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Areas A-L list courses common to all AFRE concentrations
Areas M & N list required or elective courses for specific concentation

Area A - English Composition (6 hours)

EN 1103 English Composition I
EN 1113 English Composition II

Area B - Seminars (1 hour)

AEC 2611 Seminar I

Area C - Humanities (6 hours)

Select two courses from the following: ARC 2313, EN 2203, EN 2213, EN 2253, EN 2273, EN 2283, FL* 1113 (Elementary Foreign Language), HI 1213, HI 1063, HI 1073, HI 1163, HI 1173, HI 1223, PHI 1103, PHI 1113, PHI 1123, PHI 2133, PHI 3023, PHI 3033, REL 1103, REL 3213, or REL 3223
One of the humanities electives has to be either a foreign language, PHI 3013 Business Ethics, or another philosophy (PHI) course.The same foreign language course cannot simultaneously satisfy both COBI and humanities elective requirement.
Area D - Fine Arts (3 hours)

Select one course from the following: ARC 1013, ART 1013, ART 1023, ART 1113, CO 1503, MU 1113, MU 2213, MU 2323, PE 1123, PSS 2343, or TKI 2413

Area E - Public Speaking (3 hours)

CO 1003 Fundamentals of Public Speaking

Area F - Science and Mathematics (16 hours; 9 hours math and statistics; 7 hours science w/2 labs)

MA 1313 College Algebra
MA 1613 Business Calculus
ST 2113 Statistics for Behavioral Sciences
CH 1043 General Chemistry
CH 1051 Experimental Chemistry
Select from BIO 1123 or BIO 1203 or higher biological science w/lab

Area G - Technical Writing (3 hours)

AIS 3203 Introduction to Technical Writing

Area H - Social Sciences (6 hours)

Select AEC 2713 or EC 2123 (cannot have credit for both) and
EC 1213 Principles of Macroeconomics

Area I - Accounting (6 hours)

ACC 2013 Principles of Financial Accounting
ACC 2023 Principles of Managerial Accounting

Area J - Restricted CALS Elective (3 hours)

Select one course from the following: ABE 1863, ADS 1114, AIS 3803, PSS 1313, PSS 3303, EPP 3113, EPP 4154, FST 1103,HS 4193,PO 3313, PSS 3133, or WF 1213

Area K - Free elective (6 hours)


Area L - Major Requirements for All Concentrations (33 hours)

AEC 3113 Intro to Quantitative Economics
AEC 3133 Intro Agribusiness Management
AEC 3513 Econ Food/Fiber Production
AEC 3413 Principles of Agricultural Marketing
AEC 3233 Intro Environmental Econ
AEC 3213 International Trade
EC 3113 Intermediate Macroeconomics
EC 3123 Intermediate Microeconomics
AEC 4133 Food Market Price Analysis
AEC 4523 Farm Financial Management
AEC 4413 Public Problems of Agriculture

Area M - Free Elective or Required Courses Unique to Environmental and Resource Economics concentration (12 hours)

AEC 4233 Advanced Topics in Env Economics
AEC 4343 Advanced Farm Management
BL 4263 Environmental Law
EC 4423 Introduction to Public Finance

Area N -- Concentration Electives for Environmental and Resource Economics concentration (20 hours)

Twenty (20) hours of Environmental and Resource Economics concentration electives must be chosen, with advisor's approval, from the following list (Students should take note of prerequisites required):

ABE 2263 Agricultural Surveying and Drainage
ABE 2873 Land Surveying
ABE 3513 The GPS System and GIS in Agriculture and Engineering
AEC 4333 Economics of Aquaculture
AEC 4530 Agribusiness Management Internship
AEC 4713 Quantitative Economics
AEC 4723 Modeling for Agricultural Management
AEC 4733 Econometric Analysis in Agriculture
BIO 2503 Environmental Quanity
EC 3423 Government and Business
FO 3123 Forest Ecology and the Global Environment
FO 4113 Forest Resource Economics
FO 4413 Natural Resources Policy
PS 4743 Environmental Policy
SO 4173 Environment and Society
WF 1213 Introduction to Wildlife and Fish Conservation
WF 4383 Wetland Ecology and Management
WF 4463 Human Dimension of Fish and Wildlife Management
WF 4473 Wildlife and/or Fisheries Practice


 

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