Agricultural Communications, BSAG
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 120
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition II | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing II | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Mathematical Functions and Their Uses (A) | ||
| Applications of Modern Mathematics (A) | ||
| College Algebra (A) | ||
| Preparation for Calculus (A) | ||
| Elementary Statistics (A) | ||
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Any course designated (N) | 7 | |
| Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| AGEC 1113 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics (S) 1 | 3 |
| or ECON 2103 | Introduction to Microeconomics (S) | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (S) 1 | ||
| Introduction to Speech Communication (S) 1 | ||
| Additional General Education | ||
| Courses designated (A), (H), (N), or (S) | 6 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
| May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
| Select at least one Diversity (D) course | ||
| Select at least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) | 1 |
| ANSI 1023 & ANSI 1021 | Introduction to the Animal Sciences and Introduction to the Animal Sciences Lab | 4 |
| or ANSI 1124 | Introduction to the Animal Sciences | |
| PLNT 1213 | Introduction to Plant and Soil Systems (N) | 3 |
| Select one course from each of the following lists: | ||
| Group 1: 2 | 2 | |
| Fundamentals of Food Science | ||
| Regional Diversity in Food Production, Selection and Consumption (D) | ||
| The Meat We Eat | ||
| Meat Animal and Carcass Evaluation | ||
| Principles of Human Nutrition (N) | ||
| Food and the Human Environment (IS) | ||
| Group 2: 2 | 3 | |
| Environmental Economics and Resource Development | ||
| Global Agricultural Biosecurity and Forensics | ||
| Insects and Society (N) | ||
| Insects in Global Public Health (N) | ||
| Introduction to Entomology (LN) | ||
| Elements of Environmental Science (N) | ||
| Introduction to Natural History (LN) | ||
| Land, Life and the Environment (N) | ||
| Fundamentals of Soil Science (N) | ||
| Group 3: 2 | 3 | |
| International Programs in Agricultural Education and Extension (I) | ||
| Food Marketing to a Diverse Population (D) | ||
| Agricultural Small Business Management | ||
| Farm and Agribusiness Management | ||
| Agricultural Cooperatives | ||
| Agricultural Leaders in Society (S) | ||
| Agricultural Leadership in a Multicultural Society (DS) | ||
| Facilitating Social Change in Agriculture | ||
| Global Leadership in Agriculture (I) | ||
| Written & Oral Communications | ||
| AGCM 2113 | Introduction to Agricultural Communications | 3 |
| AGCM 3113 | Writing and Editing for Agricultural Publications | 3 |
| Hours Subtotal | 22 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| AGCM 3123 | Audio and Video Storytelling in Agricultural Communications | 3 |
| AGCM 3213 | Layout and Design for Agricultural Publications | 3 |
| AGCM 3223 | Digital and Online Media in Agricultural Communications | 3 |
| AGCM 3233 | Basic Photography and Photo Editing for Agriculture | 3 |
| or AGCM 4233 | Agricultural Photography Tour | |
| AGCM 3503 | Issues Management and Crisis Communications in Agriculture and Natural Resources | 3 |
| AGCM 4113 | Features Writing and Editing for Agricultural Publications | 3 |
| AGCM 4203 | Professional Development in Agricultural Communications | 3 |
| AGCM 4300 | Internships in Agricultural Communications | 2 |
| AGCM 4403 | Planning Campaigns for Agriculture and Natural Resources | 3 |
| AGCM 4413 | Agricultural Communications Capstone | 3 |
| AGEC 3323 | Agricultural Product Marketing and Sales | 3 |
| or MKTG 3213 | Marketing (S) | |
| AGEC 3703 | Issues in Agricultural Policy | 3 |
| or NREM 4043 | Natural Resource Administration and Policy | |
| or POLS 3493 | Public Policy | |
| or POLS 4363 | Environmental Law And Policy | |
| or POLS 4593 | Natural Resources and Environmental Policy | |
| AGEC 3713 | Agricultural Law | 3 |
| or AGEC 3723 | Environmental Law for Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
| or LSB 3213 | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | |
| Select one of the following courses: | 3 | |
| Personal Finance | ||
| Survey of Accounting | ||
| Financial Accounting | ||
| Related Courses | ||
| To be selected from courses in the following areas: | 17 | |
| AECL, AG, AGCM, AGEC, AGED, AGLE, ANSI, ART, AST, BIOC, DHM, ECON, EEE, ENTO, ENGL, ENVR, FDSC, GEOG, GEOL, HIST, HORT, HTM, MC, MGMT, MKTG, MMJ, NREM, PLNT, POLS, PSYC, SC, SOC, SOIL, SPAN, SPCH, STAT, or TH | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 58 | |
| Electives | ||
| 0 or hours to complete required total for degree | ||
| Total Hours | 120 | |
- 1
College & Departmental requirements that may be used to meet General Education requirements.
- 2
If used as (N) or (S) courses in General Education, hours in this block reduced by 3.
Other Requirements
- A minimum of 40 semester credit hours and 100 grade points must be earned in courses numbered 3000 or above.
- A 2.00 GPA or higher in upper-division hours.
- The student must earn a minimum grade of “C” in all AGCM courses.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2030.