Program Description

UFV's Agriculture Technology diploma provides you with a strong foundation to launch a career in this fast-moving field. In your first year, you complete a certificate in either Livestock Production or Horticulture Crop Production and Protection. In your second year, you develop additional expertise in your chosen area of practice, learn about sustainable holistic agricultural practices, and explore issues relating to on-farm food safety, quality, and security.

You also beef up your marketing, writing, and business skills — highly valued in the workplace — both by completing coursework and a hands-on enterprise project where you get to develop a business plan for an agricultural venture.

You have many opportunities to apply what you learn at the UFV Agriculture Centre, which is equipped with the latest agricultural technology, and where you get to rub shoulders with expert faculty who are engaged in meaningful research. A final practicum provides you with the opportunity to gain work experience and further enhances your employment prospects.

Admission Requirements

1. B.C. secondary school graduation or equivalent.
2. One of the following Mathematics classes:
   • Foundations of Mathematics 11
   • Pre-calculus 11
   • Workplace Math 11 or Apprenticeship and Workplace Mathematics 11
   • The formerly offered Principles of Mathematics 11, Applications of Mathematics 11, or Essentials of Mathematics 11
   • MATH 085 or equivalent
3. One of the following Grade 11 sciences:
   • Life Sciences 11, Biology 11, or BIO 083 (strongly recommended)
   • Chemistry 11 or CHEM 083
   • Earth Sciences 11 or Earth Science 11
   • Physics 11 or PHYS 083

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	6