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

Compared to the base major, this concentration requires departmental courses in food industry management and marketing as well as food policy. A course in food laws and regulations is also required. This concentration would be appropriate for students interested in employment with companies engaged in the processing of agricultural commodities or the manufacturing, wholesaling, or retailing of food products.

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 – Food Industry 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
²Natural Sciences Elective*	3
STAT 201 * or STAT 207 *	3
²Arts and Humanities Elective*	3
Term 5
²Written Communication Elective*	3	AREC 212
AREC 310	1	MATH 119 or MATH 123 * or MATH 125 *
ECON 311	3
⁴AREC Electives	2-3
FDSC 390	3
⁵Nondepartmental Herbert College of Agriculture or Hospitality and Tourism Management or Retail and Consumer Science 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
²Engaged Inquiries Elective*	3
AREC Elective	2-3
Term 7
AREC 332	2	Apply to graduate
AREC 410	1
AREC 412	3
⁶Experiential Learning	3
⁵Nondepartmental Herbert College of Agriculture or Hospitality and Tourism Management or Retail and Consumer Science Elective	3
AREC Electives	4-6
Term 8
AREC 442 *	3	No milestones
AREC 420	3
⁵Nondepartmental Herbert College of Agriculture or Hospitality and Tourism Management or Retail and Consumer Science Elective	3
⁷Unrestricted Electives	7-8
TOTAL	120

¹	Natural Science with Lab course chosen from the Volunteer Core list .
²	Chosen from the Volunteer Core list . No more than two of the three Natural Science electives may be a Herbert College of Agriculture course.
³	NUTR 100 * can also be used to satisfy Volunteer Core Natural Sciences requirement.
⁴	Any 300-level or 400-level AREC courses. A maximum of three credit hours can be used from each of the following courses: AREC 356 , AREC 492 , AREC 493 , and AREC 499 .
⁵	Nondepartmental Herbert College of Agriculture electives can also be used to satisfy Volunteer Core Requirements.
⁶	Chosen from AGNR 491 or AREC 356 or AREC 395 or AREC 492 or AREC 499 .
⁷	Any courses not already required for the major.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

Undergraduates

Graduate Students

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

uTrack Requirements

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