Dec 28, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Applied Economics and Statistics


Food and Agribusiness Marketing Management BS Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
APEC 135 - Introduction to Data Analysis   APEC 212 - Food Retailing and Consumer Behavior ** 
APEC 150 - Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources **  ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics ** 
MATH 221 - Calculus I *** or MATH 241 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus A ***  ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing  
First Year Seminar Free Elective (2/15)
Breadth Requirement (Creative Arts and Humanities or History and Cultural Change) (1/2) Free Elective (3/15)
Free Elective (1/15)  
Credits: 16-17 Credits: 15
Second Year
ACCT 207 - Accounting I   ACCT 208 - Accounting II  
APEC 345 - Strategic Selling and Buyer Communication   ENGL 312 - Written Communications in Business  
ECON 103 - Introduction to Macroeconomics **  Multicultural Requirement
COMM 212 - Public Speaking & Professional Presentation   Free Elective (4/15)
Breadth Requirement (Creative Arts and Humanities or History and Cultural Change) (2/2) Free Elective (5/15)
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
Third Year
BUAD 301 - Introduction to Marketing **  LEAD 100 - Leadership, Integrity and Change  or APEC 412 - Strategic Marketing Competition *** 
STAT 200 - Basic Statistical Practice ***   APEC 316 - Economics of Biotechnology and New Technologies ** 
Free Elective (6/15) APEC 404 - Food and Fiber Marketing  
Free Elective (7/15) Free Elective (9/15)
Free Elective (8/15) Free Elective (10/15)
Credits: 15 Credits: 13-21
Fourth Year
APEC 410 - International Agricultural Trade and Marketing **  APEC 409 - Surveys and Economic Experiments  (DLE and Capstone)**
APEC 430 - Establishing and Managing a Food and Agribusiness Enterprise   College of Business and Economics Elective (2/2)*
College of Business and Economics Elective (1/2)* Free Elective (13/15)
Free Elective (1/15) Free Elective (14/15)
Free Elective (12/15) Free Elective (15/15)
Credits: 15 Credits: 15-16
Total Credits: 124
*See program page for approved courses.
**These courses also satisfy the University Breadth Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences 
***These courses also satisfy the University Breadth Requirement: Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology
 
Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.