BS AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS – 2005-07 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

Any ASCI, PM or DSCI course

4

SS 121 Introductory Soil Science

4

Any FRSC, CRSC, HCS, PPSC or VGSC course

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 AGC, AGED, REC, MSC and ERSC (except if crosslisted with SS). No AG prefixes except AG 315, AG 360 and AG 450. No more than a combined total of 4 units in enterprise projects, special problems, internship and AG 243.

 

 

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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 in Support

0

 

 

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ELECTIVES

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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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