2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog - R 
    
    Nov 11, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog - R

Agricultural Business: Agricultural Business Communications Concentration (1174), B.S.A.B.


Agricultural Business B.S.A.B. - Agricultural Business Communications Concentration (1174)


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)  
     

General Education 

38 hours 

Agriculture Core Requirements 

12 hours 

Concentration Courses 

70 hours 

TOTAL 

120 hours 

 

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: Agricultural Business Communications Concentration (1174), B.S.A.B.


This Agricultural Business option is offered in cooperation with the Department of Communications in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Graduates are eligible for employment in the areas of agribusiness, communication, journalism, and public relations related to the food and fiber industry. 

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)


General Concentration Requirements (12 Hours)


Choose 3 Hours From 

High-Impact Learning Requirements: (9 Hours)


Choose 3 Hours From 

Upper-Division Advisor-Approved Agricultural Economics or Agriculture Courses (9 Hours)


Choose 9 Hours From 

  • Any advisor-approved courses in AGEC 300-499, AGRI 300-499 Credit(s): 9