Curriculum: Agricultural Business Management

Concentration: Biological Sciences

Degree earned: Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business Management: Biological Sciences Concentration

Effective: 07/2009
Updated:

FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ALS 103 Intro Topics in ALS
ARE 201 Intro to Ag & Res Economics or
   EC 201 Principles of Microeconomics
BIO 181 Intro Biology: Ecol, Evol & Biodiversity
ENG 101 Academic Writing & Research
Mathematics requirement 1

1

3
4
4
3

15

 

BIO 183  Intro Biology: Cell & Molecular or
  PB   200  Plant Life or
  PB   250  Plant Biology
Mathematics requirement 1
Humanities GEP requirement C
Social Science GEP requirement D
Physical Education GEP requirement E



4
3
3
3
1

14

 
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

CH 101 Chemistry:  A Molecular Science
CH 102  Chemistry:  Lab
CSC 200 Intro to Computers & Uses or
   AEE 226 Computer App & Info Tech AEE
PY  131 Conceptual Physics or
  PY  211 College Physics I
Communications requirement 2
Physical Education GEP requirement E

3
1

3

4
3
1

15

 

ACC 200 Intro to Managerial Accounting or
  ACC 210 Concepts Financial Reporting
Chemistry requirement 3
Statistics requirement 4
Inter-Disciplinary Perspectives GEP requirement G
Additional Breadth GEP requirement F


3
4
3
3
3

16

 
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ARE(EC) 301 Intermediate Microeconomics
ARE 306 Agricultural Law or
  ARE 309 Environmental Law & Econ Policy
ARE 490 Seminar in ARE
Biology elective requirement 5
ARE or ECG elective 6
Inter-Disciplinary Perspectives GEP requirement G

3

3
1
4
3
2-3

16-17

 

Marketing requirement 7
GN 311 Genetics in Human Affairs or
  GN 411 Principles of Genetics
ARE 304 Agribusiness Management or
  EC 310 Managerial Economics
Restricted elective 8
Humanities GEP requirement C

3

3-4

3
3
3

15-16

 
SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ARE 321 Agricultural Financial Mgmt or
  BUS 320 Financial Management
ARE 332 Human Resource Management or
  EC 431 Labor Economics
Macroeconomics requirement 9
Restricted elective 8
Restricted elective 8


3

3
3
3
3

15

 

Advanced Writing requirement 10
Restricted elective 8
Free electives 11

3
3
8-9

14-15

 
Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation*: 120
 
Footnotes:        
 

Major/Program Footnotes:
1  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.
2  Select a communication course from COM 110, 112, 201, or 211.
3  Select a second course in chemistry from CH 201/201, 220, or 221/222.
Select a statistics course from BUS/ST 350, ST 311 or ST 361.
5  Select a biology course from PB 360/365, PB 400, MB 351/352, BIO 250, or BIO 260.
6  Select a course with an ARE prefix (except ARE 201) not used to satisfy another requirement, or choose a graduate-level ECG course.
7  Select a marketing course from ARE 311, ARE 312, or BUS 360.
For a restricted elective, select a course from among the following sets of course listings:  Business/Economics set---courses with prefixes of ARE, ACC, BUS, MIE, or EC; Science set---courses 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). Note: 300-Level BUS courses are restricted to students in the Business minor and 400-level BUS courses are restricted to Business majors.
9  Select a macroeconomics course from EC 302, 304, or 348.
10  Select an advanced writing course from ENG 331, 332, or 333.
11  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 BBM, 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 BBM, 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(s) 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.
  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.