Agribusiness Management Concentration

Freshman YearCredits
FallSpring
ECNS 101IS - Economic Way of Thinking13  
Choose three of the following:9-10  
ANSC 100 - Introduction to Animal Science
BIOB 110CS - Plant Science
BIOB 160 - Principles of Living Systems
BIOB 170IN - Principles of Biological Diversity
CHMY 121IN - Introduction to General Chemistry
& CHMY 122IN - Introduction to General Chemistry Lab
CHMY 123 - Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
& CHMY 124 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Lab
CHMY 141 - College Chemistry I
& CHMY 142 - College Chemistry I Lab
CHMY 143 - College Chemistry II
& CHMY 144 - College Chemistry II Lab
NRSM 101 - Natural Resource Conservation
AGSC 441 - Plant Breeding & Genetics
University Core and General Electives 3  
ECNS 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics1  3
AGED 140US - Leadership Development for Agriculture
or COMX 111US - Introduction to Public Speaking
  3
University Core and General Electives   9
Year Total: 15-16 15
Sophomore YearCredits
FallSpring
ECNS 204IS - Microeconomics13  
ACTG 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting3  
STAT 216Q - Introduction to Statistics3  
ENSC 245IN - Soils3  
University Core and General Electives3  
ACTG 202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting  3
Choose one of the following:  3
BMGT 205 - Prof Business Communication
WRIT 201 - College Writing II
WRIT 221 - Intermediate Tech Writing
AGED 105 - Microcomputers in Agriculture
or BMIS 211 - Data Analytics I
  3
University Core and General Electives  3
M 161Q - Survey of Calculus  4
Year Total: 15 16
Junior YearCredits
FallSpring
AGBE 321 - Economics of Agricultural Marketing3  
AGBE 345 - Agriculture Finance and Credit Analysis3  
ECNS 301 - Intermediate Micro with Calc3  
ECNS 309 - Managerial Economics3  
University Core and General Electives 3  
ECNS 303 - Intermediate Macro with Calc  3
AGBE 341 - Farm and Ranch Management  3
Upper Division Directed Major Electives3  3
University Core and General Electives  6
Year Total: 15 15
Senior YearCredits
FallSpring
AGBE 451RS - Economics of Ag Policy3  
AGBE 337 - Agricultural Law3  
University Core and General Electives10  
ECNS 313 - Money and Banking  3
AGBE 421 - Advanced Agricultural Marketing2
or AGBE 445 - Agribusiness Management
  3
University Core and General Electives  9
Year Total: 16 15
Total Program Credits: 120
1

ECNS 251IS (Honors Economics, 4 credits) may be substituted for the three-course sequence ECNS 101IS, ECNS 202, and ECNS 204IS. If ECNS 251IS is substituted, one additional upper-level AGBE/ECNS/EFIN course elective is required.

2

Neither AGBE 421 nor AGBE 445 can be double counted in the above upper division directed major electives requirement.

Upper Division Directed Major Electives 3
AGBE 315Ag in a Global Context3
AGBE 353Co-operative Business Principles and Practice3
AGBE 421Advanced Agricultural Marketing3
AGBE 445Agribusiness Management3
BMGT 335Management and Organization3
BMIS 311Management Information Systems3
BMKT 325Principles of Marketing3
ECNS 310Health Economics3
ECNS 312Labor Economics3
ECNS 314International Economics3
ECNS 315Urban Economics and Community Development3
ECNS 316Economics of Crime and Risky Behaviors3
ECNS 317Economic Development3
ECNS 320Public Finance3
ECNS 332Econ of Natural Resources3
ECNS 335Energy Economics3
ECNS 372Economic History of US3
ECNS 403RIntroduction to Econometrics3
ECNS 432REconomic Policy Evaluation3
ECNS 433Economics of the Environment3
ECNS 451Behavioral & Experimental Economics3
ECNS 460Advanced Data Analytics in Economics3
ECNS 461Financial Econometrics3
EFIN 301Engineering & Economic Financial Management I3
EFIN 401Engineering & Economic Financial Management II3
EFIN 499RFinancial Engineering Design Capstone3

Graduation Requirements

Agricultural Business students seeking a minor in Economics must complete 3 upper division directed elective courses beyond the requirements for their major.

Agricultural Business students seeking a second major in Economics must complete 5 upper division directed elective courses beyond the requirements for their primary major.

Agricultural Business students must receive a grade of C or better in ECNS 101IS, ECNS 202, ECNS 204IS, ECNS 301, ECNS 303, and M 161Qor M 171Q (or their equivalents) to meet departmental graduation requirements. All other AGBE/ECNS and selective courses counting toward departmental graduation requirements must be graded C- or better.

"P" grades may be accepted only for courses transferred from outside the Montana State University System. The department certifying officer will evaluate written requests.

A minimum of 120 credits is required for graduation; 42 of these credits must be numbered 300 or above.