Global Agriculture Minor

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Don Marshall, Associate Dean
College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences
Agricultural Hall 156
605-688-5133
e-mail: donald.marshall@sdstate.edu

Minor in Global Agriculture
Minimum total required: 22 credits

Required courses: 5 credits

ABS 203 - Global Food Systems ** (G) Credits: 3
ABS 482-582 - International Experience **(G) Credits: (2-4)

Elective Courses: minimum 17 credits

Must take at least 1 but no more than 2 courses from the Group A Electives list and the remainder from the Group B Electives list. No more than 9 credits may have the same prefix. At least 9 credits must be 300 level or higher.

Group A Electives

AST 353-353L - Physical Climatology and Meteorology ** and Lab Credits: 3
AGEC 354 - Agricultural Marketing and Prices Credits: 3
AST 333-333L - Soil and Water Mechanics ** and Lab Credits: 3
ENVM 275 - Introduction to Environmental Science ** (G) Credits: 3
LA 241 - History of Landscape Architecture Credits: 3
PS 446-546 - Agroecology (G) Credits: 3
WL 110 - Environmental Conservation ** (G) Credits: 3

Group B Electives

Any modern foreign language course (prefixes include FREN, GER, MFL, RUSS, or SPAN) numbered 102 or higher.

AGEC 454 - Economics of Grain and Livestock Marketing Credits: 3
ANTH 210 - Cultural Anthropology * ** (COM) Credits: 3
ECON 101 - Global Economy * (G) Credits: 3
ECON 405 - Comparative Economic Systems (COM) Credits: (2-3)
ECON 440-540 - Economics of International Sector Credits: 3
ECON 460-560 - Economic Development (G) Credits: 3
EURS 300 - Topics in European Culture Credits: 3
EURS 301 - Topics in European Society Credits: 3
GEOG 200 - Introduction to Human Geography * ** (G) Credits: 3
GEOG 210 - World Regional Geography * ** (COM) (G) Credits: 3
GEOG 310-310L - Soil Geography and Land Use Interpretation and Lab ** (G) Credits: 3
GEOG 320 - Regional Geography: Credits: 3
GEOG 415-515 - Environmental Geography Credits: 3
GEOG 425 - Population Geography Credits: 3
GLST 201 - Global Studies I * ** (G) Credits: 3
HIST 112 - World Civilizations II * (COM) (G) Credits: 3
HIST 122 - Western Civilization II * **(COM) (G) Credits: 3
HIST 345 - History of Russia Credits: 3
HIST 418 - History of Latin America (COM) Credits: 3
HIST 469 - American Foreign Relations (COM) Credits: 3
LAS 301 - Latin American Cultures Credits: 2-3
LAS 302 - Latin American Societies Credits: 3
NFS 111 - Food, People and the Environment ** Credits: 3
POLS 253 - Current World Problems * ** (G) Credits: 3
POLS 341 - Europe Democratic Government (COM) Credits: 3
POLS 343 - Russian Politics Credits: 3
POLS 347 - Latin American Politics Credits: 3
POLS 350 - International Relations (COM) Credits: 3
POLS 352 - European Union Credits: 3
PS 310-310L - Soil Geography and Land Use Interpretation and Lab** (G) Credits: 3
REL 250 - World Religions * ** (COM) (G) Credits: 3
SOC 462-562 - Population Studies (COM) Credits: 3