Agriculture, BS, Ag Business Concentration

Location(s): Alpine

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The Agriculture curriculum is designed to be a broad-based student-centered program that prepares students with marketable technical skills within the agricultural field for careers in business, industry, education, and government.

The Ag Business concentration emphasizes specialized coursework in several areas of both business and agriculture that are needed to be a successful in the agricultural industry.

Program Requirements

Core Curriculum: 42

First-Year Seminar: 1

Agriculture Core: 28 Credits

AGB 2302 - Agri Economics Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 1419 - Introductory Animal Science Credit Hours: 4
OR
ANSC 2301 - Introduction to Agriculture Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 2312 - Current Issues in Ag Credit Hours: 3 *
ANSC 3416 - Lvstk Wildlife Nutr Mgmt Credit Hours: 4
ANSC 4305 - Agri Genetics Credit Hours: 3
NRM 2301 - Range Resources Credit Hours: 3
NRM 2305 - Soils Credit Hours: 3 *
NRM 2303 - Prin Conservation Biology Credit Hours: 3
OR
NRM 2330 - Wildlife Conservation & Mgmt Credit Hours: 3
STAT 3308 - Agricultural Statistics Credit Hours: 3

Notes:

*ANSC 2312 and NRM 2305 should be taken to satisfy core requirements.

Ag Business Concentration: 57 Credits

Students must choose 57 credit hours from among the following:

NRM 1301 - Horticulture Credit Hours: 3
ACCA 2301 - Prin. of Accounting I Credit Hours: 3
AGB 3302 - Agricultural Marketing Credit Hours: 3
AGB 3304 - Range Use Economics Credit Hours: 3 *
AGB 4308 - Natural Resource & Envir Econ Credit Hours: 3 *
AGB 4301 - Sust/Div Ranch Business Credit Hours: 3
AGB 4303 - Agri-Business Management Credit Hours: 3
AGB 4315 - Farm & Ranch Rec & Acc Credit Hours: 3
AGED 2313 - Prin of Agri Leadership Credit Hours: 3 *
AGED 3320 - Public Policies in Agriculture Credit Hours: 3
GBAA 3351 - Business Law Credit Hours: 3
GBAA 4355 - International Business Credit Hours: 3
MGTA 3306 - Principles of Management Credit Hours: 3
MGTA 4361 - Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
MGTA 3363 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3 *
MKTA 3307 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3 *
NRM 3302 - Forest Ecology Credit Hours: 3
NRM 4311 - Problems In NRM Credit Hours: 3
NRM 3304 - Natural Resource Policy & Adm Credit Hours: 3 *
NRM 3305 - Wildland Plants Credit Hours: 3 *
NRM 4304 - Range Inventory & Analysis Credit Hours: 3
OR
RCH 4302 - Ranch Maps & Mapping Credit Hours: 3
RCH 3302 - Outdr Hospitality Indstry Credit Hours: 3 *
KINE 3380 - Entrepreneurship in Sports Rec Credit Hours: 3 *
RCH 4301 - Ranch Ecosystem Mgmt Credit Hours: 3 *
NRM 4303 - Range Ecology Credit Hours: 3 *

Notes:

*Pairs with

Total Hours: 120

Core Curriculum: 42

First-Year Seminar: 1

Required Core Courses: 28

Restrictive Electives in: 57

[3 classes (9 sch) that are listed in major sections can be taken as core.]