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

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	43 hours
Agribusiness Core	10 hours
Major Courses	33 hours
Supporting Courses	35 hours*
Electives	1-15 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

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

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

BIOL 1030 /BIOL 1031 (Sci Lit)
PSCI 1030 PSCI 1031 (Sci Lit)
ECON 2410 (HSSR)
Quantitative Literacy (MATH 1710 recommended)

Major Requirements (43 hours)

Choose three, two from the same rubric:

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

Electives (1-15)

Curriculum: Agribusiness

Freshman

AGBS 1210 - Principles of Agribusiness 3 credit 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
COMM 2200 - Audience-Centered Communication 3 credit hours (NWC)
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours (MATH 1710 recommended)
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
BIOL 1030 - Exploring Life 4 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
BIOL 1031 - Exploring Life Lab 0 credit hours (Sci Lit)

Subtotal: 29 Hours

Sophomore

AGBS 3130 - Principles of Agricultural Economics 3 credit hours
PSCI 1030 - Topics in Physical Science 4 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
PSCI 1031 - Topics in Physical Science Lab 0 credit hours (Sci Lit)
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (HSSR)
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

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 - Agribusiness Management 3 credit hours
AGRI, ANSC, FERM, PLSO, POUL electives 6 credit hours
Agribusiness electives 6 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
Cognate courses 9 credit hours

Subtotal: 30-33 Hours

Senior

AGBS 4150 - Agricultural Policy 3 credit hours OR
AGBS 4190 - International Agriculture 3 credit hours
AGBS 4130 - Agricultural Commodity Markets 3 credit hours
AGBS 4145 - Agricultural Finance 3 credit hours
Agribusiness elective 3 credit hours
Upper-division electives 12 credit hours
AGRI, ANSC, FERM, PLSO, POUL elective 3 credit hours
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.