Courses:

Ag Leadership: Mrs. Cecil
 
 - This is an agribusiness course designed to train students as team leaders. 

- Students practice leadership and employability skills by combining computers, technology and advanced communication skills.

-Graduation elective credit

-Approved college credit through Merced Community College

Small Engines & Power Equipment: Mr. Mua

 -This is an introductory course in which students learn the operation, construction, maintenance, repair, and adjustments of two and four cycle engines. 

-Theory and practical work are
covered in areas of safety, care, and use of specialized tools used in small
engine repair and maintenance.

- Students practice preventive maintenance, trouble
shooting and safe equipment operation. 

-Graduation elective credit

Ag Welding Tech 1 & 2: Mr.Mua

 -Students receive individualized instruction in arc
and oxy-acetylene welding.  Selection of welding methods, welding rod,
metals, and equipment are practiced.  Students weld metal flat, horizontal,
vertical, and overhead positions. M.I.G. and T.I.G. welding are also covered.

 -Students design and construct their own advanced projects.

-Graduation fine art credit

Ag Shop Skills: Mr. Mua & Mrs. Cecil

 -Beginning shop students develop creativity, imagination, and craftsmanship in introductory shop skills.  Students design and construct required projects in electricity, woodwork, plumbing, rope work, and concrete, arc and oxy-acetylene gas welding. 

-Graduation elective credit

Art and History of Floral Design: 
Ms. Elliott
                                 
- Art and History of Floral Design provides students with a basic
knowledge of artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural contexts, aesthetic valuing and connections, relations, and application of the visual art through the design of floral arrangements.
 
-Students will connect and apply what is learned in floral art to other art forms, subjects,
and post-secondary educational experiences and careers. 

-Graduation fine art credit; meets UC/CSU "f" requirement

Vet Science: Ms. Clinton
                           
- Veterinary Science is designed to provide
students with an opportunity to study the science of veterinary medicine,
including animal anatomy and physiology, animal health, nutrition, and
cause/prevention of disease.

- Students will also learn various veterinary
laboratory skills, aseptic and surgical procedures, basic radiology, and
scientific research and writing skills. 

- Graduation elective science
credit; meets UC/CSU "g" requirement

Integrated Agricultural Biology: 
Ms. Clinton & Mrs. Cecil  
 
-Designed for the college-bound student with career interests in agriculture
-Extensive laboratory activities connect the major ideas of
life science with agricultural applications.

 -Graduation life science credit; meets UC/CSU
“d” and "g" requirements.

Environmental Horticulture:
Ms. Elliott   

- Students will study basic plant science, including the physiology and function of plants and career in horticulture.  

-Graduation elective credit

Ag Earth Science: Ms. Clinton & Mrs. Cecil

 -This college preparatory course will focus on the Earth’s place in the universe, dynamic Earth processes, energy in the Earth system, biochemical cycles, structure and composition of the atmosphere, California geology, and investigation and experimentation as outlined in the California science standards for Earth Science. It brings together the agriculture interactions that occur in the living and non-living world.

-Graduation physical science credit; UC/CSU “g” requirement