2024-2025 Academic Catalog
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Degree Core Requirements | ||
| AAEC 2434 | Foundations of Agribusiness 1 | 3 |
| AAEC 3454 | Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship 1 | 3 |
| AAEC 3504 | Marketing Agricultural Products 1 | 3 |
| AAEC 3604 | Agricultural Law | 3 |
| AAEC 4424 | Ag Financial Management 1 | 3 |
| AAEC 3024 | Monetary and Global Issues in Applied Economics 1 | 3 |
| ACIS 2115 | Principles of Accounting | 3 |
| Subtotal | 21 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| ALS 1234 | CALS First Year Seminar | 1 |
| AAEC 3014 | Analytical Methods in Applied Economics 1 | 3 |
| or BIT 2406 | Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling | |
| or STAT 3006 | Statistical Methods | |
| or STAT 3616 | Biological Statistics | |
| AAEC 3424 | Value-Based Management in Agribusiness 1 | 3 |
| or FIN 3104 | Introduction to Finance | |
| or ACIS 2116 | Principles of Accounting | |
| ENGL 3774 | Business Writing 1 | 3 |
| or ENGL 3764 | Technical Writing | |
| or ENGL 3754 | Advanced Writing and Research | |
| or ALCE 3624 | Communicating Ag and Life Sciences in Writing | |
| Subtotal | 10 | |
| Option Required Courses | ||
| Major Option Core Courses | ||
| BCHM 2024 | Concepts of Biochemistry 1 | 3 |
| or BCHM 3114 | Biochemistry for Biotechnology and the Life Sciences | |
| or BCHM 4115 | General Biochemistry | |
| BIOL 1115 | Principles of Biology Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| BIOL 1116 | Principles of Biology Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 2604 | General Microbiology 1 | 3 |
| BIOL 2614 | General Microbiology Laboratory 1 | 1-2 |
| PHYS 2205 | General Physics 1 | 3 |
| PHYS 2206 | General Physics 1 | 3 |
| PHYS 2215 | General Physics Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| PHYS 2216 | General Physics Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| CHEM 1035 | General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 1036 | General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 1045 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 1046 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 2535 | Organic Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 2536 | Organic Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 2545 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| CHEM 2546 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| HNFE 2204 | Medical Terminology 1 | 3 |
| Subtotal | 36-37 | |
| Free Electives | ||
| Select credits needed to complete 120 hours | 8 | |
| Subtotal | 8 | |
| Pathways to General Education | ||
| Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse | ||
| ENGL 1105 | First-Year Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 1106 | First-Year Writing | 3 |
| COMM 2004 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| or ALCE 3634 | Communicating Ag and Life Sciences in Speaking | |
| Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities | ||
| Select six hours in Pathway 2 | 6 | |
| Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences | ||
| AAEC 1005 | Economics of the Food and Fiber System | 3 |
| or ECON 2005 | Principles of Economics | |
| AAEC 1006 | Economics of the Food and Fiber System | 3 |
| or ECON 2006 | Principles of Economics | |
| Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences | ||
| BIOL 1105 | Principles of Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 1106 | Principles of Biology | 3 |
| Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking | ||
| MATH 1025 | Elementary Calculus | 3 |
| or MATH 1225 | Calculus of a Single Variable | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Elementary Calculus | ||
or MATH 1226 | Calculus of a Single Variable | |
| Introduction to Computational Thinking | ||
| Introduction to Programming in Python | ||
| Digital Planet | ||
| Data in Our Lives | ||
| STAT 3615 | Biological Statistics | 3 |
| or STAT 3005 | Statistical Methods | |
| or BIT 2405 | Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling | |
| Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts | ||
| Select three hours in Pathway 6d | 3 | |
| Select three hours in Pathway 6a | 3 | |
| Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States | ||
| Select three hours in Pathway 7 | 3 | |
| Subtotal | 45 | |
| Total Credits | 120-121 | |
Pre-requisites: Some courses required for this major have pre-/co-requisites and/or enrollment requirements. Please refer to the Undergraduate Course Catalog or consult your advisor for information about pre-/co-requisites and enrollment requirements.
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