Department of Agriculture

Agriculture Business Program

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

Fall		Spring
ENGL 1013 Composition I¹	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II¹	3
CHEM 1113 A Survey of Chemistry and CHEM 1111 Survey of Chemistry Laboratory	4	MATH 1113 College Algebra	3
COMS 1003 Introduction to Computer Based Systems	3	COMM 2173 Business and Professional Speaking	3
AGAS 1014 Principles of Animal Science	4	AGBU 1013 Principles of Agriculture Business	3
AGBU 1001 Agriculture Orientation	1	AGPS 1024 Principles of Plant Science	4
Total Hours	15	Total Hours	16

Fall		Spring
ENGL 2053 Technical Writing	3	Fine Arts & Humanities¹	3
ACCT 2003 Accounting Principles I	3	U.S. History/Government¹	3
BIOL 1014 Introduction to Biological Science	4	MATH 2163 Introduction to Statistical Methods	3
BLAW 2033 Legal Environment of Business or AGBU 3033 Legal Environment of Agricultural Business	3	AGBU 2073 Principles of Agriculture Microeconomics	3
AGBU 2063 Principles of Agricultural Macroeconomics	3	AGSS 2014 Soils	4
Total Hours	16	Total Hours	16

Fall		Spring
Fine Arts & Humanities¹	3	AGBU 4013 Agricultural Marketing	3
AGBU 3133 Intermediate Agricultural Macroeconomics	3	AGBU 4063 Agricultural Investments	3
AGBU 3213 Career Development in Agriculture	3	Agriculture Elective²	6
Agriculture Elective²	3	Elective³	2
Elective³	3
Total Hours	15	Total Hours	14

Fall		Spring
AGBU 4003 Agri-Business Management	3	AGBU 4023 Agricultural Finance	3
AGBU 4153 Computers in Agriculture	3	AGBU 4033 Agricultural Policy	3
Agriculture Elective²	7	AGBU 4073 Commodity Risk and Futures	3
		AGBU 4973 Senior Seminar	3
		Elective³	3
Total Hours	13	Total Hours	15

¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".
²At least 40 of the total hours required for graduation must be 3000 - 4000 level courses.
³Recommended electives are SPAN 1013 Beginning Spanish I and SPAN 1023 Beginning Spanish II.