hour curriculum ladder will be offered: AQU 480 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), AFE 489 Remote Sensing of Environment, AQU 460 Water Quality Management and AFE 461 Water Quality LAB, and BIO 417 Ecological Field Methods. This certificate program will create educational opportunities for KSU students and non-traditional students as well as high school teachers and government and private industry employees to earn a certificate in Environmental Measurements. These audiences can utilize the earned certificate for science teacher certification or as an educational/professional development credits towards their professional skills development. This certificate provides an interim degree for those pursuing the Option in Environmental Systems Students will develop basic skills in acquiring, analyzing and interpreting field data. The overall impact of this certificate program will enable students to develop unique skills to increase their chances to be recruited in special skills-oriented and high-salaried professional jobs.
One of our goals is to establish a Certificate in Geospatial Technology and Application for KSU undergraduate and other non-traditional students within the College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems AFE program. The following 12-credit hour curriculum ladder will be offered: AQU 480 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), COS 364 Data Storage & Data Mining, AFE 489 Remote Sensing of Environment, and AFE 366 Climate Change Studies. This certificate program will create educational opportunities for KSU students and non-traditional students as well as high school teachers and government and private industry employees to earn a certificate in geospatial technology application. These audiences can utilize the earned certificate for science teacher certification or as an educational/professional development credits towards their professional skills development. This certificate provides an interim degree for those pursuing the Option in Environmental Systems. Students will develop basic skills in acquiring, analyzing and interpreting spatial database and prepare standard cartographic maps using 21st century mapping and visualization techniques. The overall impact of the certificate program is for students to develop unique skills and increase their chances to be recruited in special skills-oriented and high-salaried professional jobs.
The Certificate in Agriculture Business and Management will require a minimum of 12 credit hours of course work which includes the following classes: ACC 201 Principles of Accounting, AFE 215 Ag Management, AFE 426 Principles of Ag Econ and Marketing, and MGT 465 Entrepreneurship. All four of these classes are part of the Agriculture Business option within the AFE degree. This certificate is being offered in conjunction with the KSU School of Business. This degree program will complement our other degree offerings. The Certificate program also provides an interim degree for those pursuing the Agriculture Business option in the Agriculture, Food, and Environment, B.S. degree. Interim degrees have been shown to positively impact retention and graduation rates.
This certificate in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) will enable AFE majors, as well as those majoring in Business, Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Education to obtain a certificate in another course of study to assist with student career readiness and placement. Students will learn key consumer topics that relate to family functioning including: food preparation, consumer education, financial management, housing, home environments, and lifespan development. The FCS certificate will require 4 classes totaling 12 credit hours of course work. They range in content areas of Food Preparation, Consumer Economics and Resource Management, Housing and Home Environment, and Theories and Methods in Developmental Psychology focusing on human development throughout the lifespan. Specific courses include: FCS 305 Principles of Food Preparation, FCS 303 Consumer Economics and Resource Management, FCS 304 Housing and Home Environment, PSY 303 Theories and Methods in Developmental Psychology.
Students in the Elements of Fashion and Home Decor certificate will survey an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to the study of design including fashion, interior decor, home environments, housing, and related consumer concerns. The courses will address: Design Elements and Principles for the Consumer including application of the arts and appreciation for the aesthetics of design; Apparel Construction and Analysis which incorporates garment construction, fundamentals of fashion apparel production, emphasis on consumer quality, and elements of design; Housing and Home Environment which includes exploration of design and changing technology in interior environments; human behavior, aesthetic concerns, and analysis of housing trends and alternatives; and finally Consumer Economics and Resource Management will explore financial management, consumer economics, resource management, consumer protection, energy, environmental concerns, and related matters. The certificate will require 4 classes totaling 12 credit hours of course work. Courses will include: FCS 201 Design Elements and Principles for the Consumer, FCS 202 Apparel Construction and Analysis, FCS 303 Consumer Economics and Resource Management, and FCS 304 Housing and Home Environment. This certificate program will complement the AFE and other degree offerings at KSU. It can provide an interim degree for those pursuing AFE, art, business, education and behavioral and social sciences degrees. Interim degrees have been shown to positively impact retention and graduation rates.