Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Agricultural and Applied Economics, B.S. / General Business, B.B.A.


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


Communication Literacy Requirement


The following courses partially fulfill the Communication Literacy requirement for the dual-degree program:

First Year


Fall


Total: 16


Total: 16


Second Year


Summer


Third Year


Fall


Total: 18


Spring


Total: 16


Fourth Year


Fall


Total: 18


Spring


Total: 18


Total Hours: 144


The Departmental CORE Policy includes AAEC 2301 AAEC 3315 , 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.

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

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.

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 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 :

§ Agricultural Elective


Agricultural Elective must be selected from:

# BA Curriculum Group


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

A certificate in commercial banking  may be obtained through careful selection of courses from the AGGB and BA curriculum groups.