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SEBS UNDERGRADUATE CORE CURRICULUM (39 credits)
Contemporary Challenges
(6 credits) Two courses, one in each of the Contemporary Challenges areas: Diversities and Social Inequalities [CC-D] and Our Common Future [CC-O]
Experiential Learning (3 credits) Students must participate in a certified experience that meets this goal [EL]
Natural Sciences (6 credits) Students must take two courses, one each in two of the following areas: physical, biological, or environmental sciences [NS]
Historical Analysis (3 credits) Students must take one course [HST]
Social Analysis (6 credits) SEBS students must complete two courses, one in either social/cultural analysis or economic analysis, and one in governmental and regulatory analysis [SCL]
Arts and Humanities (3 credits) Students must complete one course [AH]
Writing and Communication (6 credits) Students must take 01:355:101 or its equivalent [WC] and one course that fulfills the learning goal, communicate effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry [WCD].
Quantitative and Formal Reasoning (6 credits) Students must take two courses [QQ; QR]
Major Requirements for All Students Regardless of Matriculation Date
Proficiency in Environmental and Business Economics (55-70 credits)
A. REQUIRED COURSES (22-23)
Quantitative Skills (10)
11:373:211 Applied Mathematical Concepts in Ag Economics I (4) or 01:640:1__ CALC1 (4)
11:373:215 Applications of Statistics in Business Economics (3) or 01:960:285 Introductory Statistics for Business (3) or 01:960:211 Statistics I (3)
11:373:200 Agricultural Accounting (3) or 33:010:272 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
Computer and Information Technology Competence (3)
11:373:210 Business Decision Computer Tools (4) or 01:198:170 Computer Applications for Business (3)
Professional Ethics
11:373:201 Corporate Social Responsibility (3)
Additional Requirements (9)
11:373:241 Introduction to Management (3)
11:373:321 Economics of Production (3)
11:373:422 Demand and Price Analysis (3)
B. OPTIONS (33-44)
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 (33-35)
Required courses (12)
11:373:201 Corporate Social Responsibility (3) or equivalent
11:373:231 Introduction to Marketing (3)
11:373:341 Organizational Dynamics (3)
11:373:351 Business Finance I (3)
Electives (21-23)
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 Global Marketing (3)*
11:373:403 Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3)*
11:373:425 Econometric Applications (3)
11:373:451 Business Finance II (3)
11:373:465 Business Research (4)*
At least two of the following policy courses:
11:373:202 Sustainability Decision Tools (3)
11:373:218 Sustainable Food Policy for Developing Countries (3)
11:373:323 Agricultural and Food Policy (3)
11:373:335 Energy Economics and Policy (3)
11:373:361 Land Economics (3)
11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics (3)
11:373:363 Environmental Economics (3)
11:373:371 Food, Nutrition, and Health (3)
11:373:404 Bioscience Policy (3)
11:373:431 International Trade Policy (3)
11:374:313 Environmental Policy and Institutions (3)
11:374:314 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (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)
11:374:315 International Environmental Policy (3)
At least two additional courses in environmental and business economics (373), economics (220), or Calculus II.
2. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (33-34)
Required courses (12)
11:373:201 Corporate Social Responsibility (3) or equivalent
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)
Electives (21-22)
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)
01:790:305 Public Policy Formation (3)
01:960:337 Managerial Statistics (3)
11:372:232 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:373:351 Business 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)
At least one of the following courses in policy applications:
01:450:140 The Greenhouse Effect (3)
01:450:370 Global and Regional Climate Change (3)
11:373:231 Introduction to Marketing (3)
11:373:335 Energy Economics and Policy (3)
11:373:404 Bioscience Policy (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)
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:
01:512:323,324 History of the North American Environment (3,3)
10:975:315 Theory and Methods of Land-Use Planning (3)
11:372:231 Fundamentals of Environmental Planning (3)
11:372:384 A Systems Approach to Environmental and Agricultural Issues (3)
11:373:431 International Trade Policy (3)
11:375:333,334 Environmental Law I,II (3,3)
11:704:351 Principles of Ecology (3)
Two additional courses in environmental and business economics (373), economics (220), or Calculus II.
3. Food Industry Economics (33-35)
Required courses (12)
11:373:201 Corporate Social Responsibility (3) or equivalent
11:373:231 Introduction to Marketing (3)
11:373:331 Economics of Food Marketing Systems (3)
11:373:341 Management: Human Systems Development (3)
Electives (21-23)
Four of the following courses, of which at least three must come from group A:
A. Courses in business strategy/policy
11:373:205 Small Business Essentials (3)
11:373:323 Agriculture and Food Policy (3)
11:373:351 Business Finance I (3)
11:373:352 Economics of Futures Markets (3)
11:373:371 Food, Nutrition, and Health (3)
11:373:402 Global Marketing (3)*
11:373:403 Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3)*
11:373:425 Econometric Applications (3) or 01:220:322 Econometrics (3)
11:373:451 Business Finance II (3)
11:373:465 Business Research (4)*
B. Courses in environmental/resource economics
11:373:335 Energy Economics and Policy (3)
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 biology (776).
At least two additional courses in environmental and business economics (373), economics (220) or Calculus II.
4. Food Science and Management Economics (43-44)
Required courses in the sciences (26)
01:160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)
11:400:201 Principles of Food Science (3)
11:400:301 Food Processing Technologies (4)
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)
11:680:390 General Microbiology (4)
Required courses related to business management (17-18)
11:373:201 Corporate Social Responsibility (3) or 11:400:314 Current Issues in Food Science (2) or equivalent
11:373:231 Introduction to Marketing (3)
11:373:321 Economics of Production (3)
11:373:323 Agricultural and Food Policy (3) or 11:373:371 Food, Nutrition, and Health (3)
11:373:351 Business Finance I (3)
11:373:422 Demand and Price Analysis (3)
*Fulfills SEBS Experience-Based Education requirement.
Unspecified Electives
In addition to courses meeting the above requirements, students can take other courses offered by the university, for which they meet the course eligibility requirements, to bring their total number of credits to the minimum of 120 (matriculated 2018 or later) or 128 (matriculated prior to 2018) required for graduation.
