Jeff Galle
Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences Department
Director
217-236-4711
217-641-4558
Galle@jwcc.edu
Gary Shupe
Agriculture Transfer Program Coordinator
217-641-4505
GShupe@jwcc.edu
Mike Tenhouse
Agriculture Business Management Program Coordinator
217-236-4711
MTenhouse@jwcc.edu
Kerensa Webel
Swine Herd Specialist
217-236-7621
KWebel@jwcc.edu
Gary Wycislo
Horticulture Program Coordinator
217-641-4511
GWycislo@jwcc.edu
Lynn Curry
Administrative Assistant to Director of Agriculture Programs
217-236-4711
Curry@jwcc.edu
Audrey Martin
Agriculture Programs Assistant
217-236-4711
AMartin@jwcc.edu
JWCC Agricultural Education Center
37803 State Hwy 104
P.O. Box 419
Perry, IL 62362
Ph 217-236-4711 or
Ph 217-641-4558
Fax 217-236-4004
Ag@jwcc.edu
Beef Specialist
Certificate
32 Semester Hours
The Beef Specialist Certificate is designed to provide students with the practical skills and knowledge needed to be successful in the beef industry. Emphasis is placed on technical knowledge and practical hands on training by working with the beef cattle at the University of Illinois Animal Science Research Center, adjacent to the JWCC Agricultural Education Center.
NOTE: Only students who do not need additional coursework and who take the number of credits or courses as listed each semester can complete the program in the time given. Others will take longer to complete.
REQUIRED COURSES
| FALL | |
| AGR Electives* | 4 |
| AGR 160 Applied Animal Science | 3 |
| 7 | |
| WINTER | |
| AGR Electives* | 3 |
| AGR 150 Ag/Consumer Related Occup | 1 |
| AGR 164 Animal Nutrition | 3 |
| AGR 165 Beef Mgmt I | 2 |
| AGR 175 Computer Appl in Agribus | 3 |
| 12 | |
| SPRING | |
| AGR Elective* | 1 |
| AGR 154 Crop Prod/Plant Mgmt | 3 |
| AGR 166 Beef Management II | 2 |
| AGR 167 Appl Beef Production Skills | 3 |
| 9 | |
| SUMMER | |
| AGR 190 Occupational Internship I | 4 |
| 4 |
*Suggested Electives: AGR 162-Animal Evaluation and Selection, AGR 169-Artificial Insemination–Cattle, AGR 186-Agriculture Business Management, AGR 187-Agribusiness Records and Accounting, AGR 189-Agribusiness Credit and Finance.