Agricultural Business Major

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Richard Shane
Department of Economics
Scobey Hall 136
605-688-4141
e-mail: richard.shane@sdstate.edu
website: http://econ.sdstate.edu/

Requirements for Agricultural Business Major - Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Freshman Year

SGR Goal 4: Humanities and Arts Credits: 3
* (Spring or Fall)
IGR Goal 2: Personal Wellness Credits: 2-3
**(Spring or Fall)
Natural Science Elective Credits: 3
*(Spring or Fall)
Group I Elective 2 in Fall or 3 in Spring
See note one below

SGR Goal 3: Social Sciences 3

Choose one of the following:

ANTH 210 - Cultural Anthropology (COM)
(Fall)
SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology (COM) (G)
(Fall)
SOC 150 - Social Problems (COM) (G)
(Fall)
SOC 240 - The Sociology of Rural America (COM) (G)
(Fall)

Sophomore Year:

General Electives Credits: 4
(Fall or Spring)

ACCT 210 - Principles of Accounting I (COM)
(Fall)
ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting II (COM)
(Spring)
AGEC 271 - Farm and Ranch Management
(Fall)
AGEC 271L - Farm and Ranch Management Lab
(Fall)
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (COM)
* (Fall or Spring)
ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics (COM) (G)
* (Fall or Spring)
ENGL 201 - Composition II
* (Fall)

Choose the following:

MATH 121 - Survey of Calculus (COM)
(Spring)
MATH 121L - Survey of Calculus Applications Lab
(Spring)

Or:

MATH 123 - Calculus I (COM)
(Spring)

Junior Year:

IGR Goal 3: Social Responsibility/Cultural and Aesthetic Awareness Credits: 3
** (Fall)

AGEC 354 - Agricultural Marketing and Prices
(Fall or Spring)
AGEC 478 - Agricultural Finance
(Fall)
AGEC 478L - Agricultural Finance Lab
(Fall)
BADM 350 - Legal Environment of Business (COM)
(Fall or Spring)
ECON 301 - Intermediate Microeconomics (COM)
(Fall)
ECON 302 - Intermediate Macroeconomics (COM)
(Spring)
ECON 330 - Money and Banking (COM)
(Fall or Spring)
ENGL 379 - Technical Communication (AW)
(Spring)
STAT 281 - Introduction to Statistics (COM)
(Spring)

Choose one from the following:

SPCM 201 - Interpersonal Communication (COM)
(Fall)
SPCM 215 - Public Speaking (COM)
(Fall)
SPCM 222 - Argumentation and Debate (COM)
(Fall)

Choose one from the following:

Senior Year:

One Additional course prefixed AGEC Credits: 3
(Fall)
Electives prefixed ACCT, AGEC, BADM, or ECON Credits:3
(Fall or Spring)
General Electives Credits: 5 in Fall or 6 in Spring

AGEC 479 - Agricultural Policy (AW) (G)
(Fall or Spring)
BADM 360 - Organization and Management (COM)
(Fall or Spring)
BADM 424 - Operations Research (COM)
(Fall or Spring)

Accelerated Master’s Degree

Outstanding students majoring in Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Business or Economics may complete their baccalaureate degree and Master of Science in Economics combined in five years. Students apply for admission to the combined program the fall semester of their junior year. Those admitted as graduate students take 400-500 level courses at the graduate level (500) their fourth (senior) year (see below). See the SDSU Graduate Catalog or the department graduate coordinator for complete details for the fifth year.

Fourth Year (Replaces Senior Year Above)

Adjustments to baccalaureate course requirements are as follows:

General Electives 0-3 in Fall and 4-7 in Spring

AGEC 479 - Agricultural Policy (AW) (G)
(Fall or Spring)
BADM 360 - Organization and Management (COM)
(Fall)
BADM 424 - Operations Research (COM)
(Spring)
ECON 423 - Statistics II (COM)
(Fall)
ECON 428 - Mathematical Economics
(Fall)

Four of the following:

Curriculum Notes:

* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has an 8-9 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.