BS AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS – 2003-05 Catalog
Agribusiness Department
Agriculture Bldg. (10), Room 210
(805) 756-5000
(805) 756-5040 (FAX)

60 units upper division | 2.0 GPA | GWR | USCP
* = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

AGB 101 Introduction to Agribusiness

4

AGB 202 Sales, Communication, Leadership

4

AGB 212 Agricultural Economics

4

AGB 301 Food and Fiber Marketing

4

AGB 310 Agribusiness Credit and Finance

4

AGB 312 Agricultural Policy

4

AGB 313 Agricultural Economic Analysis

4

AGB 401 Managing Cultural Diversity in Agricultural Labor Relations (USCP)

4

AGB 460 Research Methodology in Agribusiness

2

AGB 461 Senior Project

2

Concentration courses (see below)

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SUPPORT COURSES

 

BUS 207 Business Law

4

BUS 212 Financial Actg for Nonbusiness Majors

4

CHEM 110 World of Chem/Essentials (B3 & B4)*

4

Life science elective with lab (B2*)

4

1  ECON 222 Macroeconomics (D2)*

4

2  MATH 221 Calculus for Business & Econ. (B1)*

4

STAT 221 Probability/Statistical Inference (B1)*

5

ASCI 231 or PM 225 or DSCI 230

3/4

SS 121 Introductory Soil Science

4

FRSC 131/230/231 or CRSC 131/230 or
VGSC 230 or EHS 121 (Updated 4/15/03)


4

BRAE 340/BRAE 348/FNR 312/FNR 321/FSN 319 (Area F)*

4

Agricultural science electives

12/13

12/13 units in Agriculture with course prefixes other than AGB, AGED, REC, MSC. No more than 4 units from courses with AG prefix (AG 210, AG 250, AG 301 and AG 371 do not satisfy units in this area). No more than 4 units from Enterprise Projects and Special Problems. At least 3 of these units should be selected from 300-400 classes

 

 

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1  AGB majors: AGB 212 is prerequisite for ECON 222, not ECON 221.
2  Prerequisite: Passing score on appropriate Mathematics Placement Examination, or MATH 118 or equivalent.

 

GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 GE units required; 24 units are in Support.
* Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

 

A2 Oral Communication

4

 

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing

4

 

Area B  Science and Mathematics (no additional  units required)

 

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics  * 8 units in Support

0

 

B2 Life Science * 4 units in Support

0

 

B3 Physical Science * 4 units in Support

0

 

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 

 

Area C  Arts and Humanities (20 units)

 

 

C1 Literature

4

 

C2 Philosophy

4

 

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

 

C4 Upper-division elective

4

 

Area C elective (Choose one course from C1-C4)

4

 

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (16 units)

 

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

 

D2 Political Economy * 4 units in Support

0

 

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

 

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)

4

 

D5 Upper-division elective

4

 

Area F Technology Elective (upper division)
(4 units)


4

 

 

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ELECTIVES

17  11

 

     Units reduced effective Winter 2004

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186  180

 

CONCENTRATIONS or
INDIVIDUALIZED COURSE OF STUDY (select one)

Agribusiness Finance and Appraisal

AGB 322 Principles of Farm Management

4

AGB 324 Agric. Property Management and Sales

4

AGB 326 Farm Appraisal

4

AGB 331 Farm Accounting

4

AGB 410 Agricultural Lending

4

ECON 337 Money, Banking, and Credit

4

Adviser approved electives: AGB/BUS (300-400 level) or foreign language (any level)

4

 

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Agribusiness Marketing Concentration

 

AGB 318 Global Agricultural Marketing/Trade

4

AGB 323 Agribusiness Managerial Accounting

4

AGB 405 Agribus. Marketing Research Methods

4

AGB 406 Agribusiness Marketing Planning

4

AGB 421 Agribusiness Operations Analysis or
AGB 433 Agricultural Price Analysis


4

AGB 450 Agribusiness Strategy Formulation

4

Adviser approved electives: AGB/BUS (300-400 level) or foreign language (any level)

4

 

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Agribusiness Policy Concentration

 

AGB 315 Land Economics

4

AGB 323 Agribusiness Managerial Accounting
or AGB 435 Linear Programming


4

AGB 370 World Food Economy

4

AGB 412 Advanced Agricultural Policy

4

AGB 421 Agribusiness Operations Analysis
or AGB 433 Agricultural Price Analysis

 

4

AGB 442 Agricultural Policy Resolution

4

   Adviser approved electives: AGB/BUS (300-400 level) or foreign language (any level)

4

 

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Farm and Ranch Management

 

AGB 321 Farm Records

4

AGB 322 Principles of Farm Management

4

AGB 331 Farm Accounting

4

AGB 433 Agricultural Price Analysis

4

AGB 435 Linear Programming in Agriculture

4

AGB 456/457/458 Crop/Livestock/Dairy Management Problems

4

Adviser approved electives: AGB/BUS (300-400 level) or foreign language (any level)

4

 

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International Agribusiness Management

BUS 302 International and Cross Cultural Mgt

4

AGB 318 Global Agricultural Mktg and Trade

4

AGB 323 Agribusiness Managerial Accounting

4

AGB 370 World Food Economy

4

AGB 422 Logistics in Global Agribusiness or
BUS 433 International Business Finance


4

AGB 451 Strategy and Cases in International Agribusiness

4

Area study concentration elective
To be selected from approved courses in anthropology, history, humanities, and foreign languages


4

 

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Individualized Course of Study

 

Adviser and department head pre-approval of courses is required

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