It is an exciting time to be an agricultural business student. One out of every six jobs in the American economy is related to agriculture and food businesses. The curriculum in agriculture business is designed to provide students with the technical and business skills necessary to be successful in our nation's largest industry. Career opportunities in agribusiness range from managing a farm (dairy, beef, equine, vegetable, fruit, crops) to working in the nurseries, timber tracts, banking, or publishing industries. Ample opportunities are available in the management of farm supply stores or cooperatives, agricultural input sales, insurance, real estate, agricultural processing and manufacturing industries.
Agricultural business managers also must have enough technical knowledge of crops, growing conditions, and plant diseases to make decisions ensuring the successful operation of their farms. A rudimentary knowledge of veterinary science, as well as animal husbandry, is important for livestock and dairy farmers. The agricultural business curriculum will provide the student with the basic business, crop, and animal skills to make informed business decisions. Students in the curriculum will also have an opportunity to transfer into the BBA technology management program at Alfred State College or transfer to other colleges offering related degrees.
Many schools, including Cornell University, grant full credit to students wishing to transfer to four-year programs, usually in agricultural economics or agricultural education. Formal articulation agreement exists with Alfred State College.
| First Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSC | 1204 | Intro to Animal Science | 4 |
| AGRI | 1492 | Professional Practice | 2 |
| CISY | 1003 | Intro to Microcomputer Applic | |
| or | |||
| CISY | 1023 | Intro to Information Technology | 3 |
| COMP | 1503 | Freshman Composition | 3 |
| XXXX | Gen Education Elective | 3-4 | |
| 15-16 | |||
| Second Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSC | 3213 | Intro to Dairy Cattle Production | 3 |
| BIOL | 1314 | Botany | |
| or | |||
| AGPS | 2203 | Plant Physiology | 3-4 |
| MKTG | 2073 | Marketing | 3 |
| ACCT | 1124 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| XXXX | Gen Education Elective | 3 | |
| 16-17 | |||
| Third Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT | 2234 | Mangerial Accounting | 4 |
| SPCH | 1083 | Effective Speaking | |
| or | |||
| BUAD | 2033 | Business Communications | 3 |
| XXXX | Ag. Elective | 3-4 | |
| XXX3 | Bus or Marketing Elective | 3 | |
| XXX3 | Gen Ed or Technical Elective | 3 | |
| 16-17 | |||
| Fourth Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AGEC | 3024 | Agr Management & Finance | 4 |
| XXXX | Gen. Education Elective | 3-4 | |
| XXXX | Bus or Marketing Elective | 3 | |
| XXXX | Ag Elective | 3-4 | |
| AGRI | 4002 | Senior Seminar/Capstone Project | 2 |
| 15-17 | |||
| Agriculture Electives: | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSC | 2114 | Domestic Animal A&P | 4 |
| ANSC | 3004 | Feeds and Nutrition | 4 |
| ANSC | 3203 | Dairy Cattle Production I |
3 |
| ANSC | 3223 | Dairy Calf Management | 3 |
| ANSC | 2102 | Dairy Cattle Reproduction & A.I. Tech | 2 |
| AGPS | 2114 | Field and Forage Crops | 4 |
| HORT | 1313 | Entomology | 3 |
| HORT | 2544 | Woody Plants | 4 |
| HORT | 4403 | Plant Pathology | 3 |
| AGPS | 1103 | Soils | 3 |
| Business Electives: | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUAD | 3043 | Business Law | 3 |
| MKTG | 3163 | Web Design & Marketing | 3 |
| BUAD | 4203 | Intro to Personal Finance | 3 |
| Also Required | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| HPED | One Unit of Physical Education | 1 | |