COURSE CODE: 8086

Biological Applications in Agriculture

SCED Code: 18308
Virginia Extended Description: I
Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FFA

This course applies biological principles to agriculture, food, and natural resources. Competencies emphasize and reinforce standards of learning for biology with agricultural applications. This course gives students the foundational knowledge to be successful in Biotechnology Foundations in Agricultural and Environmental Science (8085). Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Notes

Competencies within this course ensure compliance with the National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act (Public Law 116-7). Through this legislation, students are provided opportunities for leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Animal Systems
  • Animal Breeders
  • Animal Scientists
  • Veterinarians
  • Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
  • Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Environmental Service Systems
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Food Products & Processing Systems
  • Biochemists and Biophysicists
  • Food Scientists and Technologists
Natural Resources Systems
  • Fish and Game Wardens
  • Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
  • Microbiologists
Plant Systems
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
  • Soil and Plant Scientists
  • Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Power, Structural, & Technical Systems
  • Agricultural Engineers

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Agricultural Engineers
Science & Mathematics
  • Animal Scientists
  • Chemists
  • Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
  • Materials Scientists
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
  • Technical Writers
  • Veterinarians
  • Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
  • Microbiologists

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