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A junior college curriculum was developed to meet the short- and long-term industry needs for an Advanced Agricultural Specialist. The curriculum consists of eight courses developed by both federal and state scientists at the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville, MS. Courses developed for the program will be taught by state scientists beginning Fall Semester, 2002. In addition to their primary course, each course developer also assisted in developing the other courses. This served to identify areas of overlap between courses and to identify where reenforcement of a topic might be needed. Because of the curriculum's applied nature, laboratory and field experiences were emphasized in course development, and labs will be conducted at the Stoneville experimental fields. By having the students on site at the Stoneville campus, these 2-year students will be exposed to substantially more research and actual crop production than is available in most programs of undergraduate study.