Feb 10, 2025

2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog

2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agribusiness, B.S.

Agriculture
615-898-2418
Justin Gardner, program coordinator
Justin.Gardner@mtsu.edu

The program leading to a major in Agribusiness is designed for students who are interested primarily in the business of agriculture.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Agribusiness, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
Major Requirements	43 hours
Agribusiness Core	13 hours
Major Courses	30 hours
Supporting Courses	29-32 hours*
Electives	4-18 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the General Education curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill General Education requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following courses required by the program meet General Education requirements:

BIOL 1030 /BIOL 1031 (Nat Sci)
PSCI 1030 PSCI 1031 (Nat Sci)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci)
General Education Math (MATH 1710 recommended)

Major Requirements (43 hours)

Agribusiness Core (13 hours)

AGRI 1000 - Orientation in Agriculture 1 credit hour
ANSC 1410 - Introduction to Animal Science 3 credit hours
PLSO 1610 - Elements of Plant Science 3 credit hours
AGRI 2210 - Introduction to Agricultural Engineering 3 credit hours
AGBS 3130 - Principles of Agricultural Economics 3 credit hours

Remaining Major Courses (30 hours)

AGBS 2130 - Introduction to Agribusiness 3 credit hours
AGBS 4130 - Agricultural Price Analysis and Price Management 3 credit hours
AGBS 4140 - Economics of Agribusiness Management 3 credit hours
AGBS 4145 - Agricultural Finance 3 credit hours
Agribusiness electives 9 credit hours
Animal Science elective 3 credit hours
Plant and Soil Science elective 3 credit hours
AGBS 4190 - International Agriculture 3 credit hours OR
AGBS 4150 - Agricultural Policy 3 credit hours

Supporting Courses (29-32 hours)

ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
OR
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours AND
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours OR
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours OR
CSCI 1150 - Computer Orientation 3 credit hours
BIOL 1030 - Exploring Life 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 1031 - Exploring Life Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)
PSCI 1030 - Topics in Physical Science 4 credit hours AND
PSCI 1031 - Topics in Physical Science Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)

Choose three, two from the same rubric:

BIA, PGEO, ECON, FIN, MATH, MKT, MGMT, AERO, EST 9 credit hours

Electives (4-18)

Curriculum: Agribusiness

Curricular listing includes General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

AGRI 1000 - Orientation in Agriculture 1 credit hour
ANSC 1410 - Introduction to Animal Science 3 credit hours
PLSO 1610 - Elements of Plant Science 3 credit hours
AGBS 2130 - Introduction to Agribusiness 3 credit hours
AGRI 2210 - Introduction to Agricultural Engineering 3 credit hours
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Mathematics 3 credit hours (MATH 1710 recommended)
ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
BIOL 1030 - Exploring Life 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
BIOL 1031 - Exploring Life Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

Subtotal: 29 Hours

Sophomore

AGBS 3130 - Principles of Agricultural Economics 3 credit hours
ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
PSCI 1030 - Topics in Physical Science 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
PSCI 1031 - Topics in Physical Science Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours OR
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours OR
CSCI 1150 - Computer Orientation 3 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
OR
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours AND
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
AGBS 4140 - Economics of Agribusiness Management 3 credit hours
Animal Science elective 3 credit hours
Agribusiness electives 6 credit hours
Plant and Soil Science elective 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
Cognate courses 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 30-33 Hours

Senior

AGBS 4150 - Agricultural Policy 3 credit hours OR
AGBS 4190 - International Agriculture 3 credit hours OR
Upper-division course* 3 credit hours
*Student should take 3 hour, upper-division elective during the semester AGBS 4150 or 4190 is not being taken.
AGBS 4130 - Agricultural Price Analysis and Price Management 3 credit hours
AGBS 4145 - Agricultural Finance 3 credit hours
Agribusiness elective 3 credit hours
Upper-division electives 12 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours (if needed)
Cognate course 3 credit hours