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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Agricultural Economics, B.S. - Agribusiness Management and Food Marketing Option 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
AEC 110 - Current Issues in Agricultural Economics 3 Credit Hours
AFE 100 - Issues in Agriculture, Food and Environment 3 Credit Hours
MA 123 - Elementary Calculus and its Applications 4 Credit Hours
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
ECO 201 - Principles of Economics I 3 Credit Hours
UK Core- Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3
UK Core- Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3
UK Core- Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

ACC 200 - Introduction to Accounting for Decision Makers 3 Credit Hours
AEC 305 - Food and Agricultural Marketing Principles 3 Credit Hours
AN 105 - Business Applications of Spreadsheets 1 Credit Hours
ECO 202 - Principles of Economics II 3 Credit Hours
STA 296 - Statistical Methods and Motivations 3 Credit Hours
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

ACC 201 - Financial Accounting 3 Credit Hours
AEC 302 - Agricultural Management Principles 4 Credit Hours
AEC 303 - Microeconomic Concepts in Agricultural Economics 3 Credit Hours
MA 162 - Finite Mathematics and its Applications 3 Credit Hours
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

AEC 306 - Technical Communication in Economics 3 Credit Hours
ECO 391 - Economic and Business Statistics. 3 Credit Hours
AEC 300+ - AEC Elective Credit(s): 3
Specialty Support Course Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Students may only take one of the following for 3 hours of their additional 300 level AEC courses: AEC 324 , AEC 325 , or AEC 326 .

Second Semester

AEC 301 - Career Readiness for Agricultural Economics 1 Credit Hours
MGT 301 - Introduction to Managing Organizations 3 Credit Hours
MKT 300 - Marketing Management 3 Credit Hours
AEC 300+ - Elective Credit(s): 3
AEC 300+ - Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Summer Term

AEC 399 - Experiential Learning in Agricultural Economics 1 - 6 Credit Hours
Students have the option of taking AEC 395 or AEC 396 to satisfy the Academic Enrichment Experience requirement. AEC 395 , AEC 396 , or AEC 399 may be taken during the fall or spring semesters.

Year 4

First Semester

FIN 300 - Corporation Finance 3 Credit Hours
AEC 400+ - Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

AEC 422 - Agribusiness Management 3 Credit Hours
AN 300 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 Credit Hours
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 4