Agribusiness, B.S.

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Communication Literacy Requirement

The following courses partially fulfill the Communication Literacy requirement in the Agribusiness major:

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

Total: 13

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
AAEC 2305 - Fundamentals of Agricultural and Applied Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours (fulfills Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement)
AGSC 2301 - Agribusiness Data Analysis and Modeling with Spreadsheets 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Second Year

Fall

ECO 2302 - Principles of Economics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
ACCT 2300 - Financial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
Sophomore English 3 Semester Credit Hours ^†
POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

AAEC Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours ^‡
AAEC 2401 - Agricultural Statistics 4 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
ACCT 2301 - Managerial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
Creative Arts/Multicultural Course 3 Semester Credit Hours (choose from the university core curriculum a course that fulfills both the Creative Arts and the Multicultural requirements)

Total: 16

Third Year

Fall

AAEC 3315 - Agricultural Price Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
FIN 3320 - Financial Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
PCOM 3373 - Business Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
MKT 3350 - Introduction to Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours
BLAW 3391 - Business Law I 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
AAEC 4320 - Agribusiness Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
AAEC 4330 - Natural Resource Law 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

AAEC 3100 - Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3316 - Applied Risk Analysis and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECO 3311 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 Semester Credit Hours
AGBS Group 3 Semester Credit Hours ^§
MGT 3370 - Organization and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
ISQS 3344 - Introduction to Production and Operations Management 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Fourth Year

Fall

AAEC 4317 - Commodity Futures Trading and Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
AGBS Group 6 Semester Credit Hours ^§
MGT 4380 - Strategic Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
AAEC 4315 - Strategic Agribusiness Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
Free Elective 2 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 14

Spring

COMS 2358 - Speaking for Business 3 Semester Credit Hours (fulfills Oral Communication requirement)
BA Group 6 Semester Credit Hours ^#
AGBS Group 3 Semester Credit Hours ^§
AAEC 4302 - Statistical Methods in Agricultural Research 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
AAEC 4312 - Applied Optimization Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Total Hours: 120

Department CORE Policy: Includes AAEC 3315 , AAEC 2401 , and AGSC 2301 . 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.

AAEC 2305 ; AGSC 2301 ; all courses in MATH, ECO, and ENGL; and all courses in business administration (including ACCT, BECO, FIN, ISQS, MGT, and MKT) must be completed with a grade of C or better.

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

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 ).

† Sophomore English

Choose one from the following (all fulfill the Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement):

ENGL 2307 - Introduction to Fiction 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2310 - Literature, Social Justice, and the Environment 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2351 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2381 - Fantasy and Science Fiction 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2382 - Heroes and Anti-Heroes 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2383 - Bible as Literature 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2388 - Introduction to Film Studies 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2391 - Introduction to Literary Studies 3 Semester Credit Hours

‡ AAEC Elective

AAEC 3301 - Agribusiness Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3302 - Agribusiness Finance 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3303 - Cooperatives 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3305 - Introduction to Sales 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3306 - The Economics of the American West 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 4319 - Agribusiness Enterprise Management 3 Semester Credit Hours

§ AGBS Curriculum Group

Select four 3-hour courses (not used to fulfill another requirement) from any 4000-level AAEC courses (excluding AAEC 4000 , AAEC 4320 , and AAEC 4330 ) or any 3000- or 4000-level courses from ACCT, BECO, FIN, ISQS, MGT, MKT. One of the four courses must be chosen from AAEC 4305 , AAEC 4306 , or AAEC 4313 .

# BA Curriculum Group

Choose two 3-hour courses (not used to fulfill another requirement) from any 3000- or 4000-level courses in ACCT, BECO, FIN, ISQS, MGT, MKT. Be aware that some senior-level courses will most likely have prerequisites. Please refer to course descriptions.