Agribusiness: Natural Resources, 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 | |
| ENGL 1213 | Composition II | 3 |
| or ENGL 1413 | Critical Analysis and Writing II | |
| or ENGL 3323 | Technical Writing | |
| American History & Government | ||
| HIST 1103 | Survey of American History | 3 |
| or HIST 1483 | American History to 1865 (H) | |
| or HIST 1493 | American History Since 1865 (DH) | |
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| MATH 2103 | Business Calculus (A) 1,4 | 3 |
| or MATH 2123 | Calculus for Technology Programs I (A) | |
| or MATH 2144 | Calculus I (A) | |
| STAT 2023 | Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (A) (or equivalent STAT course designated A) 1,4 | 3 |
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Seven hours from: | 7 | |
One course in CHEM or other course designated (L/N) 1,4 | ||
One course designated (N) 1,4 | ||
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| AGEC 1113 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics (S) 1,4 | 3 |
| 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 | ||
| At least one Diversity (D) course | ||
| At least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| Course cannot be used here and as (N) course | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) 4 | 1 |
| From two of the following groups, select one course: | 6 | |
| Group 1: | ||
| Introduction to Plant and Soil Systems (N) | ||
| Principles of Horticultural Science (LN) | ||
| Elements of Forestry | ||
| Group 2: | ||
| Land, Life and the Environment (N) | ||
| Fundamentals of Soil Science (N) | ||
| Group 3: | ||
| Introduction to the Animal Sciences | ||
| Fundamentals of Food Science | ||
| Introduction to Entomology (LN) | ||
| Livestock Entomology | ||
| Group 4: | ||
| Introduction to Natural History (LN) | ||
| Ecology of Natural Resources | ||
| Applied Ecology and Conservation | ||
| Elements of Environmental Science (N) | ||
| Chemistry and Applications of Biomolecules | ||
| Biochemistry I | ||
| Introduction to Landscape Architecture | ||
| Written and Oral Communications | ||
| AGCM 3103 | Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 2,4 | 3 |
| or AGCM 3113 | Writing and Editing for Agricultural Publications | |
| or BCOM 3113 | Written Communication | |
| or BCOM 3443 | Business Communication for International Students | |
| or ENGL 3323 | Technical Writing | |
| AGCM 3203 | Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (S) 3,4 | 3 |
| or SPCH 2713 | Introduction to Speech Communication (S) | |
| or SPCH 3733 | Elements of Persuasion (S) | |
| Hours Subtotal | 13 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| 6 credit hours of ACCT classes covering Financial and Managerial Accounting. Students cannot use a combination of both ACCT 2103 and ACCT 2003. 4 | 6 | |
| AGEC 1101 | Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Experience 4 | 1 |
| AGEC 3101 | Professional Career Development 4 | 1 |
| AGEC 3213 | Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics 4 | 3 |
| AGEC 3333 | Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis 4 | 3 |
| AGEC 3423 | Farm and Agribusiness Management 4 | 3 |
| AGEC 3503 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| AGEC 3603 | Agricultural Finance 4 | 3 |
| AGEC 3713 | Agricultural Law 4 | 3 |
| AGEC 4503 | Environmental Economics and Resource Development | 3 |
| 6 additional hours from AGEC 4000-level excluding AGEC 4990 4 | 6 | |
| ECON 2203 | Introduction to Macroeconomics 4 | 3 |
| ECON 3113 | Intermediate Microeconomics 4 | 3 |
| or ECON 3023 | Managerial Economics | |
| 3 upper division hours from: | 3 | |
| AGEC, ECON, MKTG 3213 or MGMT 3013 | ||
| Related Courses: | ||
| GEOG 4203 | Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| 9 hours from the following courses: | 9 | |
| Land Measurement and Site Analysis | ||
| Agricultural Water Management | ||
| Economics of the Environment | ||
| Energy Economics: Traditional and Renewable Energy Markets | ||
| Land Measurement and Site Analysis | ||
| Environmental Soil Science | ||
| Climatology (N) | ||
| Meteorology (N) | ||
| Economic Meteorology | ||
| Conservation of Natural Resources (S) | ||
| Economic Geography (S) | ||
| Biogeography, Biodiversity, and Humankind | ||
| Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future | ||
| Grasslands and Savannas: Evolution and Environmental Issues | ||
| Geography of Outdoor Recreation | ||
| Resource Management in the National Parks | ||
| Mapping in Modern Society | ||
| Remote Sensing | ||
| Geographic Information Systems: Resource Management Applications | ||
| Geographic Information Systems: Socioeconomic Applications | ||
| Geology and Human Affairs (LN) | ||
GEOL 3043 | Geology of the National Parks | |
| Environmental Geology (N) | ||
NREM any upper-division | ||
| Applied Agricultural Meteorology | ||
| Environmental Law And Policy | ||
| Natural Resources and Environmental Policy | ||
| Recreation in the Natural Environment | ||
| Tourism in Recreation Settings | ||
| Environmental Sociology (S) | ||
| Environmental Soil Science | ||
| Soil and Water Conservation | ||
| Soil, Water, and Weather | ||
| Environmental Soil Chemistry | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 56 | |
| Electives | 11 | |
| (or hours to complete required total for degree) | ||
| MATH 1483 or MATH 1513 may need to be taken as prerequisite to required Calculus course | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 11 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
- 1
College and Departmental requirements that meet General Education requirements
- 2
If ENGL 3323 is substituted for ENGL 1213 above, hours in this block are reduced by 3
- 3
If used as (S) course above, hours in this block reduced by 3
- 4
Hours meeting the Major core.
Other Requirements:
- Exit interview with Head of Department of Agricultural Economics
- 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
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.