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Agricultural Economics Degree Requirements



Core Courses of B.S. in AgEcon
AgEc 101 The Business of Agriculture (1 cr)
AgEc 278 Farm & Agribusiness Management (4 cr)
AgEc 289 Agricultural Markets & Prices (3 cr)
AgEc 356 Agricultural & Rural Policy (3 cr)
AgEc 301 Agricultural Economics I (3 cr)
AgEc 302 Agricultural Economics II (3 cr)
Biol 102 Biology and Society (4 cr) or Biol 115 Cells and the Evolution of Life (4 cr) or MMBB 250 General Microbiology (5 cr)
Chem 101 Intro to Chemistry or Chem 111 Principles of Chemistry (4 cr)
Comm 101 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 cr)
Econ 201, 202 Principles of Economics (6 cr)
Engl 317 Technical Writing (3 cr) or Agribusiness majors may substitute Engl 313 Business Writing (3 cr)
Stat 251 Principles of Statistics (3 cr)
Math 143 Precalculus, Algebra, & Analytic Geometry (3 cr)
Acct 205 Fundamentals of Accounting (4 cr)
Humanities & Social Sciences (at least 6 of each) (14 cr)
 
Agribusiness (B.S. Ag Econ)
Required coursework includes the university requirements, the agricultural economics core, and:
AgEc 478 Advanced Agribusiness Management (3 cr)
Select from the following: AgEc 451 Land & Natural Resources Economics or
       AgEc 481 Agricultural Markets in a Global Economy (3 cr)
Acct 310, 311 Accounting for Business Decisions I & II (3 cr)
Select 2 of the folowing: (6 cr total)
       BLaw 265 Legal Environment of Business
       Bus 321 Marketing
       Bus 413 Organizational Behavior
Ag Economics, economics, or business electives (12 cr)
Technical Agricultural Electives (12 cr)
Electives to total (128 cr) for the degree
Agricultural Economics (B.S.Ag Econ)
Required coursework includes the university requirements, the agricultural economics core, and:
AgEc 481 Agricultural Markets in a Global Economy (3 cr)
AgEc 451 Land & Natural Resource Economics (3 cr)
AgEc 478 Advanced Agribusiness Management (3 cr)
Econ 351 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (3 cr)
Econ 352 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (3 cr)
Math 170 Analytical Geometry & Calculus (4 cr)
Agricultural Economics electives (3 cr)
Economics Electives (6 cr)
Techinical Agricultural electives (12 cr)

Electives to total (128 cr) for the degree

MINORS:

Agribusiness Minor
AgEc 278 Principles of Farm & Agribusiness Management (4 cr)
AgEc 289 Agricultural Markets & Prices (3 cr)
AgEc 356 Agricultural & Rural Policy (3 cr)
One of the following (3 cr) AgEc 301 Agricultural Economics I or AgEc 302 Agricultural Economics II
2 courses (6 cr) upper division Agricultural Economics electives

Natural Resource Economics & Community Development Minor
AgEc 101 The Business of Agriculture (1 cr)
AgEc 278 Principles of Farm & Ranch Management (4 cr)
AgEc 356 Agricultural & Rural Policy (3 cr)
AgEc 451 Land & Natural Resource Economics (3 cr)
AgEc 361 Farm & Natural Resource Appraisal (3 cr)
AgEc 383 Economics for Natural Resouce Managers (3 cr)