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Nov 24, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Agribusiness, BS
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Program Description
The Agribusiness curriculum provides strong training in economic and business principles as applied in agribusiness enterprises. Core classes in the major focus on agribusiness economics and management, leadership, marketing and sales, finance, accounting, and business skill development. Employment opportunities for graduates are many and diverse. Private sector opportunities include national and international careers in agribusiness management, banking, finance, sales, marketing, and public relations. Public sector opportunities include positions in organizations that promote food, agriculture, and natural resource interests; government agencies; and educational institutions. Moreover, the curriculum design provides graduates with the skills necessary to successfully establish their own businesses. By completing this curriculum, graduates will have fulfilled the requirements for an approved minor in the college, allowing students to tailor the program to meet specific career objectives.
The curriculum also emphasizes training on globalization, information technology, and interdisciplinary skills needed to analyze the complex interrelationships between business, the environment and society. Students are encouraged to participate on a creative inquiry student research team and to take advantage of an internship and/or study abroad opportunity. The program provides an excellent background for professional or graduate study in several disciplines.
Footnotes
1 See General Education Requirements . Three of these credits must also satisfy the South Carolina REACH Act Requirement. See South Carolina REACH Act Requirement in the Academic Regulations section. Note: AGRB 2050 satisfies three of the six credits required for the Global Challenges Requirement; the remaining three credits must be selected from any Global Challenges course at the 3000 or 4000 level.
2 Select from AVS 1500 , FNPS 2140 , HORT 1010 , or PES 1040 .
3 At least nine of the 15 credits of electives must be selected from courses at the 3000 level or higher.
4 AGRB 4900 , AGRB 4910 , or AGRB 4940
NOTES:
- A minimum grade of C is required in all AGRB 2000- and AGRB 3000-level courses for credit toward the Agribusiness degree. Students earning less than a C grade in any 2000- or 3000-level AGRB course must retake the course to satisfy the Agribusiness degree requirements. Moreover, a student must earn a grade of C or higher in each 2000- or 3000-level AGRB course listed as a prerequisite to another AGRB course before the student will be allowed to enroll in the next AGRB course.
- Students may earn an optional minor by utilizing the 15 credits of electives to fulfill requirements for a minor.
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