Academics

SB UWC offers a fixed, three-year vocational course known in Venezuela as a 'Técnico Superior Universitario en Administración de Fincas.' This diploma has been recognized outside of Venezuela as an associates degree in Farm Management. The course is designed to train students practically to work in agriculture after graduating, with a strong focus on rural development. It is NOT equivalent to a university degree and may not be sufficient in some countries for entry into other educational institutions.

Students should be aware that the level of theory in the course is lower than Agricultural Engineering type degrees as the focus is much more upon hands-on training, a system whereby seventy percent (70%) of the teaching is done outside, working on the farm, while the remaining 30% is dedicated to theoretical studies.

Students explore diverse subjects denominated Practical or Theoretical Modules, such as Agricultural Enterprise; Fruit, Vegetable, and Animal Production; Engineering and Mechanization; Rural Development, Accounting; Administration; Statistics; and Industrial Processes. Students learn how to run self-sufficient farms, working with dairy and beef cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, and bees.

For the second semester of the third year, each student has an internship with an organization or farm in Venezuela or abroad. In their Rural Development courses, students work with members of local communities through SBUWC’s Micro-credit, Health and Nutrition, Technical Assistance, Organization and Participation Towards Self-reliance and other community based actions.

AREAS OF STUDY

THEORETICAL MODULES
General Formation		Engineering and Mechanization	Animal Production	Vegetable Production	Administration and Economics
1^st Year
Statistics I Technical English (for Spanish Speakers) Mathematics Study Techniques Language and Communication Personal Growth and Development Sports Rural Development I Orientation Complementary activities I Complementary activities II	Tractors and Machinery		Pastures and Grains Animal Health Livestock I Livestock II	Plant Physiology Edafology Crops Cultivation I Crops Cultivation II	Accounting I Elements of Agricultural Economics Administration I
2^nd Year
Technical English II(for Spanish Speakers) Socio-economic Development Research Methodology Study and Understanding of Man Bolivarian Thought Statistics II Rural Development II Environmental Education Public Health and Security Complementary activities III Complementary activities IV	Topography Drainage and Irrigation		Poultry I Poultry II	Crops Cultivation III	Farm Appraisal Administration II Administration III Human Resources Marketing I
3^rd Year
Agrarian Legislation Professional Ethics Agricultural Politics	Rural Constructions		Animal Farming Elective	Crop Farming Elective	Economy of Production Financial Management Project Design and Evaluation Administration Elective Marketing II Decision Making

PRACTICAL MODULES

Practical Modules

1^st Year

Crops Cultivation I
Crops Cultivation II
Technical English
Language and Communication
Tractors and Machinery
Rural Development I
Creativity, Action and Social Development I
Creativity, Action and Social Development II
Livestock I
Livestock II

2^nd Year

Poultry I
Poultry II
Crops Cultivation III
Topography
Rural Development II
Computation
Creativity, Action and Social Development III
Creativity, Action and Social Development IV
Administration III
Accounting II

3^rd Year

Commercial Farm Internship (6 months)
Special Project in one of the following production areas:

- Rural Construction

- Rural Development

- Economics and Administration

- Agricultural Mechanics

- Farming for Self-Sufficiency

- Beef Cattle Production

- Apiculture

- Poultry Production

- Dairy Production

- Swine Production

- Rabbit Production

- Fruit Production

- Horticultural Production

- Sheep and Goat Production

- Other