The Flint Hills Technical College precision agriculture program is getting ready for its first set of classes next month, and President Caron Daugherty is pleased with early enrollment numbers.
One-year certificates and two-year degrees are options. Daugherty says the curriculum is fleshing out, but first-year students will take classes in agriculture computer applications, spatial analysis or GPS, soils and crop science. Second-year students will go into data analytics, commercial drone ground school, remote sensing applications and ag economics.
Daugherty expects more students to enroll before classes begin next month.
Daugherty says conversations are underway with an unnamed business owner for space to keep the program on the west side of Emporia as the college continues moving several programs from the Humanitarian Center to the main campus near West 18th and Graphic Arts. If an agreement is reached by the end of this year, the college’s Certified Drivers License program could also occupy that space.
