Agribusiness Specialization

Students in the Agribusiness curriculum receive a strong background in agriculture and agribusiness, a combination that is in demand for today's agriculture. Graduates in Agribusiness can anticipate careers in an expanding and changing agriculture or in businesses serving agriculture. Agriculture continues to grow and change. More tractors, fertilizer, feed and other production supplies are needed. As more food is produced in increasingly varied forms there is a requirement for more processing, distribution, and other marketing functions and facilities. Entrepreneurs in agriculture require more advisory, informational and educational services. Thus, agribusiness and government agencies are hiring increasing numbers of young men and women who have both agricultural and agribusiness training. 
 
A.  AgriScience Core (70 semester hours):
    1.  AgBus/AgEc Foundation (18 semester hours):
        a.  AgBus 299/Ag 299, AgBus 320/321; AgEc 322,
            AgEc 330/Econ 380.
        b.  6 AgBus/AgEc/Econ Elective semester hours.
    2.  AgriScience Foundation (16/17 semester hours)
        a. Ag 497.
        b. One course from 5 of the following:
           AgEng/Aqua/Agro-Ecology/Soils/Ento/ PlPath/Hort/AnSc.
    3.  Business Foundation (15 semester hours):
        Acc 250, Acc 251; Mgt 240, Mgt 300; Mkt 310.
    4. Career Goals: 20/21 semester hours in either AgriScience or 
       Business

B.   General Education Core (53 semester hours):
     1.  Natural Science Foundation (20/22 semester hours):
         a.  Chemistry/Biology (8 semester hours)
             Chem  111/114; Biol 101/150/153
         b.  Quantitative/Logical reasoning (9/10 semester hours)
             Math 114/115/121; Math 205; AgBus 110
         c.  Natural Science Elective (3 semester hours).
     2.  Social Science/Humanities Foundation (27 semester hours):
         a.   Econ 200/300; Econ 201/301
         b.   Social Science elective (3 semester hours)
         c.   Eng 100; Eng 209/309; SpCom 151/251
         d.   Humanities elective (9 semester hours)
     3.  Other Electives (4/6 semester hours)

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Other Specializations:   Agribuiness | Aquaculture | Crop Protection|
Agro-Ecology | General Agriculture | Tropical Horticulture


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