to develop and implement a herd health program and/or a crop rotational plan for production agriculture. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, III, IV, and VI.)
- Ability to develop and use the newest marketing and management tools to make more effective marketing and management decisions. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I, II, III, V, and VI.)
- Basic understanding of specific livestock and farm production practices of the Northern Great Plains. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I, II, V, and VI.)
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