Along with the baccalaureate core of required courses in the sciences and humanities, students may select a broad range of electives with the help of a faculty adviser. This program provides flexibility to meet a wide variety of educational and career goals. Eighteen additional upper division hours from approved list. The B.S. curriculum in agricultural business management blends course work in agricultural economics, business, agricultural sciences, computer science, arts, and humanities so that graduates can respond to the unique challenges and opportunities in agribusiness vocations. Skills are developed in agribusiness finance, agribusiness management, and agribusiness marketing and export trade.
Students select a minor appropriate to their professional goals and interests.
An internship or project is required to integrate course work with business-oriented experiences. OR ECON 424. AREC courses to make 27 total credits. The department offers graduate work leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural and Resource Economics and offers courses supporting the M.Agr. and M.A.I.S. graduate degree programs. The Department also participates in the University Graduate Faculty of Economics to offer the M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Economics.