Learn the Business of Agriculture

The online Agricultural Business Minor from the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences allows students to better position themselves in the workplace by gaining skills in areas such as agricultural marketing and management, environmental economics, sales and finance. Choose core elective courses that focus on specific aspects of agricultural business, such as food marketing, sales, farm management and entrepreneurship.

Students can take the Agricultural Business Minor as part of the requirement for the Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies degree program or add the minor to complement another U of A undergraduate degree program approved by your academic program advisor.

 

Required Courses

Core Requirements (9 hours) ¹

• AGEC 1103 - Principles of Agricultural Microeconomics
  or ECON 2023 - Principles of Microeconomics
  
  
• AGEC 2303 - Introduction to Agribusiness
  or AGEC 2103 - Principles of Agricultural Macroeconomics
  or ECON 2013 - Principles of Agricultural Macroeconomics
  
  
• ASTM 2903 - Agricultural and Human Environmental Sciences Applications of Microcomputers
  or ISYS 1123 - Business Application Knowledge - Computer Competency

 

Select two of the following Core Electives (6 hours)

• AGEC 2143 - Agribusiness Financial Records
  or ACCT 2013 - Accounting Principles
  
  
• STAT 2303 - Principles of Statistics
  or WCOB 1033 - Data Analysis and Interpretation
• AGEC 3303 - Food and Agricultural Marketing
• AGEC 3403 - Farm Business Management
• AGEC 3503 - Agricultural Law I

 

Select two of the following Controlled Electives (6 hours)

• Any upper division AGEC course not already used*
• Approved substitutions ²

 

¹ For any student minoring in Agricultural Business, all 9 hours of Core Requirements must be completed before enrolling in upper division Core Elective or Controlled Elective courses.

² Additional upper-division courses in the Sam M. Walton College of Business may be substituted with approval, provided prerequisites for those courses have been satisfied outside the minor. A minimum of six hours of upper-division AGEC courses without substitution is required for the minor.

*Other face-to-face AGEC courses are available on the Fayetteville campus. Tuition and fees may differ.