This curriculum is designed to prepare students for careers in the rapidly expanding agricultural business sector. Students receive instruction in the agricultural sciences, agricultural economics, accounting, finance, policy, marketing, communications, and management. Students learn how the economic system operates as well as the role agriculture plays in the U.S. and global economy. The program emphasizes training related to the management phases of agricultural industry and business. Excellent career opportunities are available in industries allied with agriculture, including those engaged in transportation, distribution, marketing and processing of farm products; agricultural banking and farm credit agencies; farm real estate and land appraisal services; insurance; agricultural supply businesses and cooperative management; agricultural policy at state and federal levels; market analysis and international agricultural trade.
There are five concentrations in this major that lead to a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business:
- Agribusiness (1171)
- Applied Agricultural Management (1172)
- Veterinary Technology and Management (1173)
- Agricultural Business Communications (1174)
- Agriculture and Environmental Law and Policy (1175)
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General Education
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38 hours
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Agriculture Core Requirements
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12 hours
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Concentration Courses
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70 hours
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TOTAL
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120 hours
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For more information about the Agricultural Business major, please contact:
Dr. Wes Totten, Chair
Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
256 Brehm Hall
ftotten@utm.edu
731-881-7262
731-881-7968 fax
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