Aquaculture Systems Concentration
The Aquaculture Systems is a degree track under the Bachelor of Agriculture. Students will be prepared for a variety of careers in a diverse industry through hands-on experiential learning opportunities with apprenticeships available.
Aquaculture is the rearing of aquatic organisms under controlled or semi-controlled conditions. Interest in aquaculture has increased drastically worldwide as fish consumption has increased concurrently with decreasing catches of wild fish. Aquaculture is the fastest growing food producing activity in the world and now produces over 50% of the world’s seafood. In Kentucky and the southern United States, aquaculture production focuses on raising freshwater species commercially.
Agriculture is one of the top-employing fields in the U.S. Students in Kentucky State University’s College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources will take advantage of the newly-renovated and state-of-the-art Atwood Research Facility, a 300-acre research and demonstration farm, a 14-acre aquaculture research facility, and a 300-acre environmental education and research facility.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term 1 (Fall) | Hours | |
| AFE 115 Intro to Ag, Food and the Environ | 3 | |
| AFE 120 | Principles of Agronomy | 4 |
| ENG 101 | English Comp I | 3 |
| KSU 118 | Intro. to University Learning | 3 |
| MAT 115 | College Algebra | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Term 2 (Spring) | ||
| AFE 117 | Global Perspect Ag/Food/Env | 3 |
| Select one of the following: AFE130 or MUS 130 or THE 130 or ENG 211 | ||
| BIO 111 | Principles of Biology | 4 |
| ENG 102 | English Comp II | 3 |
| KSU 186 | Navigate. the Tech. World | 3 |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Term 1 (Fall) | ||
| CHE 101 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHE 110 | General Chem I Laboratory | 1 |
| ECO 201 | Prin of Economics I | 3 |
| COM 103 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| Arts and Humanities Core Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Term 2 (Spring) | ||
| AFE 211 | Introduction to Animal Science | 3 |
| AQU 201 | Fisheries & the Educ. Consumer | 3 |
| MAT 200 | Intro to Stat Reasoning & Ana. | 4 |
| SOC 203 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| Arts and Humanities Core Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Term 1 (Fall) | ||
| AFE 450 | Human Health/Environment | 3 |
| AQU 411 | Fish Diseases | 3 |
| AQU 422 | Princ of Aquaculture | 3 |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Term 2 (Spring) | ||
| AFE 311 | Practicum I | 2 |
| AFE 340 | Environmental Sci/Agroecology | 3 |
| AQU 421 | Fish Nutrition | 3 |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Term 1 (Fall) | ||
| AFE 411 | Practicum II | 2 |
| AQU 460 | Water Quality Management | 3 |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Term 2 (Spring) | ||
| AFE 401 | AFE Seminar | 1 |
| Track Concentration Elective | 3 | |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |