Agricultural Business & Economics (AGEC)
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| ENGL 1100 English Composition I | 3 | ENGL 1120 English Composition II | 3 |
| Core History 1 | 3 | Core History 2 | 3 |
| AGEC 1000 Global Issues in Food, Agriculture, Development, and Environment | 3 | STAT 2510 Statistics for Biological and Health Sciences | 3 |
| Core Fine Arts | 3 | ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics5 | 3 |
| MATH 1680 Calculus with Business Applications I | 4 | PHIL 1040 Business Ethics | 3 |
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| ACCT 2110 Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 | ACCT 2210 Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology | 3 | BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 1021 Principles of Biology Laboratory | 1 | BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory | 1 |
| ECON 2030 Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | ECON 3020 Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| Core Literature | 3 | COMM 1000 Public Speaking | 3 |
| RSOC 2090 Food Systems: Policy, Production, and Practice | 3 | Free Elective | 2 |
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| AGEC 3100 Computer Applications in Agricultural Economics | 3 | AGEC 3200 Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics | 3 |
| AGEC 4040 Agribusiness Finance | 3 | AGEC 3300 Agricultural Policies and Trade | 3 |
| AGEC 3010 Agribusiness Marketing | 3 | AGEC 3950 Careers in Agricultural Business and Economics | 1 |
| ENGL 3080 Business Writing | 3 | Agricultural Elective2,4 | 3-4 |
| Agricultural Elective2,4 | 3-4 | Professional Elective3 | 4 |
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| AGEC 4070 Agricultural Law | 3 | AGEC 5010 Farm Management | 3 |
| AGEC 5090 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics I | 3 | AGEC 5030 Agricultural Prices | 3 |
| AGEC 5100 Agricultural Business Management | 3 | UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed | 0 |
| Professional Elective3 | 5 | Professional Elective3 | 5 |
| Free Elective4 | 2-4 | ||
| 14 | 13 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
Total Hours Required: 120
“Courses in the major” are in bold print and designated (M) (36 credit hours; used to calculate “GPA in the major”)
- 1
PHIL 1020 Introduction to Ethics or PHIL 1027 Introduction to Ethics or PHIL 1120 Introduction to Environmental Ethics may be substituted.
- 2
Select one Agriculture Elective from Group I and one from Group II below:
(Group I- Animal Sciences) ANSC 1000, or POUL 1000, or FDSC 1000
(Group II- Plant Sciences) CSES 2000, HORT 2010, HORT 2020, or HORT 2030
- 3
Select from any course at the 3000-level or higher in the College of Agriculture, the College of Business, College of Sciences and Mathematics or the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, as well as offerings at the 3000 level or better in Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Political Science, or Statistics (except AGEC 4000 Principles of Agribusiness Management). Basic Soil Science (CSES 2040) may also be counted as a professional elective, as may up to 8 hours of a foreign language, regardless of the level. Any course that is used to complete a minor may also be counted as a professional elective. Students are encouraged to see their advisors to plan their professional electives around an interest area that best meets their career aspirations. If the student does not have a minor, the student is required to take 5 credits from AGEC 3080, AGEC 3050, AGEC 4100, AGEC 5250, AGEC 3920, AGEC 4960, or RSOC 5410/RSOC 6410. No more than six hours of professional electives can come from X9XX courses. A maximum of three credits from AGEC 3920 is allowed.
- 4
If the selected Agricultural Elective is 3 hours, the Free Elective requirement will be increased by 1 hour. A total of 120 hours is required for this major.
- 5
AGEC Students are required to make C or higher in ECON 2020.