The curriculum in Agricultural and Applied Economics emphasizes a strong background in economics with applications to production agriculture, agribusiness, natural resources and the environment. Courses in basic agricultural and biological sciences, liberal arts, and business are also included.
Employment opportunities open to graduates in Agricultural and Applied Economics are many and diverse. Private sector opportunities include agricultural production, banking, finance, marketing, and public relations. Public sector opportunities include national/local organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and cooperative extension services. Graduates have also begun businesses or returned to family-owned businesses. This major also provides an excellent background for professional or graduate study in several disciplines.
Students in the Agricultural and Applied Economics curriculum take a basic set of courses during their freshman and sophomore years. During the junior and senior years, each student concentrates in a particular study area. Five study areas are available: (1) Agricultural Business, (2) Economics, (3) International Trade and Development, (4) Real Estate and (5) Production. Each student should select one of the five areas by the end of the sophomore year.
| First Semester | Second Semester |
| 2 - C U 101 University Success Skills | 3 - EX ST 222 Statistics in Everyday Life |
| 3 - AP EC 205 Agriculture and Society | 3 - AP EC 202 Agricultural Economics |
| 3 - COMM 150 Intro. to Human Communication | 3 -ENGL 103 Accelerated Composition |
| 3 - MTHSC 102 Intro. to Mathematical Analysis | 3 - CP SC 120 Introduction to Information Technology |
| 4 - Natural Science Requirement1 | 3 - PHIL 103 Introduction to Ethics |
| 15 credit hours | 15 credit hours |
1See General Education requirements
| First Semester | Second Semester |
| 3 - AP EC 308 Quantitative Applied Econ | 3 - AP EC 302 Economics of Farm Mgt. |
| 3 - ECON 212 Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 - EX ST 301 Introductory Statistics |
| 3 - ACCT 201 Financial Accounting Concepts | 3 - ACCT 202 Managerial Acctg. Concepts |
| 3 - COMM 250 Public Speaking | 3 - SOC 201 Introduction to Sociology |
| 3 - Arts & Humanities (Literature) Requirement1 | 3 - Agriculture or Business Requirement2 |
| 15 credit hours | 15 credit hours |
1 See
General Education Requirements.
2 See Advisor
| First Semester | Second Semester |
| 3 -AP EC 309 Econ. of Ag. Marketing | 3 - ECON 302 Money and Banking or 3 - ECON 315 Intermediate Macroeconomics |
| 3 - ECON (MGT) 306 Managerial Economics or 3 ECON 314 Intermediate Microeconomics |
3 - AP EC 319 Agribusiness Management |
| 3 - ENGL 304 Business Writing or |
3 - AP EC 421 Globalization or 3 - AP EC 460 Agricultural Finance |
| 3 - MGT 201 Principles of Management | CRD 335 Leadership in Org. and Comm. |
| 3 -MKT 301 Principles of Marketing | 3 - COMM 350 Small Group and Team Comm. or 3 - COMM 364 Organizational Comm. or 3 - COMM 367 Negotiations Comm. |
| 15 credit hours | 15 credit hours |
| First Semester | Second Semester |
| 3 - AP EC (CSENV) 426 Cropping Systems Analysis | 3 - AP EC 456 Prices |
| 3 - AP EC 402 Production Economics | 3 - LAW 322 Legal Environment of Business |
| 3 - AP EC 452 Agricultural Policy | 8 - Agricultural or Business Requirement 2 |
| 3 - EX ST 462 Statistics Applied to Economics | 1 - Elective |
| 3 - MGT 307 Personnel Management | |
| 15 credit hours | 15 credit hours |
2See advisor.
120 Total Semester Hours
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