Agricultural Business, B.S.

Agricultural Foundation (9 units)

Select 9 units of courses from any of the following areas:
AGBS, AGED, ASCI, AGRI, CULG, ENOL, FSC, FSM, IT, MEAG, NUTR, PLANT, VIT.

Business Management Base (15-16 units)

• AGBS 2 - Agricultural Sector Analysis Units: 3

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• ECON 50 - Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 3

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• AGBS 28 - Introductory Agricultural Law Units: 3

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• BA 18 - Business and the Legal Environment Units: 4

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• AGBS 31 - Farm Accounting Units: 3

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• ACCT 4A - Financial Accounting Principles and Systems Units: 3

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• AGBS 32 - Agribusiness Managerial Accounting Units: 3

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• ACCT 4B - Managerial Accounting Principles and Systems Units: 3

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• AGBS 76 - Agribusiness Microcomputer Applications Units: 3

Agricultural Business Core (27 units)

• AGBS 100 - Intermediate Agricultural Economics Units: 3
• AGBS 105 - Agricultural Business Quantitative Methods Units: 3
• AGBS 109 - Management of Agri-food Supply Chains Units: 3
• AGBS 120 - Agribusiness Management Units: 3
• AGBS 130 - Agricultural Finance Units: 3
• AGBS 140 - International Agricultural Economics Units: 3
• AGBS 150 - Agricultural and Food Policy Units: 3
• AGBS 160 - Agricultural Marketing Analysis Units: 3
• AGBS 170WS - Advanced Agribusiness Applications Units: 3

Career Specialty (9 units)

A required concentration of upper-division units in agricultural economics is selected to match the student’s career goal in consultation with the student’s assigned faculty advisor. (See major program of study advising check sheet for elective course listings in various subfields.

Advising Notes

1. New students should request the Advising Information brochure that includes a program-of-study check sheet and explanatory notes about requirements for the major.
2. All students are assigned a faculty advisor. Consult the department bulletin board for the current listing. Make an appointment each semester to review your academic record and to schedule remaining courses in order to graduate in a timely manner.
3. Prospective transfer students should consult with a community college academic advisor about their program of study to determine which California State University, Fresno AGBS courses are articulated as equivalent for lower-division credit. Transfer students may also consult ASSIST, the statewide articulations database, www.assist.org.
4. Credits earned for articulated community college courses do not count toward upper-division units in the major.
5. Students intending to pursue graduate study in agricultural economics or agribusiness should include approved courses in intermediate macroeconomic theory, differential and integral calculus, inferential statistics, and linear regression in their bachelor’s degree program.
6. A double major of agricultural business with animal sciences, food and nutritional sciences, or plant science must have36 mutually exclusive units (including a minimum of 18 upper division). A double major requires the approval of the department chairs administering these programs of study. Elective units may be applied (i.e., double counted) toward a second major or a minor. (See Double Major or Minor in this catalog and consult with the appropriate department advisor.)
7. Unit limits for courses included in the major exist for AGBS 80 /AGBS 180  (4 units combined maximum allowed) and AGBS 194I  (3 units maximum allowed).