Agribusiness Specialty
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123 semester hours
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. Graduates in Agribusiness can anticipate careers in agricultural finance, management, and marketing in both private enterprises and government agencies. Job opportunities include loan officers, sales representatives for agricultural chemical industries, consulting positions in farm management organizations, and buyers for food processing companies, commercial firms, and private agencies.
Agriculture: Agribusiness Specialty Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree
GROUP 1. General Education Requirements (and Assigned Credits)
- English Composition (3)
- Quantitative Reasoning [MATH 205 in Group 2, Major Requirements, fulfills all 3 semester hours of this requirement]
- World Cultures (6)
- Humanities (9)
- Social Sciences (6 or more) [AGEC 201 or ECON 130 in Group 2, Major Requirements, fulfills 3 of the 9 semester hours of this requirement]
- Natural Sciences (4 or more) [Agricultural Production and MATH courses in Group 2, Major Requirements, fulfill 6 of the 10 semester hours of this requirement]
GROUP 1 Total: 28 Semester Credits
GROUP 2. Major Requirements (and Assigned Credits)
- Agriscience Requirements
- AGBU 291 Agribusiness Internship/Work Experience (3)
- AGBU 320 Agribusiness Management (3) OR AGBU 321 Agricultural Cooperatives Management (3)
- AGBU 340 Agri-Marketing Research (3) OR AGEC 322 Marketing Agricultural Products (3)
- Choose ONE course from the following 3-semester-credit courses:
- AGEC 201 Agricultural Economics
- ECON 130 Introduction to Microeconomics
- ECON 301 Intermediate Microeconomics Theory
- Choose ONE course from the following 3-semester-credit courses:
- AGEC 330 Farm Management
- AGEC 380 Environmental Policy and Management of Hawaiian Natural Resources
- ECON 380 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
- Choose TWO courses totaling 6 semester hours from AGEC or AGBU or ECON courses. (6)
- Choose SEVEN Agriculture courses totaling 21 semester hours (21)
- Required Courses from Related Fields
- ACC 250 Financial Accounting (3)
- ACC 251 Managerial Accounting (3)
- BUS 240 Business Law (3)
- ECON 131 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3) OR ECON 300 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (3)
- MGT 300 Management, Organizations, and Human Behavior (3)
- MKT 310 Principles of Marketing (3)
- MATH 205 Calculus I (4)
- Choose ONE course from the following MATH courses:
- MATH 115 Applied Calculus (3)
- MATH 121 Introduction to Statistics and Probability (3)
- MATH 206 Calculus II (4)
- Choose FIVE courses totaling 15 semester hours in Agricultural Business, Agricultural Economics, Business, or Economics (15)
GROUP 2 Total: 82 – 83 Semester Credits
GROUP 3: Electives 12 – 13 semester credits from all university courses
GROUP 3 Total: 12 – 13 Semester Credits
Total Semester Hours Required For The B.S. in Agriculture, Agribusiness Specialty: 123
Notes:
- Students must earn at least a 2.0 GPA in courses required for the major.
- To earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture, students must fulfill the requirements for the major AND meet all of the University’s other baccalaureate degree requirements. (Please see the chapter on Baccalaureate Degree Requirements in the Catalog.)
- Students should always check course prerequisites and the frequency with which courses are offered. This information is found in Course Listings in the back of the Catalog.
- To ensure progress toward degree completion, students are strongly encouraged to meet with an advisor each semester before registering.