2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog - R
Agricultural Business: Farm and Ranch Management Concentration (1172), B.S.A.B.
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Agricultural Business B.S.A.B. (1170) - Farm and Ranch Management Concentration (1172)
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)
- Farm and Ranch 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
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
- 120 credit hours are required
- Minimum of 30 credit hours completed at The University of Tennessee at Martin
- 30 credit hours in Upper Division coursework (courses numbered 300-499)
- Minimum 60 credits earned at an accredited four-year institution required
- A minimum overall GPA of 2.0 is required
- A minimum institutional GPA of 2.0 is required
- Must meet all General Education Requirements
- Must meet all Major Requirements
- Must meet all Exit Exam Requirements
- General Education Exam
- Major Field Test / Exit Exam
- If a student is admitted to the University of Tennessee at Martin with documented entrance deficiencies OR is subject to mandatory placement requirements, then the student must meet those requirements.
Agricultural Business: Farm and Ranch Management Concentration (1172), B.S.A.B.
This curriculum is designed to prepare students for careers in the rapidly expanding agricultural business sector, but in particular for careers in applied areas, such as farm and ranch management, food marketing, and agricultural sales. Students receive instruction in the agricultural sciences, agricultural economics, accounting, finance, policy, marketing, and management. Students can add to their background in agribusiness courses their choice of courses in animal science, plant and soil science and agricultural engineering technology to prepare for managing a farm. The program emphasizes training related to the management phases of agricultural industry and business. Career opportunities in farm management are primarily available for those who are going to inherit or partner in an existing farm operation, but farm management careers are also available in the banking, insurance, and credit industries.
COURSEWORK REQUIRED FOR THE DEGREE
Guidance for choosing general education courses:
For all agricultural business degree programs it is recommended that students complete ECON 201: Principles of Macroeconomics and ECON 202: Principles of Microeconomics as their Social and Behavioral Sciences general education electives. These courses are prerequisites for multiple upper-division business and economics classes. Failure to complete these courses as Social and Behavioral Sciences general education electives may result in students taking more than 120 hours to complete their degree.
Concentration Requirements (82 hours)
Agriculture Core Courses (12 Hours)
High-Impact Learning Requirements: (6 Hours)
Farm and Ranch Management Requirements (34 Hours)
Agriculture/Natural Resources Management Electives (24 Hours)
Choose 18 Hours** From
- Any AGEC, AGET, AGRI, ANSC, GEOG, NRM, PARK, PLSC, SOIL, VET, WBIO Credit(s): 18
Choose 6 Hours** From
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Any AGEC, AGET, AGRI, ANSC, GEOG, NRM, PLSC, SOIL, VET, WBIO, ACCT 201, ACCT 202, ACCT 300-499, BADM 300-499, BLAW 300-499, ECON 300-499, FIN 300-499, INFS 300-499, MGT 300-499, MKTG 300-499, MMSC 100-499 Credit(s): 6
**A maximum of 9 Hours can be selected from among Special Problems, Practicum, Research Participation, Supervised Field Experience, or International Travel Study.
General Electives Credit(s): 6
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