COSA

Center Of Science in Agriculture

Are you interested in being a veterinarian, an engineer, a wildlife biologist, a researcher, an agriculture educator, or a nutritionist? If so, then MVCTC COSA is for you! With over 300 potential careers in the largest employment field in Ohio and the nation, COSA offers you the best opportunity to prepare yourself for a professional career!

COSA is a 21st century approach to delivering the latest Technical Content Standards for agriculture education adopted nationally and by the state of Ohio. Students will experience all potential career areas of agriculture and then get the opportunity to specialize in the area that most interests them as a career focus. COSA opens doors to college opportunities and internships in their chosen career field.

Students in COSA will complete rotations through six potential agriculture career areas. These six rotations will take place during the first three quarters of the student's junior year.

COSA Core Rotations

Animal Science

Business Operations

Plant Science

Engineering

Environmental Science

Food Science

Students in the Animal Science rotation will study introductory large and small animal health, nutrition, reproduction, body systems, and animal behavior through the care and management of animals.

Students in the Business Operations rotation will study marketing and management of agricultural products. They will learn the basic principles of construction and apply this to costs associated with operating a business, including Agro and Biosecurity issues affecting a business operation.

Students in the Plant Science rotation will study plant production and management by learning about plant nutrition, reproduction, and pest management. Growing media, including soils, will be assessed for best management practices.

Students in the Engineering rotation will study basic equipment safety and operation. They will learn and apply routine maintenance procedures on various types of equipment systems including controls, instrumentation, hydraulics, and electrical systems.

Students in the Environmental Science rotation will study ecological principles, determine water quality and factors affecting its use, locate and use digital data through GIS/GPS data collection, identify and compare alternative energy sources, and model positive environmental practices on the schools land lab.

Students in the Food Science rotation will study food development and preservation through sensory evaluation, pH analysis, and the nature and sources of energy, composition and structure of sugars, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, lipids and proteins.

At the end of the third quarter of the junior year, after the six core rotations, students will decide which area they would like to study more in depth and will choose a "Major". This major is what they will study the fourth quarter of
their junior year and during their senior year.

COSA Majors

Animal Science Management

Veterinary Science

Ag Resources Management

Plant Science

Power Technologies

Environmental Engineering

Food Science