College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Curricula in Agricultural Economics

Rural Entrepreneurship Option

The Rural Entrepreneurship Option is designed to provide a well-founded basis in principles, concepts and methods for students interested in owning and/or managing or otherwise being engaged in working with a rural business.

(See Freshman and Sophomore Years)
Junior Year
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGEC 314 Mkt Ag. and Food Products (3-0) 3   AGEC 317 Econ. Anlys. for Agbu. Mgmt. (3-0) 3
AGEC 340 Agribusiness Management (3-0) 3   AGEC 330 Fin. Management in Ag. (3-0) 3
ECON 323 Microeconomic Theory (3-0) 3   AGEC 429 Agricultural Policy4 (3-0) 3
STAT 303 Statistical Methods (3-0) 3   AGEC 481 Ethics in Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics (1-0) 1
Directed non-agricultural economics elective 1   3   Directed non-agricultural econ. elective1   3
General elective3   3   Directed agricultural economics elective2   3
    18       16
Senior Year
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGEC 344 Food and Ag. Law (3-0) 3   AGEC 425 Rural Entrepreneurship II (2-2) 3
AGEC 424 Rural Entrepreneurship I (2-2) 3   AGEC 430 Macroeconomics of Ag.
or
ECON 311 Money and Banking		 (3-0) 3
Directed agricultural economics elective 2   3   Directed agricultural economics elective2   3
General elective 3   3   General elective3   3
    12       12
NOTES:
  1. Six hours to be selected in one or more departments outside of the Department of Agricultural Economics. A minimum of 3 of these hours must be at the 300- or 400-level.
  2. Select 3 courses from AGEC 315, 413, 422, 432, 447, 448 and [452 or 453].
  3. Any Texas A&M or transfer course (except KINE 198 and 199; STLC 001-003) not used to meet other requirements.
  4. Beginning with this catalog, Catalog 130, all undergraduate students must take at least two (2) specific courses in their major designated as writing intensive (W). This course is an approved W course.