This major is designed for students preparing for employment in positions involving economic and social decision-making in agricultural and related occupations. Concentration in areas of career preparation is possible by selection of course alternatives within required groups of courses and in elective courses. Examples of concentration areas are agribusiness management, agricultural finance, agricultural marketing and price analysis, farm management, international agricultural development, natural resource economics, agricultural and food policy, and rural sociology. These interest areas are not mutually exclusive, and they may be combined in many ways to fit the needs and interests of the student. Course selections recommended for these concentration areas are given in the College of Agriculture Student Handbook.
A large number of courses offered by the College of Commerce and Business Administration are recommended for students in specific agricultural economics concentrations. Two special programs are available for students with specific business interests in (1) the agricultural economics/accountancy program in which the agricultural economics graduate is eligible to sit for the certified public accountant examination at the end of the undergraduate degree; and (2) the five-year B.S. in agriculture/M.B.A. degree program. Information on both programs is available from the Department of Agricultural Economics.
Upon completion of the curriculum requirements and a minimum of 126 hours of credit, the student is eligible for the degree of bachelor of science in agriculture.
| HOURS | CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS |
|---|---|
| 4 | RHET 105 or RHET 108--Composition |
| 3 | SPCOM 101--Principles of Effective Speaking |
| 3 | Choose from: |
| B&T W 250--Principles of Business Writing | |
| B&T W 253--Business and Administrative Communication | |
| RHET 133--Principles of Composition | |
| 3 | MATH 124--Finite Mathematics |
| 4-5 | MATH 134--Calculus for Social Scientists, I; or MATH 120--Calculus and Analytic Geometry, I |
| 3 | AG EC 161--Microcomputer Uses in Agriculture and Human Resources and Family Studies, or C S 103, C S 105, or C S 106--Introduction to Computers and Their Applications |
| 4-6 | AG EC 261--Agricultural Economic Statistics; or ECON 172--Economic Statistics, I and ECON 173--Economic Statistics, II |
| 3 | ACCY 201--Principles of Accounting, I |
| 2 | AGR 100--Contemporary Issues in Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Systems |
| 4 | AG EC 100--IntroductoryAgricultural Economics |
| 6-8 | Agriculture core courses--two as listed below |
| 8-10 | CHEM 101 and one other natural science course listed below |
| 16 | Social sciences from at least two departments, including |
| ECON 103--Macroeconomic Principles | |
| ECON 300--Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, or ECON 301--Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory | |
| 6 | Humanities courses |
| 35 | Agriculture courses including at least 20 hours of agricultural economics [1] |
| 29-34 | Open electives |
| HOURS | AGRICULTURE CORE COURSES |
|---|---|
| 3 | AG M 100--Engineering Applications in Agriculture, or F S 101--Food in Modern Society |
| 3-4 | Choose one: |
| AGRON 121--Principles of Field Crop Science | |
| FOR 101--Introduction to Forestry | |
| HORT 100--Introduction to Horticulture | |
| SOILS 101--Introductory Soils | |
| 4 | ANSCI 100--Introduction to Animal Sciences |
| HOURS | NATURAL SCIENCE COURSES |
| 4 | BIOL 104--Animal Biology |
| 4 | CHEM 102--General Chemistry, or CHEM 103--General Chemistry: Organic Chemical Studies |
| 4 | GEOL 101--An Introduction to the Study of the Earth, or GEOL 107--General Geology, I |
| 5 | MCBIO 100--Introductory Microbiology, and MCBIO 101--Introductory Experimental Microbiology |
| 4 | PLBIO 100--Plant Biology |
| 5 | PHYCS 101--General Physics |