Agricultural Business, Agribusiness Management Option, B.S.

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This curriculum is for students preparing for careers in the agribusiness field. Applied agricultural economics courses are supplemented with marketing, management, finance and other courses from the College of Business and production-oriented courses from other departments in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Minimum Course Requirements

¹A minimum of 42 credits must be at the 3000 and 4000 level for graduation. At least 30 of the 42 credits must be earned from UW1

First-Year Seminar Credits: 3 (FYS)
Science Credits: 6 ³ (PN)
Human Culture Credits: 6 ⁴ (H)
U.S. & Wyoming Constitutions Credits: 3 (V)
Supporting Agriculture Credits: 9 (AG College hours other than Agricultural Economics)
Statistics Credits: 4
Computers Credits: 3 ⁶
Electives Credits: 25

Writing: 9 Hours

ENGL 1010 - College Composition and Rhetoric Credits: 3 ²(COM1)
Communication II (COM2)
AGEC 4965 - Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
OR
AGEC 4970 - Technical Communication for Agribusiness Credits: 3 (COM3)

Quantitative (Q): 7 Hours

(Required for Major)

MATH 1400 - College Algebra Credits: 3
MATH 2350 - Business Calculus Credits: 4

Agricultural Economics: 24 Hours

⁵24 credit hours in Ag Econ beyond those earned to satisfy University Studies requirements. 18 of these 24 credit hours must be at the 3000-4000 level.

AGEC 1010 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
AGEC 1020 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
AGEC 3400 - Agricultural Law Credits: 3
AGEC 4050 - Agribusiness Marketing Credits: 3
OR
MKT 3210 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: 3 (count for either upper-division AGEC or business credit, but not both)
AGEC 4060 - Agribusiness Management Credits: 3
AGEC 4500 - Agricultural Finance Credits: 3
AGEC 4450 - Negotiation Credits: 3
OR
AGEC 4830 - Agricultural Commodities and Futures Markets Credits: 3
OR
AGEC 4840 - Agricultural Market Analysis Credits: 3
OR
AGEC 4880 - International Agricultural Trade, Markets and Policy Credits: 3
3 hours of AGEC electives

Supporting Economics: 6 Hours

ECON 3010 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 3020 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credits: 3

Business: 15 Hours

ACCT 2010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 2020 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
9 hours of 3000-4000 level business courses

Total Hours: 120

²Recommend or equivalent COM1 course.

³Credits earned in USP approved science courses offered within the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall also serve as Supporting Agriculture credits.

⁴H requirement cannot be fulfilled with AGEC or ECON courses; USP-approved H language courses are recommended.

⁶COSC 1200 recommended, or IMGT 2400.