1995-1996 Undergraduate Catalog

College of Agriculture and Home Economics - Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business		 NMSU
Professor John J. Waelti, department head

Professors Catlett, Fowler, Gorman, Harper, Lansford, Libbin, Robbins, Torell, Ward; Associate Professors Diemer, Eastman Falk; Assistant Professors Bullock, Clary, Skaggs

DEGREE: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

MAJOR: Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business

OPTION: Farm Business Management
OPTION: Ranch Business Management
OPTION: Agricultural Marketing and Sales
OPTION: Agricultural Business Management
OPTION: Agricultural Finance
OPTION: Agricultural Economics
OPTION: Computer Applications and Data Management
OPTION: Agricultural Communications
OPTION: Natural Resources Management
OPTION: Agricultural Chemical Sales
OPTION: Agricultural Records and Financial Controls

COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS

College required constants are listed under the heading "College of Agriculture and Home Economics." Specific courses meeting these and the university general education requirements are included below in departmental requirements. A total of 128 credits are required for graduation. At least 55 credits must be at the 300+ level. Schedules for specific semesters will be developed with the help of the student's academic adviser.

MAJOR: Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business

GENERAL AND DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

ACCT 201, Fundamentals of Accounting I 3 cr.
ACCT 202, Fundamentals of Accounting II 3 cr.
AG E 100, Introductory Agricultural Economics and Business 3 cr.
AG E 236, Agribusiness Management Principles 3 cr.
AG E 250G, Life with Microcomputers 3 cr.
AG E 305, Marketing and Pricing Agricultural Products 3 cr.
AG E 337, Natural Resource Economics 3 cr.
AG E 360, Farm Management, or
AG E 440, Ranch Management
3 cr.
AG E 400, Seminar 1 cr.
AG E 425, Agribusiness Financial Management 3 cr.
AG E 445G, Agricultural Policy 3 cr.
CHEM 110G, General Chemistry I, or BIOL meeting
General Education requirement
4 cr.
One additional course from general education basic
natural science requirement
4 cr.
E ST 311G, Statistical Applications 3 cr.
ECON 251G, Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 252G, Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 371, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3 cr.
ECON 372, Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 3 cr.
ENGL 111G, Rhetoric and Composition 4 cr.
One of the following courses: ENGL 203G, 211G, 218G,
301G, or 318G
3 cr.
MATH 115 or above 3 cr.
6 additional credits of mathematics 6 cr.
COMM 253G or 265G 3 cr.
9 credits of technical agriculture or natural resources 9 cr.
General Education electives from the following categories: cr.
Historical Perspectives
3 cr.
Human Thought and Behavior
3 cr.
Literature or Fine Arts
3 cr.
Viewing a Wider World
6 cr.

In addition to the departmental requirements listed above, a student must also complete all of the courses in at least one of the options listed below.

OPTION: Farm Business Management

AG E 260, Farm and Ranch Records 3 cr.
AG E 460, Advanced Farm and Range Management 3 cr.
SOIL 252, Soils 3 cr.
Two of the following: AGRO 365, AGRO 483, EPWS 303,
EPWS 310, EPWS 311, or ANSC 304
6 cr.
BLAW 316, Legal Environment of Business or
BLAW 317, Business Law I
3 cr.

OPTION: Ranch Business Management

AG E 260, Farm and Ranch Records 3 cr.
AG E 440, Ranch Economics 3 cr.
AG E 460, Advanced Farm and Ranch Management 3 cr.
ANSC 304, Feeds and Feeding 3 cr.
BLAW 316, Legal Environment of Business, or
BLAW 317, Business Law I
3 cr.
RGSC 294, Range Management 3 cr.

OPTION: Agricultural Marketing and Sales

AG E 311, Financial Futures Market 3 cr.
AG E 456, Advanced Agribusiness Management, or
AG E 460, Advanced Farm and Ranch Management
3 cr.
Three of the following:
MKTG 311, Consumer Decision Processes,
MKTG 312, Personal Selling,
MKTG 313, Retail Management, or
MKTG 314, Advertising Strategy
9 cr.
AG E elective 3 cr.

