AGRICULTURE / HORTICULTURE

Agriculture and Horticulture offer many challenging and interesting careers within the career cluster of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Career pathways include Agribusiness Systems, Animal Systems, Environmental Service Systems, Food Products and Processing Systems, Natural Resource Systems, Plant Systems, and Power, Structural and Technical Systems.

Students also have opportunities to develop leadership skills as well as develop career skills through participation in their school's local FFA organization. The National FFA Organization provides excellent opportunities for students to learn and develop personally while interacting with students across the nation.

High Schools in the VALEES region that offer Agriculture or Horticulture programs include:

• Hinkley-Big Rock High School
• Indian Creek High School
• Kaneland High School
• Newark High School
• Oswego and Oswego East High School
• Sandwich High School
• Serena High School
• Somonauk High School

Career Cruising provides additional career information that will be helpful in planning a career pathway. If you have not yet used Career Cruising, it will be helpful to talk with your school counselor for free access to this valuable online career planning tool.

www.careerclusters.org

Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers

National FFA Organization

ILAgEd YouTube Channel

ARTICULATED CREDIT
College credit may be earned at Joliet Junior College or Kishwaukee College if you successfully complete VALEES courses and meet applicable requirements.

APPLICABLE DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Credit earned for completion of VALEES courses may be used as part of the requirements for Associate in Applied Science degree programs or to enroll in online courses offered as a part of the U. of I. ACES ACCESS program.

If you successfully complete VALEES courses at high schools with approved Agriculture programs:

You may be eligible for credit for college courses:

 

Information regarding degree programs and courses at community colleges that partner with VALEES may be found at:

• Joliet Junior College Agriculture Department
  

• Kishwaukee College Agriculture Department

• Waubonsee Community College Agriculture Department

• Hinckley-Big Rock H.S.
  
• Newark H.S.
  
• Serena H.S.
  
• Somonauk HS

Joliet Junior College Course AGRI 120 (Introduction to Agriculture/Supply Business - 3 semester hours)

OR

AGRI 150 (Introduction to Agriculture Mechanization - 3 semester hours)

• Indian Creek H.S.
  
• Serena H.S.
  
• Somonauk H.S.
  

Kishwaukee College Course AGR 103 (Agriculture Science - 4 semester hours)

If you successfully complete VALEES courses at high schools with approved Horticulture programs:

You may be eligible for credit for college courses:

• Hinkley-Big Rock H.S.
• Indian Creek H.S.
• Newark H.S.
• Oswego H.S.
• Paw Paw H.S.

Joliet Junior College course HORT 100 (Introduction to Horticulture - 3 semester hours)

• Oswego H.S.

Joliet Junior College course HORT 280 (Floral Design I - 3 semester hours)

Additional information regarding Articulated Credit may be obtained by contacting:

• Your high school counselor and/or Career and Technical Education teacher
• VALEES