Agricultural Business, Farm and Ranch Management Option, B.S.

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This curriculum is for students intending to become operators or professional managers of farms, ranches or feedlots. It is also well suited for students interested in the field of agricultural finance, or a minor in biological fields such as agroecology or range management.

In this option, courses in farm and ranch management, finance, and marketing are supplemented by courses in crops, range management, veterinary sciences and animal science, with electives in other areas.

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 UW.

First-Year Seminar Credits: 3 (FYS)
Human Culture Credits: 6 ⁴ (H)
U.S. & Wyoming Constitutions Credits: 3 (V)
Statistics Credits: 4
Computers Credits: 3 ⁶
Electives Credits: 29

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

Science (PN):

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

CHEM 1000 - Introductory Chemistry Credits: 4
OR
CHEM 1020 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
OR
CHEM 1050 - Advanced General Chemistry I Credits: 4
SOIL 2010 - Introduction to Soil Science Credits: 4
One additional PN course Credits: 3

Agricultural Economics: 28 Hours

⁵24 credits 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 2020 - Farm and Ranch Business Management Credits: 4
AGEC 3400 - Agricultural Law Credits: 3
AGEC 4640 - Advanced Farm/Ranch Management Credits: 3
12 hours AGEC electives

Supporting Agriculture: 12 Hours

SOIL 2010 - Introduction to Soil Science Credits: 4
8 AG College hours other than Agricultural Economics

Supporting Economics: 6 Hours

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

Business: 3 Hours

ACCT 2010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3

Total Hours: 120

²Recommend or equivalent COM1 course.

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

⁶COSC 1200 recommended, or IMGT 2400.