Mays Business School

Curriculum in Agribusiness (B.S.)

FRESHMAN YEAR**

First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGEC 105 Intro. to Ag. Econ. (3-0) 3   MATH 142 Business Math. II (3-0) 3
ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric (3-0) 3   American history 1,2   3
MATH 141 Business Math. I (3-0) 3   Directed elective-behavioral
sciences 3
  3
American history1,2   3   Natural sciences elective 1   4
Natural sciences elective 1   4   * KINE 198 Health and Fitness Activity (0-2) 1
    16       14
SOPHOMORE YEAR**
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
ACCT 229 Introductory Accounting (3-0) 3   ACCT 230 Introductory Accounting (3-0) 3
ECON 202 Principles of Economics (3-0) 3   AGEC 217 Fund. of Ag. Econ. Analysis 8 (1-4) 3
MGMT 211 Legal and Social Env. of Business (3-0) 3   ECON 203 Principles of Economics (3-0) 3
POLS 206 American Natl. Govt.2 (3-0) 3   POLS 207 State and Local Govt.2 (3-0) 3
Technical agriculture elective 4   3   Communications elective5   3
    15   * KINE 199 Required Physical Activity (0-2) 1
            16
JUNIOR YEAR
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGEC 340 Agribus. and Food Management (3-0) 3   AGEC 317 Econ. Analysis for Agribusiness Management (3-0) 3
ECON 323 Microeconomic Theory (3-0) 3   AGEC 429 Agricultural Policy8 (3-0) 3
FINC 341 Business Finance (3-0) 3   INFO 364 Operations Management (3-0) 3
INFO 303 Statistical Methods (3-0) 3   Directed elective-international6   3
MGMT 363 The Management Process (3-0) 3   Humanities elective 1   3
MKTG 321 Marketing (3-0) 3       15
    18        
SENIOR YEAR
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGEC 431 Cases in Agribusiness Finc.8 (3-0) 3 AGEC 414 Agribusiness and Food Market Analysis (3-0) 3
AGEC 481 Ethics in Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics (1-0) 1   AGEC 430 Macroeconomics of Ag.
or
FINC 460 Money and Capital Markets
(3-0) 3
Directed elective-international6   3   AGEC 440 Agribusiness Strategic Analysis (3-0) 3
General electives7   4   General elective7   3
Visual and performing arts elective 1   3       12
    14        
NOTES:
  1. To be selected from the University Core Curriculum.
  2. For those students under ROTC contract, see section on “ Requirement in Political Science (Government) and History” in this catalog.
  3. Selected from a list of courses in anthropology, psychology, sociology and women’s studies.
  4. Three hours of technical agriculture electives to be selected from any course offered by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, EXCEPT 285s, 484s, 485s and AGEC courses.
  5. To be selected from AGJR 404, ENGL 203, 235, 236, 241, 301, COMM 205 or 243.
  6. Six hours are required. Three hours of international course work may be taken outside Mays Business School. A complete list of approved courses is available in the Undergraduate Program Office, Room 238, Wehner Building, or in the Undergraduate Business Student Handbook.
  7. Any Texas A&M or transfer course, except KINE 198 and KINE 199, not used to meet other requirements.
  8. All students must take at least one course in their major that is designated as writing intensive (W). This course is an approved W course in the major.

* See page University Core Curriculum, item 7.

**See Upper-Level Entry Requirements into Agribusiness.