Agricultural Business Major

Requirements for Agricultural Business Major

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

System General Education Requirements* Credits: 30

• Goal #1 Written Communication:
  ENGL 101 - Composition I *
   , and
  ENGL 201 - Composition II *
    Credits: 6
• Goal #2 Oral Communication
    Credits: 3
• Goal #3 Social Sciences/Diversity
    Credits: 6
• Goal #4 Arts and Humanities/Diversity
    Credits: 6
• Goal #5 Mathematics
    Credits: 3
• Goal #6 Natural Sciences
    Credits: 6

Institutional Graduation Requirements** Credits: 8-9

• Goal #1 Land and Natural Resources
    Credits: 3
• Goal #2 Personal Wellness
    Credits: 2-3
• Goal #3 Social Responsibility/Cultural and Aesthetic Awareness
    Credits: 3

College Requirements: 4

Major Requirement Credits: 56-57

• ACCT 210 - Principles of Accounting I (COM) Credits: 3
• ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting II (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics * (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics * (COM) (G) Credits: 3
• ECON 301 - Intermediate Microeconomics (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 302 - Intermediate Macroeconomics (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 330 - Money and Banking (COM) Credits: 3
• BADM 350 - Legal Environment of Business (COM) Credits: 3
• BADM 360 - Organization and Management (COM) Credits: 3
• BADM 424 - Operations Research (COM) Credits: 3
• AGEC 271-271L - Farm and Ranch Management and Lab Credits: 4
• AGEC 354 - Agricultural Marketing and Prices Credits: 3
• AGEC 478-478L - Agricultural Finance and Lab Credits: 3
• AGEC 479 - Agricultural Policy (AW) (G) Credits: 3

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• Choose one of the following:

• MATH 121-121L - Survey of Calculus and Lab* (COM) Credits: 5
• MATH 123 - Calculus I * (COM) Credits: 4

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• STAT 281 - Introduction to Statistics (COM) Credits: 3

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• Choose on of the following:

• CSC 105 - Introduction to Computers (COM) Credits: 3
• CSC 205 - Advanced Computer Applications (COM) Credits: 3

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• ENGL 379 - Technical Communication (AW) Credits: 3

Electives: 28-30

• General Electives Credits: 22-23
• One Additional course prefixed AGEC Credits: 3
• Electives prefixed ACCT, AGEC, BADM, or ECON Credits: 3

Total Required Credits:

Accelerated Master’s Degree

Outstanding students majoring in Agricultural and Resource Economics, Agricultural Business, Economics, or Economics with a Business specialization may complete their Baccalaureate degree and Master of Science in Economics combined in five years. Students may apply for admission to the combined program during the Fall Semester of their junior year. Those admitted as graduate students may take dual listed 400-500 level courses at the graduate (500) level during their fourth (senior) year (see below). See the SDSU Graduate Catalog or the Department’s Graduate Coordinators Dr. Santos or Dr. Zimmerman for complete details for the fifth year.

Fourth Year (Replaces Senior Year)

Adjustments to baccalaureate course requirements are as follows:

• General Electives Credits: 4-10
• General Electives Credits: 4-7

• BADM 360 - Organization and Management (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 423 - Statistics II (COM) Credits: 3
• ECON 428 - Mathematical Economics Credits: 3
• AGEC 479 - Agricultural Policy (AW) (G) Credits: 3
• BADM 424 - Operations Research (COM) Credits: 3

Note:

You must receive a “C” or better in ENGL 277.

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.