Food and Agricultural Business Major, BS in Agricultural and Resource Economics – Finance and Risk Management Concentration

Compared to the base major, this concentration requires departmental courses in rural real estate appraisal, agricultural law, futures/options markets, and commodity policy. This concentration would be appropriate for students interested in working in some capacity within the finance, insurance, or real estate industries, or for the US Department of Agriculture agencies that administer the commodity and crop insurance programs.

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Resource Economics – Food and Agricultural Business Major – Finance and Risk Management Concentration

Term 1	Hours	Milestone Notes
AREC 110	1	One Volunteer Core elective*
¹Natural Sciences Elective*	4
²Global Citizenship – US Elective*	3
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 *	3
MATH 123 *	3
Term 2
²Global Citizenship – International Elective*	3	One additional Volunteer Core elective*
ENGL 102 *	3
MATH 125 *	3
²Natural Sciences Elective*	3
ECON 211 *	3
Term 3
ACCT 200 or ACCT 207	3	ENGL 101 *
PSYC 110 , PSYC 117 , POLS 102 , SOCI 120 , or SOCI 127 *	3
ECON 213 *	3
CMST 210 , CMST 217 , CMST 240 , or CMST 247 or ALEC 240 *	3
²Natural Sciences Elective*	3
Term 4
AREC 212	3	ECON 211 * or ECON 213 *
³FDSC 100 * or FDSC 150 or NUTR 100 *	3
²Arts and Humanities Elective*	3
²Natural Sciences Elective*	3
STAT 201 * or STAT 207 *	3
Term 5
²Written Communication Elective*	3	AREC 212
AREC 310	1	MATH 119 or MATH 123 * or MATH 125 *
AREC 312	2
AREC 313	2
ECON 311	3
AREC Elective	2-3
⁴Non-departmental Herbert Elective	3
Term 6
AREC 324 or BAS 320 or ECON 381	3-4	ACCT 200
AREC 342 *	3	300-level AREC Elective
AREC 350 *	3
AREC 352 *	3
AREC Elective	2-3
Term 7
AREC 331	2	Apply to graduate
AREC 410	1
AREC 412	3
⁶Experiential Learning	3
⁴Non-AREC Engaged Inquiries Elective*	3
ECON 313	3
Term 8
AREC 442 *	3	No milestones
⁴Nondepartmental Herbert College of Agriculture Elective	3
⁵Unrestricted Electives	10-11
TOTAL	120

¹	Natural Science with Lab course chosen from the Volunteer Core list. At least one must be a lab course. No more than two may be Herbert College of Agriculture courses.
²	Chosen from the Volunteer Core list. No more than two of the three Natural Science electives may be Herbert College of Agriculture courses.
³	NUTR 100 * can also be used to satisfy Volunteer Core Natural Sciences requirement.
⁴	Nondepartmental Herbert College of Agriculture electives can also be used to satisfy Volunteer Core Requirements.
⁵	Any courses not already required for the major.
⁶	Chosen from AGNR 491 or AREC 356 or AREC 395 or AREC 492 or AREC 499 .

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

Undergraduates

Graduate Students

Food and Agricultural Business Major, BS in Agricultural and Resource Economics – Finance and Risk Management Concentration

uTrack Requirements

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Resource Economics – Food and Agricultural Business Major – Finance and Risk Management Concentration