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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Agricultural Economics - Specialty (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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The curriculum for this major assumes students enter college prepared to take Calculus.

      
First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
AGEC 105   - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Orientation   1      
AGEC 115   - Decision Tools for Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness   2      
English Requirement  3 KSC 010  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
MATH 205   - General Calculus   3   KSC 030  
Ag & Food Science Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Communication Requirement 3 KSC 020  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
AGEC 120   - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness   3      
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Specialty Course 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
English Requirement  3 KSC 010  
AGEC 315   - Contemporary Issues in Global Food and Agricultural Systems   3      
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Natural & Physical Sciences Requirement 4 KSC 040  
ECON 110   - Principles of Macroeconomics   3   KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
STAT 250   - Business and Economic Statistics I   3      
ACCTG 231   - Introduction to Managerial Accounting   3      
AGEC 500   - Production Economics   3      
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
AGEC 505   - Agricultural Market Structures   3      
AGEC 501   - Data Analysis and Optimization   3      
ACCTG 241   - Introduction to Financial Accounting   3      
Ag Econ Electives 3    
Specialty Course 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Ag Econ Electives 3    
Ag Econ Electives 3    
Specialty Course 3    
Specialty Course 3    
Ag & Food Science Technology Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
Ag Econ Electives 3    
Ag Econ Electives 3    
Specialty Course 3    
ECON 510  - Intermediate Macroeconomics   3      
Free Electives 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Communication Elective 3    
Ag Econ Elective 3    
Ag Econ Elective 3    
Free Electives  5    
Total Credits: 14      
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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