Agricultural Communications, B.S.

Fall

• Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours
• ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MATH 1320 - College Algebra 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ACOM 1300 - Introduction to Agricultural Communications 3 Semester Credit Hours
• AGED 2300 - Introduction to Agricultural Education 3 Semester Credit Hours

Spring

• Life & Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours *
• ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
• HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Basic Ag Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ACOM 2302 - Scientific Communications in Agriculture and Natural Resources 3 Semester Credit Hours

Fall

• AAEC 2305 - Fundamentals of Agricultural and Applied Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Basic Agricultural Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MATH 2300 - Statistical Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours
• JOUR 2310 - News Writing 3 Semester Credit Hours †
• ACOM 2200 - Professional Development in Agricultural Communications 2 Semester Credit Hours

Spring

• ACOM 2303 - Digital Imaging in Agriculture 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ACOM 2305 - Digital Communications in Agriculture 3 Semester Credit Hours
• HIST 2301 - History of the United States Since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Language, Philosophy, & Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours (select from the university core curriculum)
• Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours (select from the university core curriculum)

Fall

• POLS 1301 - American Government, Organization 3 Semester Credit Hours
• COMS 2300 - Public Speaking 3 Semester Credit Hours (fulfills Oral Communication requirement)
• Communications Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ACOM 3301 - Video Production in Agriculture 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ACOM 3311 - Web Design in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 3 Semester Credit Hours

Spring

• ACOM 3300 - Communicating Agriculture to the Public 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Advanced Agricultural Elective^† 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Basic Agricultural Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 2302 - American Public Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Communications Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ACOM 3305 - Layout and Design in Agricultural Sciences 3 Semester Credit Hours

Fall

• ACOM 4000 - Internship in Agricultural Communications V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
• Advanced Agricultural Elective* 12 Semester Credit Hours

Spring

• ACOM 4310 - Development of Agricultural Publications 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ACOM 4305 - Agricultural Communication Campaigns 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ACOM 4311 - Convergence in Agricultural Media 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ACOM 4001 - Agricultural Communications Problems V1-3 Semester Credit Hours

Life & Physical Sciences

• ANSC 1401 - General Animal Science 4 Semester Credit Hours

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• BIOL 1401 - Biology of Plants 4 Semester Credit Hours

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• BIOL 1402 - Biology of Animals 4 Semester Credit Hours

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• CHEM 1305 - Chemical Basics 3 Semester Credit Hours AND
• CHEM 1105 - Experimental Chemical Basics 1 Semester Credit Hours

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• NRM 1401 - Introduction to Natural Resources Management 4 Semester Credit Hours

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• PSS 1411 - Principles of Horticulture 4 Semester Credit Hours AND
• PSS 2401 - Introductory Entomology 4 Semester Credit Hours

Communications Electives

Suggested communications electives:

• ADV 3310 - Principles of Advertising 3 Semester Credit Hours
• PR 2310 - Principles of Public Relations 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MCOM 3300 - Mass Media Theories and Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MCOM 3320 - Mass Communications Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MCOM 3380 - Mass Communications Research Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours

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• BA 3301 - Fundamentals of Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours

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• AAEC 3301 - Agribusiness Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours

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• or others with advisor approval.