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Wine Studies: Wine Business and Marketing (AS) Agriculture & Natural Resources Total Units: 28
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Term Effective: Spring 2007

Description:

The Wine Studies major, with four concentrations, Wine Evaluation and Service, Wine Business and Marketing, Wine and Vines, and Enology, is designed to prepare students for a variety of positions in the wine industry.

In Wine Business and Marketing, students learn many aspects of wine business sales and marketing to effectively market and promote wine, including solid agriculture business classes: computer applications, wine business management, sales and communications, marketing and wine sales and distribution.

This program prepares students to pursue a variety of possible wine industry jobs that range from sales representative, direct sales manager, and regional sales manager to wine advertising sales, fine wine sales representative, public relations and marketing coordinator, and wine merchandiser.

For students interested in the Wine Studies: Wine Business and Marketing Certificate of Achievement Program, please see SRJC's certificate website.

Please see the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department Web site for more information.

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Wine Studies: Wine Business and Marketing (AS) program are:

  • Complete 28 units from
    • Wine Studies Core Requirements
    • Wine Business and Marketing Emphasis Requirements

Wine Studies Core Requirements - complete 13.00 units
AGBUS 2Agricultural Computer Applications3.00
WINE 70Wine Component Tasting1.50
WINE 110Professional Wine Judging1.50
Complete a combination totaling at least 4.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
WINE 3Introduction to Enology4.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
WINE 1World Viticulture and Wine Styles3.00
VIT 1World Viticulture and Wine Styles3.00
 
Wine Business and Marketing Emphasis Requirements - complete 15.00 units
AGBUS 62Agricultural Sales and Communication3.00
WINE 101Wine Sales and Distribution1.50
WINE 102Wines in the Global Marketplace - Retail Sales1.50
WINE 104Agricultural and Wine Marketing Fundamentals3.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
AGRI 56Agricultural Enterprise Project2.00-4.00
AGRI 99Agriculture Occupational Work Experience0.50-8.00
AGRI 99IAgriculture Occupational Work Experience Internship0.50-8.00
CUL 256.6Wine and Food Affinities1.00
WINE 103Consumer Direct Wine Sales and Marketing1.50
WINE 105Wine Public Relations1.50
WINE 106Media in the Wine and Vineyard Industry1.50
WINE 108Viticulture and Enology for Tasting Room Personnel1.00
WINE 111Sonoma County Appellations1.50
WINE 113Winemakers of Sonoma County1.50
WINE 114Wines of California and Europe1.50
WINE 115Wines of California and Australia/New Zealand1.50
WINE 116Wines of Italy1.50
WINE 117Wines of France1.50
WINE 118Zinfandel--Grape to Glass1.50
WINE 130Wine Service and Hospitality1.50
WINE 131Wine Industry Event Planning1.50
WINE 150Amateur Small Scale Winemaking Operations2.00

Term Effective: Spring 2007

The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.

Term Inactive: Fall 2009

Previous Versions:

Wine Studies: Wine Business and Marketing - effective Fall 2006
Wine Studies: Wine Business and Marketing - effective Fall 2005

Associate Degree Requirements:

The major is one of several requirements students need to fulfill in order to be awarded the Associate Degree, the highest level of academic achievement recognized by Santa Rosa Junior College. Please note that all of the following requirements must be met in order for the degree to be conferred:

For all students admitted for the Fall 2009 term or any term thereafter, a grade of "C" or better, or "P" if the course is taken on a pass/no pass basis, is required for each course applied toward the major.

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

Contact
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