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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Agricultural Economics - Specialty (BS)

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


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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 Bachelor of Science with a major in agricultural economics.

By combining agricultural economics with another degree, minor, or pre-professional program, students can develop a program that fits their interests and career goals. Students have combined agricultural economics with political science, computer science, nutrition, journalism, statistics, animal science, agronomy, grain science, accounting, and business.

 

Kansas State University Core: 34-36 Credit Hours


KBOR Statewide Transfer (SWT) Courses: https://www.kansasregents.org/academic_affairs/transfer-articulation.

English (Written Communication Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours


Communication (Oral Communication Outcomes): 3 Credit Hours


Natural & Physical Sciences (Natural & Physical Sciences Outcomes): 4-5 Credit Hours


Choose 1 subject area which must include a lab.

Social & Behavioral Sciences (Social & Behavioral Sciences Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours


At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Arts & Humanities (Arts & Humanities Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours


At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Free Electives (Institutionally Designated Area): 6 Credit Hours


Includes ALL 100 and 200 level courses at K-State or in Transfer. 
Note: One course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement. However, students must complete a total of 34-36 credit hours of general education courses.

For a Full Listing of K-State 100/200 level courses you may search those courses individually via the University Course Catalog.

TOTAL CREDITS: 34-36


Programs


Agricultural Economics Electives: (21 credit hours)


 Include at least 6 credit hours numbered 598 or above.
 No more than 3 combined total credits from AGEC 460AGEC 751 and GENAG 515 can be used toward Ag Econ Electives.

Agricultural and Food Science Technology Electives: (6 credit hours)


See department list for courses.

https://www.ag.k-state.edu/academics/student-handbook/departcourselists.html

Communication: (3 credit hours)


Select from one of the courses listed below or a Modern Language course. Courses cannot be used in the Communication Core requirement and Communication Program requirement.

Math and Statistics: (3 credit hours)


The courses with a KSC designation are required if not met through University Core Requirements.

Specialty: (15 credit hours)


A Specialty may be defined in genearlly any focus area. Typically, all 15 credit hours are from teh same department/field, however, it can be possible to use credits from multiple-closely aligned fields; students should work with their advisor in defining their Specialty and courses. A Specialty will consist of 15 total credit hours with a minimum of 3 hous 300 level or above, and 6 hours 500 level or above. (Minors, Modern Languages, and Accounting are exempt from the course level requirement). Specialty areas may include but are not limited to political science, computer science, nutrition, journalism, statistics, animal science, agronomy, grain science, accounting, finance, business, leadership, various modern languages, pre-veterinary medicine, pre-law, natural resources and environmental sciences, and agricultural communications.

Finance Overlay: (3 credit hours)


Students must take at least one of the courses below. Course can fulfil other curriculum requirements.

Unrestricted electives as needed to meet 120 credit hours


Total Hours Required for Graduation: 120


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