Agribusiness Specialization
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General Information
CAFNRM stresses individualized attention through small class size. The undergraduate Agribusiness specialization was established in 1987. Students in the Agribusiness curriculum receive a strong background in agriculture and agribusiness, a combination that is in demand for today's agriculture. The Agribusiness curriculum draws its courses from the areas of business, economics, mathematics, and agricultural production, thus making this curriculum multi-disciplinary in scope. For more information, visit the Agribusiness website.
Why Study Agribusiness?
Graduates in Agribusiness can anticipate careers in private enterprises or government agencies concerned with agribusiness, economics or finances. Job opportunities include loan officers, salesmen for agricultural chemical industries, consulting positions in farm management organizations, buyers for food processing companies, commercial firms and private agencies. In addition, the Agribusiness curriculum has enough flexibility to allow a student to meet the requirements of most graduate schools, thus allowing a student to pursue a graduate degree.
Requirements for Graduation
To earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture with a specialization in Agri-Business, a student must complete a minimum of 123 semester hours with a cumulative GPA 2.0. The course work must be in the following areas:
General Education Requirements (40 hrs)
(see UH Hilo General Education Requirements)
| Title/Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| English Composition: Eng 100 or Eng 100T or ESL 100 |
3 hrs |
| Quantitative Reasoning (100 or 200 level Math,
except 199 or 299) Math 115 or 121 taken under the Supplemental Requirements also applicable here. |
3 hrs |
| World Cultures: TWO courses Ag 230 or Anth 100 or Eng 253 or Eng 254 or Eng 275 or Geog 102 or Hist 151 or Hist 152 or KInd 240 |
6 hrs |
| Humanities: THREE 100 or 200 level courses in different disciplines. |
9 hrs |
| Social Sciences: THREE 100 or 200 level courses in different disciplines. AgEc 201 or Econ 130 taken under the Agriscience Requirements also applicable here. |
9 hrs |
| Natural Sciences: THREE 100 or 200 level courses in different disciplines. Including 1 credit hour of laboratory. One Agriculture Production course under the Agriscience Requirements and Math 205 or 206 under the Supplemental Requirements also applicable here. |
10 hrs |
Requirements for Major (including GE courses, 123 hrs)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Agriscience Requirements | (42 hrs) | |
| AgBu 291 | Agribusiness Internship/Work Experience | 3 hrs |
AgBu 320 or |
Agribusiness Management or |
3 hrs |
| AgBu 340 or AgEc 322 |
Agri-Marketing Research or Marketing Agricultural Products |
3 hrs |
| AgEc 201* or Econ 130* or Econ 301 |
Agricultural Economics or Introduction to Microeconomics or Intermediate Microeconomic Theory |
3 hrs |
| AgEc 330 or AgEc 380 or Econ 380 |
Farm Management or Environmental Policy and Management of Hawaiian Natural Resources or Natural Resource Environmental Economics |
3 hrs |
| AgEc or AgBu or Econ |
TWO courses | 6 hrs |
| SEVEN courses in Agriculture* | 21 hrs | |
| Supplemental Requirements | (40 to 41 hrs) | |
| Acc 250 |
Financial Accounting | 3 hrs |
| Acc 251 | Managerial Accounting | 3 hrs |
| Bus 240 | Business Law | 3 hrs |
| Econ 131* or Econ 300 |
Introduction to Macroeconomics or Intermediate Macroeconomics |
3 hrs |
| Mgt 300 | Management, Organizations and Human Behavior | 3 hrs |
| Mkt 310 | Principles of Marketing |
3 hrs |
| Math 205* | Calculus I | 4 hrs |
| Math 115* or Math 121* or Math 206* |
Applied Calculus or Introduction to Statistics and Probability or Calculus II |
3/4 hrs |
| (FIVE courses in Ag-Business/Ag-Economics/Business/Economics) | 15 hrs | |
| Electives | (12 to 13 hrs) | |
* Can be used for General Education if courses are from lower division.
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