# Ag – Sustainable Agriculture (AGSA) courses

Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 1 courses

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"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### AGSA-56 — Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Farm Management

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture total
- **Advisory:** Essay-writing skills and eligibility to enroll in a transfer-level English Composition course.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/agsa.md)
- Grading: Pass/No Pass Option

This course explains the organization and operation of sustainable farm and ranch businesses, identifies factors affecting profitability, and evaluates the business for sustainability, increased efficiency and profit. Budgeting and resources management as well as farm operation analysis are applied to the farm lab. This course includes an examination of case studies to connect sustainable agriculture principles to actual farming practices.