Program: Agribusiness Management & Food Marketing Option - University of Kentucky

Apr 09, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

This option provides a program of study for students interested in careers in marketing, sales, and management of farms or firms involved in production, financing, processing, marketing and distribution of food and agricultural products, depending on the electives chosen.

NOTE: MA 113 or MA 123 satisfies the UK Core Quantitative Foundations requirement and STA 296 satisfies the UK Core Statistical Inferential Reasoning requirement. Students must earn a C or higher in MA 113 or MA 123 to take AEC 303 and a C or higher in ECO 201 to take any AEC 300 level or higher course.

Premajor Requirements

CS 101 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING I Credit(s): 3
OR
AN 105 - BUSINESS APPLICATIONS OF SPREADSHEETS Credit(s): 1
ECO 201 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I Credit(s): 3
ECO 202 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II Credit(s): 3
MA 113 - CALCULUS I Credit(s): 4
OR
MA 123 - ELEMENTARY CALCULUS AND ITS APPLICATIONS Credit(s): 4 AND
MA 162 - FINITE MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS Credit(s): 3
STA 296 - STATISTICAL METHODS AND MOTIVATIONS Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Premajor hours: 14-19

Major Requirements

NOTE: Students must receive a grade of C or better in AEC 302 , AEC 303 , AEC 305 , AEC 306 , and AEC 422 required for graduation. Students may count only one of the following towards their major requirements: AEC 324 , , .

AEC 301 - CAREER READINESS FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 1
AEC 302 - AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Credit(s): 4
AEC 303 - MICROECONOMIC CONCEPTS IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
AEC 305 - FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING PRINCIPLES Credit(s): 3
AEC 422 - AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT Credit(s): 3
plus 9 hours at the 300+ level Credit(s): 9
plus 3 hours at 400+ level Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Major hours: 26

Academic Enrichment Requirement

Choose one of the following:

NOTE: Additional credit hours of beyond one (1) credit shall not count towards the AEC Major Requirements, but additional graded credit hours of or beyond one (1) credit may count towards that requirement.

AEC 395 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
AEC 396 - INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 1
AEC 399 - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 1 - 6 (Variable)
AEC 580 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)

Subtotal: Academic Enrichment hours: 1

Specialty Support

ACC 200 - INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING FOR DECISION MAKERS Credit(s): 3
ACC 201 - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Credit(s): 3
AN 300 - INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS Credit(s): 3
ECO 391 - ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS STATISTICS. Credit(s): 3
FIN 300 - CORPORATION FINANCE Credit(s): 3
MGT 301 - INTRODUCTION TO MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS Credit(s): 3
MKT 300 - MARKETING MANAGEMENT Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Specialty Support hours: 21

Electives

Electives should be selected by the student to complete the minimum total of 120 hours required for graduation.

Agribusiness Management & Food Marketing Option