Curriculum: Agricultural Business Management

Concentration:

Degree earned: Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business Management

Effective: 07/2009
Updated:

FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ALS 103 Introductory Topics in ALS
ARE 201 Intro to Ag & Resource Econ or
  EC 201 Principles of Microeconomics
Biology requirement 1
ENG 101 Academic Writing and Research
Humanities GEP requirement C

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EC 202 Principles of Macroeconomics
COM 110 Public Speaking
CSC 200 Intro to Computers & Uses or
   AEE 226 Computer App & Info Tech AEE
Mathematics requirement  2
Social Science GEP requirement D

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3

3
3
3

15
 
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ACC 200 Intro to Managerial Accounting or
  ACC 210 Concepts Financial Reporting
Mathematics requirement 2
Science requirement 3
Humanities GEP requirement C
Physical Education GEP requirement E


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4
3
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ARE 303 Farm Business Management or
  ARE 304 Agribusiness Management
ARE 306 Agricultural Law or
  ARE 309 Environmental Law & Econ Policy
Science requirement 3
Inter-Disciplinary Perspectives GEP requirement G
Additional Breadth GEP requirement F
Physical Education GEP requirement E


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15-16
 
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ARE(EC) 301 Intermediate Microeconomics
BUS(ST) 350 Econ & Bus Statistics or
  ST 311 Introduction to Statistics
Communication requirement 4
Labor management requirement 5
Free elective
ARE 490 Career Seminar in ARE

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3
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ARE 311 Agricultural Markets or
  ARE 312 Agribusiness Marketing
ARE 336 Resource & Environmental Econ
Macroeconomics requirement 6
Technical elective 7
Departmental 8 or Technical elective 7


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3
3
3
3

15
 
SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ARE 321 Agri Financial Mgmt or
  BUS 320 Financial Management
ARE 433 US Agricultural Policy
Technical elective 7
Departmental 8 or Technical elective 7
Free elective


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3
3
3
3

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ARE Elective 9
Technical elective 7
Departmental 8 or Technical elective 7
Departmental 8 or Technical elective 7
Free electives 10

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2-3

14-15
 
Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation*: 120
 
Footnotes:        
 

Major/Program Footnotes:
1  Select a biology or plant biology course from BIO 105 and 106, or BIO 181, or PB 200.
2  Students must complete two math courses.  Select one calculus course from MA 121, 131, or 141.  Select a second math course from MA 114, 231, or 241.
3  Students must complete two courses from among a list of chemistry, physics and marine-earth-atmospheric sciences, for a minimum of 7 total credit hours.  Select from CH 100, 101/102, 201/201, 220, 221/222, PY 131, 205, 208, 211, 212, MEA 100, 101/110, 130/135, 140, 150, 200.
4  Select a communication or writing course from COM 112, 211, 226, or ENG 332.
5  Select a labor management course from ARE 332, BUS 330, BUS 335, or EC 431. Note: BUS 300 level courses restricted to students in business minor.
6  Select a macroeconomics course from EC 302, 304, or 348.
7  For a technical elective, select a course from among the following set of course listings with prefixes of : AEE, ANS, BAE, BEC, BIO, CH, CS, ENT, ES, ET, FOR, FS, FW, GN, HS, MB, MEA, NR, NTR, PB, PO, PY, SSC, TOX, VMP. (Before registering for these courses students should check to make sure they have met the necessary prerequisites and that credit restrictions do not apply--- e.g. credit is not allowed for both BIO 105 and BIO 181).
8  For a departmental elective, select a course from the following set of course listings with prefixes of: ARE, ACC, BUS, EC, MIE or MA 105.  (Before registering for these courses students should check to make sure they have met the necessary prerequisites and that credit restrictions do not apply--- e.g. credit is not allowed for both ARE 201 and either EC 201 or EC 205).
9  Select a course with an ARE prefix (except ARE 201) not used to satisfy another requirement.
10  For  free electives, select courses with enough credits to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 120 total credit hours.

*General Education Program (GEP) requirements and GEP Footnotes:
To complete the requirements for graduation and the General Education Program, the following category credit hours and co-requisites must be satisfied.
University approved GEP course lists for each of the following categories can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/uap/academic-standards/gep/courselists/index.html.

  1. Mathematical Sciences (6 credit hours – one course with MA or ST prefix)
    In ABM, this GEP requirement is met through the major course requirements.
  2. Natural Sciences (7 credit hours – include one laboratory course or course with a lab)
    In ABM, this GEP requirement is met through the major course requirements.
  3. Humanities (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Humanities course list .
  4. Social Sciences (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Social Sciences course list.  The following course if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part  of this requirement:  ARE 201 or EC 201
  5. Physical Education/Healthy Living (2 credit hours – at least one 100-level Fitness and Wellness Course)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Physical Education/Healthy Living course list.
  6. Additional Breadth  - (3 credit hours to be selected from the following checked University approved GEP course lists)
          Humanities/Social Sciences/Visual and Performing Arts or    X  Mathematical Sciences/Natural Sciences/Engineering
  7. Interdisciplinary Perspectives (5-6 credit hours)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives course list.  The following course if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part of this requirement: ARE/EC 336
  8. Introduction to Writing (4 credit hours satisfied by completing ENG 101 with a C- or better )

    The following Co-Requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education Program requirements:
  9. U.S. Diversity (USD)
    Choose from the University approved GEP U.S. Diversity course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity (USD) co-requisite.
  10. Global Knowledge (GK)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Global Knowledge course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the Global Knowledge (GK) co-requisite.
  11. Foreign Language proficiency - Proficiency at the FL_102 level is required for graduation.