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Agricultural and Food Business Management B.S.

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College of Food, Agri & Natural Resource Sciences (TCOA)201 - Bachelor of Science
Completion requirements
Earn at least 17 credits from the following:
  • 0062801
    OR
    7967711
  • 8180911
    OR
    0133311
    OR
    8272081
  • 0062911
  • 0062921
    OR
    8140541
  • 0067041
  • 0001191
    OR
    0001201
    OR
    0036961
Completion requirement
Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
  • 0131031
    OR
    7983851
    OR
    0062871
  • 8256851
    OR
    0131321
    OR
    8035751
    OR
    8165271
  • 0131181
    OR
    8160601
    OR
    0066761
  • 0131331
    OR
    7948151
  • 0131271
    OR
    8176411
  • 0131311
Completion requirement
Earn at least 9 credits from the following:
  • 7961761
    OR
    0038811
    OR
    7887411
  • 7961751
    OR
    0157681
    OR
    0026681
    OR
    8158401
  • 8099781
    OR
    0133221
Completion requirement
Earn at least 1 credits from the following:
  • 8069751
  • 8095531
  • 8199021

Cannot double count with electives

Completion requirement
Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
  • 8097351
  • 8069751
  • 0126071
  • 0074671
  • 8152551
  • 7922851
    OR
    0074531

Cannot double count with electives

Cannot double count with electives

Completion requirement

Complete one of the following focus areas earning at least 6 credits. All credits must come from the same Agriculture and Food Career Pathway/focus area

Fulfill ANY of the following requirements:
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 8069751
  • 0066721
  • 0066781
  • 0073971
OR
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 8188791
  • 8188821
  • 0075821
  • 8069751
  • 0066941
  • 8020951
    OR
    8021151
OR
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 8097351
  • 0066971
  • 0066781
  • 8091651
    OR
    7975901
    OR
    7975911
    OR
    7956941
    OR
    7997001
Completion requirement

Complete one of the following focus areas earning at least 6 credits. All credits must come from the same Business focus area. 

Fulfill ANY of the following requirements:
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 8167801
  • 8269351
  • 8198981
  • 8020061
  • 8020081
  • 8167811
  • 8058741
  • 0137681
  • 8167831
  • 8183081
  • 0138091
  • 0138131
OR
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 8198711
  • 8198721
  • 8025911
  • 8183921
  • 0138551
  • 0147531
  • 0135301
  • 8024531
  • 0135351
  • 8025381
  • 0137681
  • 0138081
  • 0138091
OR
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 0136531
  • 0136541
  • 8265751
  • 8025911
  • 0136561
  • 8095131
  • 8025891
  • 8026141
    OR
    8025961
  • 8188641
OR
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 8267651
  • 0137681
  • 0137751
  • 0137741
  • 0137761
  • 8167831
  • 8183081
OR
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 0138081
  • 7966971
  • 8024621
  • 8024541
  • 0138091
  • 0138131
  • 8024561
OR

You may build your own focus area using the following course designators.

Earn at least 6 credits
  • ACCT 5XXX

  • BLAW 3XXX

  • FINA 4XXX

  • FINA 5XXX

  • IBUS 3XXX

  • IBUS 4XXX

  • IDSC 3XXX

  • IDSC 4XXX

  • INS 4XXX

  • LAW 3XXX

  • LAW 5XXX

  • MGMT 3XXX

  • MGMT 4XXX

  • MKTG 4XXX

  • SCO 3XXX 

Excluding: ACCT 2051, ACCT 2051H, FINA 3001, FINA 3001H, IDSC 3001, IDSC 3001H, Law 3050, MGMT 3001, MGMT 3015, MKTG 3001, MKTG 3001H, and SCO 3001

Completion requirement

Students are required to take one upper division writing intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.

Complete up to 1 course(s) and earn credit(s) from the following:
  • 0074531
    OR
    7922851
  • 0066941
  • 0067041
  • 0133221
  • 0026681
    OR
    8158401
  • 0066971
  • 7956941
Completion requirements
Students must complete the following management "tool" courses taken A-F before entering the program and earn a GPA of at least 2.50 in these courses.
Earn at least 11 credits from the following:
  • 0062811
    OR
    0099201
  • 0062861
    OR
    0099231
  • 0138051
    OR
    0016181
Completion requirements

The department offers an integrated Bachelor of Science-Agricultural and Food Business Management and Master of Science-Applied Economics.  Students accepted to the integrated program will be guaranteed admission to the M.S. as long as they complete their undergraduate program. Accepted students will not need to take the GRE exam as part of their graduate application, unlike other students applying to the graduate programs.  

Applicants must be enrolled University of Minnesota Twin Cities students admitted to the AFBM undergraduate program and meet a technical GPA of 3.0. Applicants must have 90 credits completed or in progress at the time of their application, with the following classes completed with a minimum grade of a C by the end of the spring semester of their junior year:

-APEC 3001 or ECON 3101 (AFBM students may have already taken APEC 3001, as it is included in the Applied Economics Core in the AFBM B.S.)

-BA 2551 or STAT 3011 (AFBM students may have already taken one of these courses, as they are included in the Required Prerequisites/Admission Requirements in the AFBM B.S.)

-MATH 1142 or [MATH 1271 and MATH 1272] or [MATH 1371 and MATH 1372] (AFBM students may have already taken MATH 1142 or MATH 1271, as they are included in the Applied Economics Core in the AFBM B.S.)  

Full application instructions can be found at: https://apec.umn.edu/graduate/idp

Students pursuing the integrated degree may apply between 9 and 16 graduate-level (5xxx-level and above) credits taken during the integrated senior year toward MS degree requirements. Students must spend a minimum of two semesters as a graduate student after the completion of their undergraduate degree.

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