Food and Agricultural Business Major, BS in Agricultural and Resource Economics - Sustainable Supply Chain Management Concentration

Campus

Knoxville

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.

Term 1

• ¹ Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective w/Lab 4 Credit Hours *
• ² Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• AREC 110 - Opportunities in Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics 1 Credit Hours
• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• MATH 123 - Finite Mathematics 3 Credit Hours *

Term 2

• ² Global Citizenship - International (GCI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ECON 211 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• MATH 125 - Basic Calculus 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ² Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ECON 213 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit Hours *
• GEOG 206 - Sustainability Principles and Practices 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• ACCT 200 - Foundations of Accounting 3 Credit Hours
• ACCT 207 - Honors: Foundations of Accounting 3 Credit Hours
• AREC 203 - Managerial Controls for Agribusiness 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• CMST 210 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 217 - Honors: Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 240 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 247 - Honors: Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *
• ALEC 240 - Effective Oral Communication 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ² Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁴ Non-departmental Herbert Elective 3 Credit Hours

• AREC 212 - Introduction to Agribusiness Management 3 Credit Hours

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• ³ Select one course:

• FDSC 100 - Science of Food 3 Credit Hours *
• FDSC 150 - History and Culture of Food 3 Credit Hours
• NUTR 100 - Introductory Nutrition 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• STAT 201 - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours *
• STAT 207 - Honors: Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours *

Term 5

• ⁵ AREC Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ² Arts and Humanities (AH)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Written Communication (WC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁴ Non-departmental Herbert College of Agriculture Elective 3 Credit Hours

• ALEC 300 - Careers and Professional Development 1 Credit Hours
• ECON 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ⁵ AREC Electives 3 Credit Hours

• AREC 342 - Farm Business Management 3 Credit Hours *
• AREC 350 - The Food and Agricultural Marketing System 3 Credit Hours *
• BUAD 331 - CBM I: Supply Chain Management 2 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• AREC 324 - Quantitative Methods 4 Credit Hours
• BAS 320 - Regression Modeling 3 Credit Hours
• ECON 381 - Introduction to Econometrics 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• PSYC 110 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *
• PSYC 117 - Honors: General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *
• POLS 102 - Introduction to Political Science 3 Credit Hours *
• SOCI 120 - Introduction to Sociology 3 Credit Hours *
• SOCI 127 - Honors: Introduction to Sociology 3 Credit Hours *

Term 7

• ⁵ AREC Electives 3 Credit Hours
• ⁴ Nondepartmental Herbert College of Agriculture Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶ Experiential Learning 3 Credit Hours

• AREC 410 - Senior Seminar 1 Credit Hours
• AREC 412 - Agricultural Finance and Risk Management 3 Credit Hours
• SCM 440 - Social and Environmental Sustainability in Supply Chain Management 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ⁷ Unrestricted Electives 6 Credit Hours

• AREC 442 - Advanced Agribusiness Management 3 Credit Hours
• AREC 494 - Special Topics in Agricultural and Resource Economics 1-3 Credit Hours (3 hours)

Total Credit Hours 120-121

Footnotes

1. Natural Sciences (NS)  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 Herbert courses.
3. NUTR 100  * can also be used to satisfy Volunteer Core  Natural Sciences (NS)  requirement.
4. Nondepartmental Herbert College of Agriculture electives can also be used to satisfy Volunteer Core  Requirements.
5. 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 .
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.