Agricultural Business B.S.A. with Pre-Law Concentration

Agricultural Business B.S.A. with Pre-Law Concentration

Eight-Semester Degree Program

Students wishing to follow the degree plan in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness should see the Eight-Semester Degree Policy in the Academic Regulations chapter for university requirements of the program. The Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness major has three concentrations: Agricultural Business Management and Marketing, Pre-Law, and Agricultural Economics.

First YearUnits
FallSpring
ENGL 10103 Composition I (ACTS Equivalency = ENGL 1013) (Satisfies General Education Outcome 1.1)3  
MATH 22203 Survey of Mathematical Structures II (or higher level calculus course from the State Minimum Core excluding MATH 21803 (Satisfies General Education Outcome 2.1)13  
U.S. History or Government State Minimum Core from (Satisfies General Education Outcome 4.2):3  
HIST 20003 History of the American People to 1877 (ACTS Equivalency = HIST 2113)
HIST 20103 History of the American People, 1877 to Present (ACTS Equivalency = HIST 2123)
PLSC 20003 American National Government (ACTS Equivalency = PLSC 2003)
Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.3:
AGEC 11003 Principles of Agricultural Microeconomics
or ECON 22003 Principles of Microeconomics (ACTS Equivalency = ECON 2203)
3  
General Elective3  
UNIV 10051 University Perspectives1  
ENGL 10203 Composition II (ACTS Equivalency = ENGL 1023) (Satisfies General Education Outcome 1.1)  3
SPCH 10003 Public Speaking (ACTS Equivalency = SPCH 1003) (Satisfies General Education Outcomes 1.2 and 5.1)  3
Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.3:
AGEC 21003 Principles of Agricultural Macroeconomics
or ECON 21003 Principles of Macroeconomics (ACTS Equivalency = ECON 2103)
  3
AGEC 23003 Introduction to Agribusiness (Satisfies General Education Outcome 4.1)  3
ASTM 29003 Agricultural and Human Environmental Sciences Applications of Microcomputers
or ISYS 11203 Business Application Knowledge - Computer Competency
  3
Year Total: 16 15
 
Second YearUnits
FallSpring
Communication Intensive Elective3  
Select one from:3  
AGEC 24003 Quantitative Tools for Agribusiness
MATH 21003 Principles of Statistics (ACTS Equivalency = MATH 2103)
Fine Arts or Humanities State Minimum Core Elective (Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.1 or 3.2)2, 33  
Science State Minimum Core Elective (Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.4)4  
AGEC 21403 Agribusiness Financial Records
or ACCT 20103 Accounting Principles
3  
Social Sciences State Minimum Core from (Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.3):  3
PSYC 20003 General Psychology (ACTS Equivalency = PSYC 1103)
HDFS 26003 Rural Families and Communities
SOCI 10103 General Sociology (ACTS Equivalency = SOCI 1013)
Science State Minimum Core Elective (Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.4)  4
AGEC 33003 Food and Agricultural Marketing  3
General Electives  6
Year Total: 16 16
 
Third YearUnits
FallSpring
Fine Arts or Humanities State Minimum Core Elective (Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.1 or 3.2)2, 33  
AGEC 34003 Farm Business Management3  
AGEC 33703 Futures and Options Markets3  
AGEC 35003 Agricultural Law I3  
General Elective43  
AGEC 35203 Environmental and Natural Resources Law
or AGEC 41203 Legal Issues in Animal Agriculture
  3
Agribusiness Core Directed Electives  3
PRLW Concentration Electives  6
General Elective4  3
Year Total: 15 15
 
Fourth YearUnits
FallSpring
AGEC 41403 Agricultural Finance3  
Agribusiness Core Directed Electives3  
PRLW Concentration Electives6  
General Elective43  
Agribusiness Core Directed Electives  6
PRLW Concentration Electives  3
Capstone Experience (Satisfies General Education Outcome 6.1)  1-3
General Elective4  2
Year Total: 15 12
 
Total Units in Sequence:  120
1

Students have demonstrated successful completion of the learning indicators identified for learning outcome 2.1, by meeting the prerequisites for MATH 11003 or MATH 11103.

2

The Fine Arts Elective courses which satisfy General Education Outcome 3.1 include: 
ARCH 10003, ARHS 10003, COMM 10003, DANC 10003, LARC 10003, MUSC 10003,
MUSC 100H3, MUSC 10103, MUSC 101H3, MUSC 13303, THTR 10003, THTR 10103, or THTR 101H3.

3

The Humanities Elective courses which satisfy General Education Outcome 3.2 include:  AAST 20203ANTH 10303ARCH 10103CLST 10003CLST 100H3CLST 10103,
COMM 12303DANC 10003ENGL 12103ENGL 20103GNST 20003HIST 11193,
 HIST 111H3HIST 11293HIST 112H3HIST 20003HIST 20103HUMN 112H4,
 HUMN 22103LALS 20103MRST 20103MUSY 20003MUSY 200H3PHIL 20003,
  PHIL 200H3PHIL 21003, PHIL 23003THTR 10003,
 THTR 10103THTR 101H3ENGL 11103ENGL 11203, or intermediate-level world language (usually 2003-level).

4

Students must complete 40 hours of upper division courses (3000-4000 level).  It is recommended that students consult with their academic adviser when making course selections.