Sarah Mayo, Coordinator
Telephone: 613-258-8336 ext. 61346
Fax: 613-258-8285
E-Mail: smayo@uoguelph.ca |
Heather Buck, Registrar
Telephone: 613-258-8336 ext. 61335
Fax: 613-258-8384
E-Mail: hebuck@uoguelph.ca |
Associate Diploma in Agriculture - Equine Option
The Diploma in Agriculture-Equine option program provides a practical, skills oriented approach to agricultural production systems and management combined with the opportunity to specialize in the equine field. Diploma in Agriculture -Equine Option students integrate practical experience with the technical and scientific information that is required to be successful in a number of equine and/or agriculture related ventures.
Business management, computer skills, and problem solving activities provide students with the abilities they require as self-employed managers of equine facilities, and as technical/ sales employees of agri-business firms, commodity boards, and other agencies related to the agri-food system or the equine industry.
|
|
All college campuses, under the umbrella of University of Guelph, offer a general program that encompasses the core course requirements for the diploma, supplemented with elective courses. However, the Equine Option program is unique to the Kemptville Campus. Another attractive feature of this program is that students enrolled in the Diploma in Agriculture- Equine Option can combine their Diploma studies with rider and instructor preparatory courses.
Course Listing for 2011/2012 Academic Year:
- DAGR*1200 Applied Plant Science -
- DAGR*2810 Practical Horse Care I -
- DAGR*1800 Horse Structure and Function -
- DAGR*1600 Applied Mathematics -
- DAGR*1720 Communication Skills I -
- DAGR*1300 Soil Principles
- DAGR*1620 Computer Applications I -
Semester 2
- DAGR*2110 Business Accounting-
- DAGR*2620 Computer Applications II
- DAGR*2820 Practical Horse Care II -
- DAGR*2720 Communication Skills II -
Plus at least 2 Electives
- DAGR*3930 Equine Complementary Therapies -
- DAGR2000 Animal Science -
Semester 3
- DAGR*3810 Horse Conformation and Lameness
- DAGR*3100 Business Management -
- DAGR*4810 Horse Health
- DAGR*3300 Land and Water Stewardship -
- DAGR*3820 Horse Feed and Feeding
Plus One Elective
- DAGR*1750 Coaching Techniques
- DAGR*3130 Sales and Sales Managment -
- DAGR*3350 Welding -
Semester 4
- DAGR*4600 Human Resource Management -
- DAGR*4800 Sport Horse Conditioning -
- DAGR*4820 Horse Reproduction and Selection-
- DAGR*4610 Business Venture
Plus at least 2 Electives
- DAGR*3120 Business Marketing -
- DAGR*4830 Horse Facility Management and Design -
- DAGR*4010 Animal Health
- DAGR 4350 Farm Structures & Environment
|
