Program: Contemporary Citizenship in Agriculture Minor - Kansas State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 03, 2025

2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog

This minor assists students in building the knowledge that they need to serve as active citizens in society and to understand the way our agricultural industry, rural areas, and global communities interact now and in the future. The minor focuses on agricultural policy and issues while encompassing ethics, personal development, and societal relationships in order to better understand the correlation between agriculture and rural and urban communities at the local, state, national, and global levels. These topics will encourage the citizenship development needed to sustain and build agriculture in the future and will also enhance understanding of the effects of agriculture on society as a whole.

Program requirements

The minor requires the completion of 18 credit hours. The minor requires one foundation course, two ethical and societal relationships courses, and two policy and issues courses. In addition, GENAG 450 Citizenship and Ethics in Agriculture, a capstone course, is to be taken during the junior or senior year of the program of study.

Foundation courses (3–4 credit hours)

AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: (3)
AGRON 220 - Crop Science Credits: (4)
ASI 102 - Principles of Animal Science Credits: (3)
FDSCI 302 - Introduction to Food Science Credits: (3)
FOR 375 - Introduction to Natural Resource Management Credits: (3)
HORT 201 - Principles of Horticultural Science Credits: (4)

Ethical and societal relationships (6 credit hours)

ANTH 511 - Cultural Ecology and Economy Credits: (3)
ANTH 524 - Immigrant America Credits: (3)
BIOL 303 - Ecology of Environmental Problems Credits: (3)
BIOL 310 - Bioethics Credits: (3)
BIOL 433 - Wildlife Conservation Credits: (3)
ECON 527 - Environmental Economics Credits: (3)
ECON 681 - International Economics Credits: (3)
GEOG 340 - Geography of Natural Resources Credits: (3)
GEOG 718 - Geography of Public Lands Credits: (3)
GEOG 720 - Geography of Land Use Credits: (3)
GEOG 730 - World Agricultural Systems Credits: (3)
GEOG 760 - Human Impact on the Environment Credits: (3)
HIST 557 - History of American Agriculture Credits: (3)
LAR 322 - Environmental Issues and Ethics Credits: (3)
PHILO 130 - Introduction to Moral Philosophy Credits: (3)
PHILO 135 - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy Credits: (3)
PHILO 390 - Business Ethics Credits: (3)
POLSC 321 - Kansas Politics and Government Credits: (3)
POLSC 619 - Comparative Agriculture Politics and Policy Credits: (3)
SOCIO 533 - Rural Society Credits: (3)
SPCH 470 - Rhetoric of Community Building Credits: (3)

Policy and issues (6 credit hours)

AGEC 410 - Agricultural Policy Credits: (3)
AGEC 415 - The Global Agricultural Economy, Hunger, and Poverty Credits: (3)
AGEC 516 - Agricultural Law and Economics Credits: (3)
AGEC 610 - Current Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Issues Credits: (3)
AGRON 335 - Environmental Quality Credits: (3)
AGRON 610 - Biotechnology Credits: (3)
ASI 303 - History and Attitudes of Animal Use Credits: (3)
ASI 595 - Contemporary Issues in Animal Science and Agriculture Credits: (3)
ATM 661 - Watershed Management Credits: (3)
ENTOM 301 - Insects and People Credits: (3)
FOR 285 - Forest Resource Management Credits: (3)

Capstone course (3 credit hours)

GENAG 450 - Citizenship and Ethics in Agriculture Credits: (3)

Note

Students must complete a “declaration of intent” form describing their plan to fulfill the course work requirements for the minor. The form will be submitted to and approved by the Office of Agriculture Academic Programs.