The department also offers a major in AgriBusiness. This program of study is designed to prepare students for careers in various businesses or government agencies associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products. This major integrates competencies in the principles of business management including financial management, marketing, planning, analysis and organization with the technical knowledge of agricultural sciences. This major prepares graduates in careers in agribusiness, agricultural finance, county extension offices, ranch management, banks, ag loan offices, federal agencies, and ag consultancy businesses. The major also provides the graduate with the prerequisites for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
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| Agricultural Economics | |
| AEC 314 | Farm Management | 3 |
| AEC 316 | Agricultural Marketing | 3 |
| AEC 340 | Agricultural Finance | 3 |
| AEC 360 | Agricultural Law | 3 |
| AEC 380 | Agricultural Statistics | 3 |
| AEC 435 | GLB/Agricultural Policy I | 3 |
| or AEC 445 | Natural Resource and Environmental Economics |
| AG 100 | Intro To Agriculture | 1 |
| AG 300 | Professional Agricultural Communications | 1 |
| AG 392 | GLB/Appld Ethics US World Ag | 3 |
| or ENVS 403 | ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS & LAW |
| AG 400 | Seminar | 1 |
| AMC 315 | Agri Systms Technology Mgmt | 3 |
| or AMC 423 | Natural Resources Management |
| or AMC 424 | Agricultural Safety |
| ANS 1319 | Introduction to Animal Science | 3 |
| ECO 2301 | GLB/US-Prin Macro Economics | 3 |
| ECO 2302 | Principles of Micro Economics | 3 |
| or AEC 347 | Agricultural Price Theory |
| BUSA 128 | Business Computing Systems | 3 |
| Introduction to Horticulture | |
| Introduction to Plant Science |
| PLS 309 | Soil Science | 3 |
| ACCT 221 | Principles of Acct I | 3 |
| ACCT 222 | Prin of Accounting II | 3 |
| MGT 305 | GLB/Management & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| Survey of General Chemistry
and Experimental Survey of General Chemistry: Laboratory Section | |
| General and Quantitative Chemistry I |
| MKT 306 | Marketing | 3 |
| MGT 307 | GLB/Operations Management | 3 |
| or AEC 455 | Commodity Futures and Options |
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| Total Hours | 120 |
AgriBusiness BA requirements
The candidate for the Bachelor of Arts degree must meet the requirements specified for the Bachelor of Science degree. In addition, the candidate must complete at least 12 semester hours (4 courses) in one foreign language, or complete six semester hours above the elementary courses if two units of high school credit in the language have been submitted as part of the regular university admission requirements, or complete three semester hours if he presents three or four high school credits.