OPTION: Agricultural Business Management

ACCT 350, Managerial Accounting 3 cr.
AG E 450, Advanced Microcomputer Applications 3 cr.
AG E 456, Advanced Agribusiness Management 3 cr.
BLAW 317, 318, Business Law I, II 6 cr.
MGT 309, Human Relations in Business, or
MGT 332, Personnel Management
3 cr.

OPTION: Agricultural Finance

AG E 260, Farm and Ranch Records 3 cr.
AG E 311, Financial Futures Markets 3 cr.
FIN 480, Management of Financial Institutions 3 cr.
AG E 456, Advanced Agribusiness Management, or
AG E 460, Advanced Farm and Ranch Management
3 cr.
AG E 470, Rural Appraisal 3 cr.
ECON 304, Money and Banking, or FIN 306, Principles of Finance 3 cr.

OPTION: Agricultural Economics

AG E 450, Advanced Microcomputer Applications 3 cr.
AG E 495, Regional Economics 3 cr.
ECON 405, Economic Statistics, ECON 425, Applied
Econometrics, or ECON 457, Mathematical Economics
3 cr.
AG E 456, Advanced Agribusiness Management, or
AG E 460, Advanced Farm and Ranch Management
3 cr.
ECON or AG E elective 6 cr.

MATH 230, Matrices and Linear Programming, and MATH 142G, Applied Mathematics for the Biological and Social Sciences I, are required under general requirements.

OPTION: Computer Applications and Data Management

AG E 450, Advanced Microcomputer Applications 3 cr.
BCS 222, Computational Algorithms in Business 3 cr.
BCS 271, COBOL Programming 3 cr.
BCS 350, Systems Analysis and Design 3 cr.
BCS 371, Advanced File Processing Techniques 3 cr.

MATH 230, Matrices and Linear Programming is required under general requirements.

OPTION: Agricultural Communications

JOUR 105, Introduction to Mass Communications 3 cr.
JOUR 110, Writing for the Mass Media 3 cr.
JOUR 210, Writing for the Print Media 3 cr.
JOUR electives 9 cr.

OPTION: Natural Resources Management

AG E 495, Regional Economics 3 cr.
C E 355G, Technology and the Global Environment, or
GEOG 465, Land Use and Land Rent
3 cr.
BLAW 316, Legal Environment of Business, or
BLAW 317, Business Law I
3 cr.
SOIL 350, Soils and Land Use 3 cr.
AG E or ECON elective 6 cr.

OPTION: Agricultural Chemical Sales (offered jointly with the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science)

SOIL 252, Soils 3 cr.
SOIL 252L, Soils Laboratory 1 cr.
EPWS 311, Introduction to Weed Science, or
EPWS 481, Plant Nematology
3-4 cr.
SOIL 312, Soil Management and Fertility 4 cr.
EPWS 290, Introduction to Entomology 3 cr.
EPWS 303, Economic Entomology 4 cr.
EPWS 310, Plant Pathology or
EPWS 462, Parasitology
3-4 cr.
EPWS 390, Internship 1-3 cr.
MKTG 312, Personal Selling 3 cr.

OPTION: Agricultural Records and Financial Controls

AG E 260, Farm and Ranch Records 3 cr.
AG E 450, Advanced Microcomputer Applications 3 cr.
ACCT 301, Financial Accounting I 3 cr.
ACCT 302, Financial Accounting II 3 cr.
ACCT 303, Financial Accounting III 3 cr.
ACCT 353, Cost Accounting 3 cr.
ACCT 356, Federal Taxes and Business Decisions or
ACCT 403, Federal Taxation I
3 cr.
ACCT 451, Auditing Theory and Practices 3 cr.
BLAW 316, Legal Environment of Business or
BLAW 317, Business Law I
3 cr.

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