Agricultural Economics (B.S.) - Quantitative Option

The agricultural economics program balances the theoretical and practical applications of agricultural economics to give students the best grasp on emerging issues facing professionals in food and agriculture today. Students earn a BS in agriculture with a major in agricultural economics.

The requirements for the first two years are virtually the same for all options in agricultural economics. Exceptions to those requirements are noted in the discussion of the farm management, specialty option in pre-law, specialty option in pre-vet, and specialty option in natural resources and environmental sciences, and quantitative option.

This program allows students to pursue mathematics and statistics along with the agricultural economics curriculum. With these advanced quantitative skills students will be well prepared for MS and PhD studies in agricultural economics and will have excellent opportunities in future employment, especially as an economic analyst or consultant.

Agricultural Economics (18 credit hours)

AGEC 105 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Orientation Credits: 1
AGEC 115 - Decision Tools for Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 2
AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
or
AGEC 121 - Honors Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
AGEC 315 - Contemporary Issues in Global Food and Agricultural Systems Credits: 3
AGEC 500 - Production Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 501 - Data Analysis and Optimization Credits: 3
AGEC 505 - Agricultural Market Structures Credits: 3

Agricultural Economics Electives (15 credit hours)

Include at least two numbered 598 and above.

AGEC 308 - Farm and Ranch Management Credits: 3
AGEC 318 - Food and Agribusiness Management Credits: 3
AGEC 410 - Agricultural Policy Credits: 3
AGEC 420 - Commodity Futures Credits: 3
AGEC 460 - International Food and Agribusiness Study Tour Credits: 0-6 (Limit 3 credit hours)
AGEC 513 - Agricultural Finance Credits: 3
AGEC 515 - Food and Agribusiness Marketing Credits: 3
AGEC 516 - Agricultural Law and Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 520 - Market Fundamentals and Futures/Options Trading Credits: 3
AGEC 525 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 570 - Food Manufacturing, Distribution, and Retailing Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 598 - Farm Management Strategies Credits: 3
AGEC 599 - Food and Agribusiness Management Strategies Credits: 3
AGEC 605 - Price Analysis and Forecasting Credits: 3
AGEC 610 - Current Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Issues Credits: 3
AGEC 615 - Global Agricultural and Economic Development Credits: 3
AGEC 623 - International Agricultural Trade Credits: 3
AGEC 632 - Agribusiness Logistics Credits: 3
AGEC 680 - Risk Management Credits: 3
AGEC 710 - Comparative Food and Agriculture Systems Credits: 3
AGEC 712 - Optimization Techniques for Agricultural Economics Credits: 3
GENAG 515 - Honors/Scholars Project Credits: 2

Agricultural and Food Science Technology Electives (6 credit hours)

AGRON 220 - Crop Science Credits: 4
or
HORT 201 - Principles of Horticultural Science Credits: 4
AGRON 305 - Soils Credits: 4
AGRON 330 - Weed Science Credits: 3
ASI 102 - Principles of Animal Science Credits: 3
ASI 105 - Animal Sciences and Industry Credits: 1
ASI 106 - Dairy and Poultry Science Credits: 1
ASI 318 - Fundamentals of Nutrition Credits: 3
ASI 320 - Principles of Feeding Credits: 3
ATM 160 - Engineered Systems and Technology in Agriculture Credits: 3
FDSCI 302 - Introduction to Food Science Credits: 3
FDSCI 305 - Fundamentals of Food Processing Credits: 3
GRSC 101 - Introduction to Grain Science and Industry Credits: 3
See department list for other courses.

Communication (14 credit hours)

COMM 105 - Public Speaking IA Credits: 2
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: 3
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: 3
Communication Elective Credits: 3
Select from: English (above 200), Communication studies (above 300) or a modern language
AGCOM 400 - Agricultural Business Communications Credits: 3
or
ENGL 516 - Written Communication for the Sciences Credits: 3

Economics/Business (12 credit hours)

ACCTG 231 - Accounting for Business Operations Credits: 3
ACCTG 241 - Accounting for Investing and Financing Credits: 3
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 510 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credits: 3

Finance Overlay

AGEC 513 - Agricultural Finance Credits: 3
or
FINAN 450 - Principles of Finance Credits: 3

Mathematics/Statistics (24 credit hours)

CIS 111 - Introduction to Computer Programming Credits: 3
MATH 220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Credits: 4
MATH 221 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II Credits: 4
MATH 222 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus III Credits: 4
MATH 551 - Applied Matrix Theory Credits: 3
STAT 350 - Business and Economic Statistics I Credits: 3
and
STAT 351 - Business and Economic Statistics II Credits: 3
or
STAT 510 - Introductory Probability and Statistics I Credits: 3
and
STAT 511 - Introductory Probability and Statistics II Credits: 3

Natural Sciences (8 credit hours)

Select a combination of 2 courses for a total of 8 credit hours.

BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: 4
CHM 110 - General Chemistry Credits: 3
and
CHM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credits: 1
PHYS 113 - General Physics I Credits: 4

Quantitative Electives (6 credit hours)

AGEC 605 - Price Analysis and Forecasting Credits: 3
AGEC 712 - Optimization Techniques for Agricultural Economics Credits: 3
ECON 630 - Introduction to Econometrics Credits: 3
ECON 686 - Economic Forecasting Credits: 3
ECON 735 - Mathematical Economics Credits: 3
GEOG 508 - Geographic Information Systems I Credits: 4
IMSE 541 - Statistical Quality Control Credits: 3
IMSE 560 - Introduction to Operations Research I Credits: 3
MATH 340 - Elementary Differential Equations Credits: 4
MATH 312 - Finite Applications of Mathematics Credits: 3
MATH 540 - Advanced Ordinary Differential Equations Credits: 3
MATH 670 - Mathematical Modeling Credits: 3
MATH 755 - Dynamic Modeling Processes Credits: 3
MANGT 421 - Introduction to Operations Management Credits: 3
MANGT 521 - Managerial Decision Analytics Credits: 3
MKTG 642 - Marketing Research Credits: 3
STAT 410 - Probabilistic Systems Modeling Credits: 3
STAT 705 - Regression and Analysis of Variance Credits: 3
STAT 706 - Basic Elements of Statistical Theory Credits: 3

Social Sciences/Humanities (9 credit hours)

Social Science Elective Credits: 3
[Select from American Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology]
or
HDFS 350 - Family Relationships and Gender Roles Credits: 3
PHILO 110 - Introduction to Formal Logic Credits: 3
PSYCH 110 - General Psychology Credits: 3
or
SOCIO 211 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3

Unrestricted electives as needed to meet 127 credit hours

Total credit hours required for graduation: (127)

Must satisfy K-State 8 general education requirements.

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