Crookston, Minn. - Articulation agreements completed recently by the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the University of Minnesota, Crookston will help students by providing a smooth transition to those interested in pursuing baccalaureate degrees. The Crookston campus has implemented several new articulation agreements with Minnesota West Community & Technical College, and Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio, to assist students interested in attaining their four-year degree.
Graduates from Hocking College earning an associate degree in landscape management, parks and recreation, forest management, or alternative energy and fuel cells have the option to continue their education in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the U of M, Crookston pursuing bachelor's degrees in the areas of horticulture, natural resources management, or agriculture systems management - bio-fuels and renewable energy technology.
For Minnesota West Community & Technical College (MWCTC) graduates earning associate degrees in agricultural business, plant science, or agriculture production management there, have the option to earn bachelor's degrees in agricultural business, animal science, and agronomy at the U of M, Crookston.
"These articulation agreements will benefit students and provide them with more career options," said Ron Del Vecchio, Ph.D., head of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the U of M, Crookston. "Cooperative agreements like the ones with Hocking College and Minnesota West Community & Technical College allow students to plan their course of study to ensure that they will fulfill their course requirements and be able to transfer seamlessly."
Articulation agreements are formal arrangements transferring a defined set of academic credits between an academic program of one institution, usually a two-year post-secondary institution, to a program within a college or campus of the University of Minnesota system in order to fulfill general education or program requirements.
For more information on the degree programs available in agriculture and natural resources at the U of M, Crookston, visit www.UMCrookston.edu/academics or contact the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at 218-281-8109.
Today the University of Minnesota, Crookston delivers more than 25 applied-science undergraduate degree programs and 50 concentrations, including several online degrees, in agriculture; arts, humanities and social sciences; business; math, science and technology; and natural resources. To learn more, visit www.umcrookston.edu.
Graduates from Hocking College earning an associate degree in landscape management, parks and recreation, forest management, or alternative energy and fuel cells have the option to continue their education in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the U of M, Crookston pursuing bachelor's degrees in the areas of horticulture, natural resources management, or agriculture systems management - bio-fuels and renewable energy technology.
For Minnesota West Community & Technical College (MWCTC) graduates earning associate degrees in agricultural business, plant science, or agriculture production management there, have the option to earn bachelor's degrees in agricultural business, animal science, and agronomy at the U of M, Crookston.
"These articulation agreements will benefit students and provide them with more career options," said Ron Del Vecchio, Ph.D., head of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the U of M, Crookston. "Cooperative agreements like the ones with Hocking College and Minnesota West Community & Technical College allow students to plan their course of study to ensure that they will fulfill their course requirements and be able to transfer seamlessly."
Articulation agreements are formal arrangements transferring a defined set of academic credits between an academic program of one institution, usually a two-year post-secondary institution, to a program within a college or campus of the University of Minnesota system in order to fulfill general education or program requirements.
For more information on the degree programs available in agriculture and natural resources at the U of M, Crookston, visit www.UMCrookston.edu/academics or contact the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at 218-281-8109.
Today the University of Minnesota, Crookston delivers more than 25 applied-science undergraduate degree programs and 50 concentrations, including several online degrees, in agriculture; arts, humanities and social sciences; business; math, science and technology; and natural resources. To learn more, visit www.umcrookston.edu.
Contact: Ron Del Vecchio, department head, 218-281-8109 (delve004@umn.edu); Elizabeth Tollefson, assistant director of communications, 218-281-8432 (ltollefs@umn.edu)
