Agricultural Business
Curriculum in Agricultural Business
Administered by the Department of Economics. Students majoring in Agricultural Business often choose elective coursework leading to minors in the College of Business or in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, or emphasizing specific areas within agricultural business such as finance, management, commodity analysis, research, agricultural sales and marketing,
environmental economics, farm and ranch operations, international economics, agricultural extension, or government service. To earn a degree in Agricultural Business, a minimum of 15 credits must be earned from courses taught by the Department of Economics at ISU. A minor in Agricultural Business is available; the requirements appear under Economics.
Total Degree Requirement: 120 cr.
Only 65 cr. from a two-year institution may apply which may include up to 16 technical cr.; 9 P-NP cr. of free electives; 2.00 minimum GPA.
International Perspective: 3 cr.
3 cr. from approved list.
U.S. Diversity: 3 cr.
3 cr. from approved list.
Communication/Library: 12.5 cr.
Course List
| ENGL 150 | Critical Thinking and Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 250 | Written, Oral, Visual, and Electronic Composition | 3 |
| One of the following | 3 | |
| Business Communication | ||
| Report and Proposal Writing | ||
| Technical Communication | ||
| One of the following | 3 | |
| Fundamentals of Public Speaking | ||
| Presentation and Sales Strategies for Agricultural Audiences | ||
| LIB 160 | Library Instruction | 0.5 |
| Total Credits | 12.5 | |
A grade of C or better must be earned in two of the English composition courses (ENGL 150 Critical Thinking and Communication, ENGL 250 Written, Oral, Visual, and Electronic Composition, and (ENGL 302 Business Communication or ENGL 309 Report and Proposal Writing or ENGL 314 Technical Communication)) and the speech fundamentals course (SP CM 212 Fundamentals of Public Speaking or AGEDS 311 Presentation and Sales Strategies for Agricultural Audiences).
Humanities and Social Sciences: 6 cr.
3 cr. from approved list; ECON 102 Principles of Macroeconomics.
Ethics: 3 cr.
3 cr. from approved list.
Life Sciences: 6 cr.
Course List
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Introductory Biology | ||
| Principles of Biology I | ||
| Three credits from approved list of courses | 3 | |
Mathematics 12-13 cr.
Course List
| One of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Survey of Calculus | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Applied Economic Optimization | ||
| Calculus II | ||
| STAT 226 | Introduction to Business Statistics I | 3 |
| STAT 326 | Introduction to Business Statistics II | 3 |
| Total Credits | 12-13 | |
Physical Sciences: 5 cr.
Course List
| 5 | ||
| College Chemistry and Laboratory in College Chemistry | ||
| Or: | ||
| General Physics | ||
| Total Credits | 5 | |
Biological Sciences: 6 cr.
Course List
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Introductory Biology | ||
| or BIOL 211 | Principles of Biology I | |
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Renewable Resources | ||
| or BIOL 173 | Environmental Biology | |
| Total Credits | 6 | |
Agricultural Sciences: 6 cr.
6 cr. from approved list.
General Economics 9 cr.
Course List
| ECON 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 301 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3-4 |
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Intermediate Macroeconomics | ||
| Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions | ||
| ECON 492 | Graduating Senior Survey | R |
| Total Credits | 9-10 | |
Business and Agricultural Business 28.5 cr.
Course List
| ACCT 284 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 285 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| FIN 301 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation | ||
| Management of Organizations | ||
| Principles of Marketing | ||
| Management Information Systems | ||
| Supply Chain Management | ||
| ECON 110 | Orientation in Agricultural Business | 0.5 |
| ECON 235 | Introduction to Agricultural Markets | 3 |
| ECON 292 | Career Seminar | 1 |
| 6 cr. from 200-489 level courses from approved department list | 6 | |
| 6 cr. from 400-489 level courses from approved department list | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 28.5 | |
Electives:
No more than 4 cr. of ECON 297 Internship or 397 may count toward graduation.