Agricultural Business
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As an Agricultural Business major at UIU, you will examine the financing, marketing, and management of food production. Careers in this field require you to have sufficient knowledge of agricultural production to support the needs of your customers, along with basic business knowledge in areas of management, marketing, and finance.
A degree in Agricultural Business prepares you for employment immediately after graduation. The most popular career choices of Agricultural Business majors include: implement dealers, cooperatives and agricultural lending institutions.
LOCATION: Main residential campus in Fayette, Iowa
MAJOR IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS
Business Core:
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(3) BA 160 Microeconomic Principles
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(3) BA 161 Macroeconomic Principles
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(3) BA 201 Accounting Principles I
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(3) BA 202 Accounting Principles II
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(3) BA 208 Marketing Principles
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(3) BA 210 Management Principles
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(3) BA 222 Management Information Systems
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(3) BA 302 Business Law I
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(3) BA 341 Corporate Financial Management
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(3) MATH 220 Elementary Statistics
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(3) PHIL 202 Contemporary Ethics OR BA 225 Business Ethics
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(3) BA 356 Quantitative Decisions in Business
Total: 36 credits
Area of Emphasis:
NICC courses:
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(3) AGA:114 Principles of Agronomy
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(2) AGS:101 Working with Animals
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(2) AGS:113 Survey of the Animal Industry
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(3) AGB:235 Intro to Ag Markets
UIU courses:
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(3) ES 220 Soil and Water Conservation
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(3) BA 310 Money and Banking
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(3) ES 326 Soil Genesis, Classification & Morphology
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(3) BA 370 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management OR AGB:330 Farm Business Management (NICC course)
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(3) BA 403 Internship
One of the following: (3/4)
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ES 315 Environmental Analysis Using GIS and Remote Sensing
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BIO 323 Plant Nutrition
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BIO 428 Plant Pathology
- BIO 490 Entomology
Total: 28/29 credits
