Agriculture and Environmental Systems
In school year 2010-2011, the high school component of the Agribusiness and Production Systems and Horticulture Career Fields is offered at the following secondary sites:
- Adena High School; Frankfurt, Ohio (Satellite Program for Pickaway-Ross JVSD)
- Liberty Union High School; Baltimore, Ohio
- Logan Elm High School; Circleville, Ohio (Satellite Program for Pickaway-Ross JVSD)
- Paint Valley High School; Bainbridge, Ohio (Satellite Program for Pickaway-Ross JVSD)
- Pickaway-Ross Career and Technology Center; Chillicothe, Ohio
- Southeastern High School; Chillicothe, Ohio (Satellite Program for Pickaway-Ross JVSD)
- Tolles Career & Technical Center; Plain City, Ohio
- Westfall High School; Williamsport, Ohio (Satellite Program for Pickaway-Ross JVSD)
- Zane Trace High School; Chillicothe, Ohio (Satellite Program for Pickaway-Ross JVSD)
The college component of the program offers choices of degree programs at the following higher education institutions:
Clark State Community College has articulation agreements for this College Tech Prep program by which high school graduates may qualify for college credit for certain technical courses within the designated associate degree programs.
Columbus State Community College has articulation agreements for this College Tech Prep program by which high school graduates may qualify for college credit for certain technical courses within the designated associate degree programs.
Ohio University Chillicothe and Lancaster Campuses offer a pathway upon completion of an Associate Degree for a Bachelor of Technical and Applied Science. The Bachelor of Technical and Applied Science Degree is an opportunity for a student who has completed or is completing a two-year technical degree program from an accredited community college, regional campus, or technical college who wishes to pursue a baccalaureate degree. The program provides a student with knowledge and skills to have the opportunity for advancement in a career and integrates the technical skills of the technical degree with the professional skills of courses from the bachelor’s degree courses. The BTAS degree utilizes 96 hours of associate degree credit, of which 36-45 hours must be in a technical field.
About the Agriculture Tech Curriculum
- Ohio Career Fields Technical Content Standards are the blueprint for this program in Agribusiness and Production Systems and Horticulture. To see the current State CFTCSs for Agribusiness and Horticulture, visit http://www.techprepohio.net/
- The consortium Agriculture and Environmental Systems curriculum review took place in October 2009. The next consortium curriculum review will take place in 2014.
For More Information:
High School Programs
Ag-Business Production
Adena High School; Frankfurt, Ohio
(Pickaway-Ross JVSD Satellite Program)
http://www.pickawayross.com/hs/
http://www.adena.k12.oh.us/
Agri-Science - Tech Prep
Liberty Union High School; Baltimore, Ohio
http://www.libertyunion.org/
Ag-Business Production
Logan Elm High School; Circleville, Ohio
(Pickaway-Ross JVSD Satellite Program)
http://www.pickawayross.com/hs/
http://www.loganelm.net/
Landscaping
Logan Elm High School; Circleville, Ohio
(Pickaway-Ross JVSD Satellite Program)
http://www.pickawayross.com/hs/
http://www.loganelm.net/
Ag-Business Production
Paint Valley High School; Bainbridge, Ohio
(Pickaway-Ross JVSD Satellite Program)
http://www.pickawayross.com/hs/
http://gsn.k12.oh.us/PaintValley/highschool.htm
Ag-Science/Ag-Business
Pickaway Ross Career and Technology Center; Chillicothe, Ohio
http://www.pickawayross.com/hs/
Ag-Business Production
Southeastern High School; Chillicothe, Ohio
(Pickaway-Ross JVSD Satellite Program)
http://www.pickawayross.com/hs/
http://www.sepanthers.k12.oh.us/
Landscape and Turf Grass Management
Tolles Career & Technical Center
http://www.tollestech.com/
Ag-Science/Ag-Business
Westfall High School; Williamsport, Ohio
(Pickaway-Ross JVSD Satellite Program)
http://www.pickawayross.com/hs/
http://gsn.k12.oh.us/westfall/hs/index.htm
Ag-Science/Ag-Business
Zane Trace High School; Chillicothe, Ohio
(Pickaway-Ross JVSD Satellite Program)
http://www.pickawayross.com/hs/
http://www.zanetrace.org/highschool/index.html
Postsecondary Programs
Agricultural Commerce Technology
Clark State Community College
http://www.clarkstate.edu/high_school_/_recent_graduate.php
Landscape Design/Build Technology
Columbus State Community College
http://www.cscc.edu/k-12/HSA.htm
Bachelor of Technical and Applied Science
Ohio University Chillicothe Campus
http://www.ouorc.ohio.edu/chillicothe.htm
Bachelor of Technical and Applied Science
Ohio University Lancaster Campus
http://www.ouorc.ohio.edu/lancaster.htm
