Agribusiness, B.S.

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Communication Literacy Requirement

Students attending Texas Tech University for the first time in the Fall 2017 term or later will complete a Communication Literacy requirement in their program(s) of study.

Texas Tech University’s transition from the Writing Intensive requirement to the Communication Literacy requirement signals the university’s awareness that in addition to the fundamental role that writing plays in enabling students to explore, develop, focus, and organize a message, other types of communication must also be taught as appropriate for a student’s discipline. Throughout each program of study, then, students must be given ample opportunity to develop their skills in forms of communication central to that program.

For information on courses meeting the CL requirement for the Agribusiness major, please see an advisor.

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
OR
ECO 3312 - Intermediate Economic Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
FIN 3320 - Financial Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
BCOM 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 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.

All MATH, ECO, ENGL, and BA courses, AAEC 2305 , and AGSC 2301 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

At least 4 of the 8 hours of lab science must be selected from the following courses: ANSC 1401 , PSS 1411 , PSS 2401 , NRM 1401 . The remaining hours must be selected from university Life and Physical Sciences core curriculum .

† Sophomore English

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

ENGL 2305 - Introduction to Poetry 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2306 - Introduction to Drama 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2307 - Introduction to Fiction 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2308 - Introduction to Nonfiction 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2351 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 Semester Credit Hours

‡ AAEC Electives

AAEC 3301 - Agribusiness Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3302 - Agribusiness Finance 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3303 - Cooperatives 3 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 3304 - Agribusiness Enterprise Management 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

§ AGBS

Select four 3-hour courses (not used to fulfill another requirement) from any 4000-level AAEC courses (excluding AAEC 4000 and AAEC 4320 ) 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.