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Agricultural Business and Food Systems Major (ABFS)

Graduation Requirements for the ABFS Major

A. ABFS Foundation Courses (7 courses)

11:020:210 Introduction to Ag and Food Systems (3)
11:374:101 Introduction to Human Ecology (3)
11:020:205 Careers in Agribusiness and Food Systems (1)
11:400:107 Foods: From Field to Table (3)
11:067:142 Animal Science (3)
11:776:170 Plants and People (3)
11:373:121 Principles and Applications of Microeconomics (3)

B. Experiential Learning (3 credits)

11:019:490 Internships in Agricultural Business and Food Systems
11:019:495/496 Practicum and Research in Agricultural Business and Food Systems (3)
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C. Agricultural Business (5 courses)

1:373:231 Introduction to Marketing (3)
11:373:205 Small Business Essentials (3) OR 11:020:305 Starting and Managing a Small Farm (3)
11:373:221 Agricultural Supply Chain (3) OR 33:799:301 Introduction to Supply Chain Management (3)
11:373:323 Agricultural and Food Policy (3)
11:373:308 Farm Business Management (3) OR 11:373:331 Food Marketing Management (3)

D. Quantitative and Data Skills (3 courses)

11:373:130 Applied Mathematics for Agriculture (3)
11: 374: 201 Research Methods in Human Ecology (3) OR 11:374:215 Applied Statistics (3)

OR
01:960:285 Intro to Business Statistics (3)
11:373:200 (3) Agricultural Accounting OR Financial Accounting 33:010:272 (3)

E. Sustainability and Food Systems (5 courses)

11:374:299 Introduction to Sustainability (3) OR 11:373:202 Sustainability Decision Tools (3)
11:374:289 Sustainable Food: Politics, Policy, and Ethics
11:020:337 Sustainability: Tackling Food Waste
11:020:436 Sustainable Agriculture (3) OR 11:020:321 Principles and Practices of Small-Scale Organic Farming (3) OR 11:776:221 Principles of Organic Crop Production (3)
11:374:314 Natural Resource Policy (3)

F. Communication Skills and Ethics (2 courses)

11:374:227 Food for Thought: Agriculture and Society in Mass Media (3) OR 11:374:240 Visualizing Information: Storytelling with Data (3) OR 11:374:311 Environmental Writing (3)
11:373:201 Corporate Social Responsibility OR 01:730:107 Introduction to Ethics (3)

E. Capstone (1 course)

11:373:481 Econ Peasant Agriculture (3)

G. Electives (9 credits)

11:374:428 Marine Fisheries Policy (3)
11:373:218 Sustainable Food Policy for Developing Countries (3)
11:374:355 Communities and Environmental Change (3)
11:373:122 Macroeconomics (3)
11:373:371 Food, Nutrition, and Health Policy (3)
11:373:402 Global Marketing (3)
11:373:351 Business Finance I (3)
11:373:352 Futures Market (3)
11:374:211 Rural Communities (3)
11:374:429 Agrarian Landscapes (3)
11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics (3)
11:709:255 Nutrition and Health
11:400:422 Food Safety: Fads, Facts, and Politics (3)
11:776: 105 Soils and Society
11:374:302 Data Analysis for Human Ecology (3)