Although students may declare the major before completing these
four courses, official admission to the major requires completion of
introductory courses in micro- and macroeconomics, a term of calculus,
and a term of statistics, with grades of C or better. These four
courses are prerequisites to junior- and senior-level courses in the
required option areas.
Majors must complete all required
courses with grades of C or better. No more than one D is allowed
in the option courses.
I. College Mission: Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (5-6 credits)
11:015:101 Perspectives on Agriculture and the Environment (2)
11:015:400 Junior/Senior Colloquium (3)
II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences
A. Life Sciences (4-8 credits)
01:119:103 Principles of Biology (4)
01:119:101-102 General Biology (4,4) is required in the food science and management economics option.]
B. Physical Sciences (3-13 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
[01:160:161-162 General Chemistry (4,4), 01:160:171 Introduction to
Experimentation (1) and 01:750:161 Elements of Physics (4) are required
in the food science and management economics option.]
III. Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes
A. Human Behavior (3 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
B. Economic Systems (6 credits)
11:373:121 Principles and Applications of Microeconomics (3)
or 01:220:102 Introduction to Microeconomics (3)
01:220:103 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3)
C. Political Processes (3 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
VI. Oral and Written Communication (9 credits)
01:355:101 Expository Writing (3) or equivalent
01:355:202 Technical Writing Essentials (3) or 01: 355:203 Business
Writing Essentials (3) or 01:355:303 Writing for Business and the
Professions (3) or 01:355:302 Scientific and Technical Writing (3)
and one of the following:
04:192:220 Fundamentals of Speaking and Listening (3)
01:355:201 Research in the Disciplines (3) (See majors` Handbook or adviser for suggested topics.)
VII. Experience-Based Education (3-4 credits)
Each student consults with the academic adviser in planning to meet
this requirement. Appropriate cooperative education placements,
approved internships, 11:373:402 International Agribusiness Marketing
(3), 11:373:465 Agribusiness Marketing Research (4), 11:373: 491,492
Research Problems, or equivalents fulfill this requirement.
VIII. Proficiency in Environmental and Business Economics (55-70 credits)
A. REQUIRED COURSES (19)
Majors must complete all VIII A requirements with a grade of C or better.
Quantitative Skills (10)
33:010:272 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
01:640:1__ CALC1 (4)
01:960:285 Introductory Statistics for Business (3) or 01: 960:211 Statistics I (3)
Computer and Information Technology Competence
See VIII B, Option requirements.
Professional Ethics
See VIII B, Option requirements.
Additional Requirements (9)
11:373:241 Agribusiness Management (3)
11:373:321 Economics of Production (3)
11:373:422 Demand and Price Analysis (3)
B. OPTIONS (36-51)
Majors must complete all option-required courses with a grade of C or
better. No more than one grade of D is allowed in the remaining
option elective courses.
1. Business Economics (36-38)
Required courses (15-16)
11:373:210 Business Decision Computer Tools (4) or 01: 198:170 Computer Applications for Business (3)
11:373:231 Agribusiness Marketing (3)
11:373:341 Management: Human Systems Development (3)
11:373:351 Agribusiness Finance I (3)
01:730:251 Ethics and Business (3) or equivalent
Electives (21)
At least three of the following business/economics courses:
01:220:300 International Economics (3)
01:220:301 Money and Banking (3)
01:220:302 Labor Economics (3)
01:220:308 Introduction to Managerial Economics (3)
01:220:311 Methods of Cost Benefit Analysis (3)
01:220:322 Econometrics (3)
01:220:394 Economics of Capital Markets (3)
01:220:415 Portfolio Theory (3)
11:373:331 Economics of Food Marketing Systems (3)
11:373:352 Economics of Futures Markets (3)
11:373:402 International Agribusiness Marketing (3) *
11:373:425 Application of Econometrics in Agricultural Economics (3)
11:373:451 Agribusiness Finance II (3)
11:373:465 Agribusiness Marketing Research (4) *
At least two of the following policy courses:
11:373:323 Public Policy toward the Food Industry (3)
11:373:361 Land Economics (3)
11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics (3)
11:373:363 Environmental Economics (3)
11:373:371 Food Health and Safety Policy (3)
11:374:313 Environmental Policy and Institutions (3)
11:374:314 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource
Management (3)
11:374:315 International Environmental Policy (3)
01:790:237 Political Economy and Society (3)
01:790:305 Public Policy Formation (3)
01:790:327 International Political Economy (3)
01:790:337 American Political Economy (3)
01:790:338 Government and Business (3)
At least two additional courses in environmental and business economics (373), economics (220), or Calculus II.
2. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (36-37)
Required courses (15-16)
11:373:210 Business Decision Computer Tools (4) or 01: 198:170 Computer Applications for Business (3)
11:373:361 Land Economics (3)
11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics (3)
11:373:363 Environmental Economics (3) or 01:220: 332 Environmental Economics (3)
01:730:251 Ethics and Business (3) or equivalent
Electives (21)
At least three of the following courses in problem solving or policy analysis:
01:220:311 Methods of Cost Benefit Analysis (3)
01:220:386 Operations Research I (3)
01:220:395 Law and Economics (3)
11:372:232 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:373:351 Agribusiness Finance I (3)
11:373:425 Application of Econometrics in Agricultural Economics (3)
11:375:333 Environmental Law I (3)
11:375:409 Environmental Statement and Impact (3)
01:790:305 Public Policy Formation (3)
01:960:337 Managerial Statistics (3)
At least one of the following courses in policy applications:
11:373:231 Agribusiness Marketing (3)
11:374:315 International Environmental Policy (3)
11:375:301 Environment and Health (3)
11:375:410 Workshop in Environmental Assessment and Impact (3)
11:375:421 Air Pollution (3)
01:450:140 The Greenhouse Effect (3)
01:450:370 Global and Regional Climate Change (3)
11:628:401 Science in Shoreline Management (3)
11:704:451 Ecosystems Ecology and Global Change (3)
At least one of the following interdisciplinary courses:
11:372:231 Fundamentals of Environmental Planning (3)
11:375:333, 334 Environmental Law I,II (3,3)
01:512:323,324 History of the North American Environment (3,3)
11:704:351 Principles of Ecology (3)
10:975:315 Theory and Methods of Land-Use Planning (3)
Two additional courses in environmental and business economics (373), economics (220), or Calculus II.
3. Food Industry Economics (36-38)
Required courses (15-16)
11:373:210 Business Decision Computer Tools (4) or 01: 198:170 Computer Applications for Business (3)
11:373:231 Agribusiness Marketing (3)
11:373:331 Economics of Food Marketing Systems (3)
11:373:341 Management: Human Systems Development (3)
01:730:251 Ethics and Business (3) or equivalent
Electives (21)
Four of the following courses, of which at least three must come from group A:
A. Courses in business strategy/policy
11:373:323 Public Policy toward the Food Industry (3)
11:373:351 Agribusiness Finance I (3)
11:373:352 Economics of Futures Markets (3)
11:373:371 Food Health and Safety Policy (3)
11:373:402 International Agribusiness Marketing (3) *
11:373:425 Application of Econometrics in Agricultural Economics (3)
11:373:451 Agribusiness Finance II (3)
11:373:465 Agribusiness Marketing Research (4) *
B. Courses in environmental/resource economics
11:373:361 Land Economics (3)
11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics (3)
11:373:363 Environmental Economics (3)
At least 3 credits of courses in one of the following areas: animal
science (067), soils (in environmental sciences 375), food science
(400), nutritional sciences (709), or plant science (776).
At least two additional courses in environmental and business economics (373), economics (220) or Calculus II.
4. Food Science and Management Economics (50-51)
Required courses in the sciences (26)
01:160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry (4)
11:400:201 Principles of Food Science (3)
11:400:405 Sensory Evaluation of Foods (3)
11:400:411 Food Chemistry (3)
11:400:412 Food Product Development (3)
11:400:423 Food Microbiology (3)
11:400:4__ Food Processing (3)
11:680:390 General Microbiology (4)
Required courses related to business management (23-25)
11:373:210 Business Decision Computer Tools (4) or 01: 198:170 Computer Applications for Business (3)
11:373:231 Agribusiness Marketing (3)
11:373:323 Public Policy toward the Food Industry (3) or 11: 373:371 Food Health and Safety Policy (3)
11:373:341 Management: Human Systems Development (3)
11:373:351 Agribusiness Finance I (3)
11:373:3__ Food Systems Management and Operations (3)
11:373:4__ Agribusiness Strategy (3)
01:730:251 Ethics and Business (3) or 11:400:314 Current Issues in Food Science (2) or equivalent
IX. Unspecified Electives (8-25 credits)
