Agri-Business Comprehensive Major
Bachelor of Science
BT BS 1308
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 6
- MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- MATH 120, Finite Mathematics - 3 hours
- MATH 123, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours
- *Students with sufficient mathematics preparation to enter above 102 and 103 would
have required hours for the major reduced.
- Natural Sciences minimum = 8
- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 1 course:
- CHEM 145GS, Introductory Chemistry
- 4 hours
- OR take 2 courses:
- CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3
hours
- CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry
Laboratory - 1 hour
- Take 1 course from:
- BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 104GS, General Botany - 4 hours
- BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 12
- ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics,
Macroeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics,
Microeconomics - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major = 61
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 106
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 19
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Agribusiness = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
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- A minimum grade of C is required for each course counting toward this major.
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- A. Agri-Business Core Requirements (37 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- BMIS 181, Business Computer Systems - 1 hour
- BMIS 182, Business Computer Applications - 3
hours
- BACC 250, Principles of Accounting I - 3 hours
(Prereq: MATH 102, sophomore standing)
- BACC 251, Principles of Accounting II - 3 hours
- BACC 311, Business Law - 3 hours
- BFIN 308, Principles of Finance - 3 hours
- BSED 320, Business Communications - 3 hours
- BMKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
- BMGT 233, Business Statistics - 3 hours
(Prereq: MATH 102 (if necessary) or MATH 120 or MATH
123)
- BMGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
- BMGT 493, Social Responsibilities of Business:
Issues and Ethics - 3 hours
- BMGT 495, Administrative Strategy and Policy -
3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- BMGT 314, Operations Management - 3 hours
- BMGT 355, Organizational Behavior - 3 hours
- B. Agri-Business Economics Core Requirements (12 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ECON 335, Agricultural Marketing - 3 hours
- ECON 350, Economics of the Agricultural Sector
- 3 hours
- ECON 398, Farm and Ranch Management - 3 hours
- ECON 435, Agricultural Finance - 3 hours
- C. Agri-Business Major Elective Component (12 hours required)
- Take 12 hours from:
- Any 300-400 level ECON, BACC,
BASM, BFIN,
BMGT, BMIS, BKMT,
BSAD, BSED
courses - 0-12 hours
- BIOL 301, Introduction to Soils - 4 hours
- BIOL 307, Ecology - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 104GS, BIOL
107GS and MATH 112GS)
- BIOL 330, Wildlife Conservation - 3 hours
(Prereq: BIOL 104GS, BIOL 107GS
- BIOL 380, Agronomy - 3 hours
- BIOL 403, Plant Physiology - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 104GS, one year of Chemistry
- BIOL 405, Range and Wildlife Management - 3
hours (Prereq: BIOL 104GS, BIOL 307 or BIOL
418 or BIOL 419)
- BIOL 416, Plant Diversity and Evolution - 4
hours (Prereq: BIOL 104GS)
- BIOL 417, Mycology - 4 hours (Prereq: at least
12 hours in BIOL including BIOL 103GS or BIOL 104GS; CHEM
161*, STAT
241)
- BIOL 418, Plant Taxonomy - 3 hours
- BIOL 419, Taxonomy of Grasses - 3 hours
- BIOL 430.08, Topics in Geographic Information
Systems - 3 hours (Prereq: permission of instructor)
- BIOL 470, Insect Biology - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 107GS)
- GEOG 301, Geography of Soils - 3 hours
- GEOG 305, Human Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 315, Introduction to Geographic
Information Systems - 3 hours
- GEOG 316, Advanced Geographic Information
Systems - 3 hours
- GEOG 320, Agricultural Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours (Prereq:
GEOG 104GS or GEOG 106GS)
- GEOG 340, Developing Nations - 3 hours
- GEOG 400, Water Resources - 3 hours
- GEOG 405, Environmental Consequences of
Development - 3 hours (Prereq: GEOG 305, GEOG 340)
- GEOG 412, Environmental Planning - 3 hours
(Prereq: Junior standing and at least two of the following: GEOG 207GS, GEOG
301, BIOL 301*, GEOG 305GS,
GEOG 306*, GEOG 400)
Electives Approved by Advisor - 0-12 hours
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10 May 2006
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