Agricultural Business, Agribusiness Management Option, B.S.

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Prepare for careers across agribusiness and business sectors. Agricultural economics is supplemented with business and agricultural science courses to prepare you for a wide range of careers in the agricultural supply chain.

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

University Studies Program Requirements: 30 Hours

The University Studies Program 2015

FYS- First Year - Seminar Credits: 3
COM 1 - Communication 1 Credits: 3
COM 2 - Communication 2 Credits: 3
COM 3 - Communication 3 Credits: 3
Q - - Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (1) Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (2) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (1) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (2) Credits: 3
V - - U.S. & WY Constitution Credits: 3

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 2100 - 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.