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

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Combine courses in farm and ranch management, finance and marketing with crop, range, veterinary and animal sciences to prepare for a career managing farms, ranches, or feedlots.

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

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

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.