Dec 12, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agricultural and Applied Economics, B.S. / Bachelor of Business Administration, B.B.A.

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This unique and progressive program leads to two undergraduate degrees—Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics and Bachelor of Business Administration in General Business. Students completing this program will be better educated for the world economy of the future and will have enhanced marketability for a wide range of careers. Students will also be prepared to enter the Master of Business Administration program if desired. The curriculum provides a common body of knowledge for students in agricultural and applied economics and business administration. Students must complete lower-division BA courses before taking upper-division BA courses and must have a 2.75 GPA.

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall

Lab Science 4 Semester Credit Hours *
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1330 - Introductory Mathematical Analysis I 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours
Ag. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring

Lab Science 4 Semester Credit Hours *
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1331 - Introductory Mathematical Analysis II 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours
AGSC 2301 - Agribusiness Data Analysis and Modeling with Spreadsheets 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Second Year

Fall

AAEC 2305 - Fundamentals of Agricultural and Applied Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECO 2302 - Principles of Economics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
COMS 2358 - Speaking for Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
ACCT 2300 - Financial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

AAEC 3301 - Agribusiness Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 2401 - Agricultural Statistics 4 Semester Credit Hours
ACCT 2301 - Managerial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
Language, Philosophy, and Culture; Multicultural; or Creative Arts Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours ^†

Total: 16

Summer

First

FIN 3320 - Financial Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
PCOM 3373 - Business Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 6

Second

MKT 3350 - Introduction to Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours
MGT 3370 - Organization and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 6

Third Year

Fall

ISQS 3344 - Introduction to Production and Operations Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3315 - Agricultural Price Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3304 - Agribusiness Enterprise Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
BLAW 3391 - Business Law I 3 Semester Credit Hours
AGGB Group 3 Semester Credit Hours ^‡
Language, Philosophy, and Culture; Multicultural; or Creative Arts Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 18

Spring

AAEC 3100 - Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4316 - Agricultural Financial Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3316 - Applied Risk Analysis and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECO 3311 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 Semester Credit Hours
BA Group 3 Semester Credit Hours ^#
AGGB Group 3 Semester Credit Hours ^‡

Total: 16

Fourth Year

Fall

BA Group 12 Semester Credit Hours ^#
AGGB Group 3 Semester Credit Hours ^‡

MGT 4380 - Strategic Management 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 18

Spring

Free Elective 2 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4302 - Statistical Methods in Agricultural Research 3 Semester Credit Hours
AGGB Group 6 Semester Credit Hours ^‡
BA Group 6 Semester Credit Hours ^#

Total: 17

Total Hours: 144

Department CORE Policy: Includes AAEC 3315 and AAEC 2401 . All students expecting to graduate on schedule are strongly advised to complete the CORE before beginning their senior year. Students failing to do so may delay their graduation date.

Both degrees may be granted on completion of all 144 hours.

All MATH, ECO, ENGL, and Business Administration courses, AAEC 2305 , and AGSC 2301 must be completed with a grade of C or better.

See the Rawls College of Business section of the catalog for information on lower division requirements. Students interested in pursuing a B.B.A. degree in majors other than general business should visit with a Rawls College of Business advisor about additional course requirements.

Satisfactory completion of the first and second year courses and a 2.75 GPA at Texas Tech are required to advance to the upper division of the business administration program.

2.75 GPA required for ACCT 2300 and ACCT 2301 .

* Lab Science

Selected from: PSS 1411 and PSS 2401 , ANSC 1401 , NRM 1401 , ATMO 1300 / ATMO 1100 , BIOL 1401 and BIOL 1402 , CHEM 1305 and CHEM 1306 , GEOG 1401 , GEOL 1303 / GEOL 1101 , PHYS 1403 and PHYS 1404 , or any other 4-hour lab science course (see Life and Physical Sciences core curriculum ).

† Language, Philosophy, and Culture; Multicultural; or Creative Arts Elective

There are three university requirements for these subjects. The requirements may be met individually or by completing a course that satisfies more than one. A list of approved courses is available from the dean’s office.

‡ AGGB Curriculum Group:

Select 5 courses from the following list; one of the five must be chosen from AAEC 4305 , AAEC 4306 , or AAEC 4313 :

AAEC 4303 - Property Appraisal 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4304 - Agribusiness Logistics 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4305 - Agricultural and Public Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4306 - International Agricultural Trade 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4309 - Sustaining Global Ecology, Natural Resources and Economy 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4312 - Applied Optimization Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4313 - Natural Resource Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4315 - Strategic Agribusiness Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4317 - Commodity Futures Trading and Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4385 - The Economics of Food Security, Terrorism, and Conflict 3 Semester Credit Hours
(One of the five courses must be chosen from AAEC 4305 , AAEC 4306 , or AAEC 4313 .)

§ Agricultural Elective

Agricultural Elective must be selected from:

PSS 1321 - Agronomic Plant Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
NRM 1300 - Environmental Science as a Social Pursuit 3 Semester Credit Hours
NRM 1401 - Introduction to Natural Resources Management 4 Semester Credit Hours
ANSC 1401 - General Animal Science 4 Semester Credit Hours

# BA Curriculum Group:

Choose 21 hours (not used to fulfill another requirement) from at least 3 of the areas ACCT, BECO, FIN, ISQS, MGT, MKT. At least 9 hours must be from senior-level courses. Be aware that some senior-level courses will most likely have prerequisites. Please refer to Course Descriptions .

Communication Literacy Requirement

The following courses partially fulfill the Communication Literacy requirement for the dual-degree program: PCOM 3373 ; COMS 2300 , COMS 2358 , or MCOM 2310 ; and AAEC 4305 , AAEC 4306 , or AAEC 4313 .

Communication Literacy Requirement

The following courses partially fulfill the Communication Literacy requirement for the Agricultural and Applied Economics B.S./Business Administration B.B.A. dual degree: AAEC 4305 , AAEC 4306 , AAEC 4316 , PCOM 3373 , COMS 2300 , COMS 2358 , MCOM 2310 .