Agribusiness Specialization

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This curriculum has been discontinued effective Fall 2011.

By default, all students will be admitted under the catalog in-force at the time they enter UH Hilo; however,

Students transferring in to UH Hilo from another UH System Campus, are eligible to continue their educational career under the catalog year in which they entered the UH System, provided there has not been a break in enrollment (more than 1 semester, excluding summer). Students may choose to use one catalog for the major requirements and a different catalog for the General Education and Integrative requirements. Eligibility for selected catalog(s) must be verified by the Office of the Registrar.
All students may choose to graduate under the catalog in effect (exiting catalog) at the time of filing for graduation.

If you and your academic advisor should choose to use another curriculum per the circumstances above, you must file a completed "Catalog Declaration Form" with the Office of the Registrar.

General Information

CAFNRM stresses individualized attention through small class size. The undergraduate Agribusiness specialization was established in 1987. Students in the Agribusiness curriculum receive a strong background in agriculture and agribusiness, a combination that is in demand for today's agriculture. The Agribusiness curriculum draws its courses from the areas of business, economics, mathematics, and agricultural production, thus making this curriculum multi-disciplinary in scope. For more information, visit the Agribusiness website.

Why Study Agribusiness?

Graduates in Agribusiness can anticipate careers in private enterprises or government agencies concerned with agribusiness, economics or finances. Job opportunities include loan officers, salesmen for agricultural chemical industries, consulting positions in farm management organizations, buyers for food processing companies, commercial firms and private agencies. In addition, the Agribusiness curriculum has enough flexibility to allow a student to meet the requirements of most graduate schools, thus allowing a student to pursue a graduate degree.

Requirements for Graduation

To earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture with a specialization in Agri-Business, a student must complete a minimum of 123 semester hours with a cumulative GPA 2.0. The course work must be in the following areas:

General Education Requirements (40 hrs)
(see UH Hilo General Education Requirements)

Title/Courses	Credits
English Composition: Eng 100 or Eng 100T or ESL 100 or ESL 100T	3 hrs
Quantitative Reasoning (100 or 200 level Math, except 197, 199V, 299V) Math 115, 121, 205 or 206 taken under the Supplemental Requirements also applicable here.	3 hrs
World Cultures: TWO courses Ag 230 or Anth 100 or Eng 253 or Eng 254 or Eng 275 or Eng/WS 201 or Eng/WS 202 or Geog 102 or Hist 151 or Hist 152 or KInd 240 or Pols 251	6 hrs
Humanities: THREE 100 or 200 level courses in different disciplines.	9 hrs
Social Sciences: THREE 100 or 200 level courses in different disciplines. AgEc 201 or Econ 130 taken under the Agriscience Requirements also applicable here.	9 hrs
Natural Sciences: THREE 100 or 200 level courses in different disciplines. Including 1 credit hour of laboratory. One Agriculture Production course under the Agriscience Requirements and Math 205 or 206 under the Supplemental Requirements also applicable here.	10 hrs

Requirements for Major (including GE courses, 123 hrs)

Course	Title	Credits
Agriscience Requirements		(42 hrs)
AgBu 291	Agribusiness Internship/Work Experience	3 hrs
AgBu 320 or AgBu 321	Agribusiness Management or Agricultural Cooperatives Management	3 hrs
AgBu 340 or AgEc 322	Agri-Marketing Research or Marketing Agricultural Products	3 hrs
AgEc 201* or Econ 130* or Econ 301	Agricultural Economics or Introduction to Microeconomics or Intermediate Microeconomic Theory	3 hrs
AgEc 330 or AgEc 380 or Econ 380	Farm Management or Environmental Policy and Management of Hawaiian Natural Resources or Natural Resource Environmental Economics	3 hrs
AgEc or AgBu or Econ	TWO courses	6 hrs
SEVEN courses in Agriculture*		21 hrs
Supplemental Requirements		(40-41 hrs)
Acc 250	Financial Accounting	3 hrs
Acc 251	Managerial Accounting	3 hrs
Bus 240	Business Law	3 hrs
Econ 131* or Econ 300	Introduction to Macroeconomics or Intermediate Macroeconomics	3 hrs
Mgt 300	Management, Organizations and Human Behavior	3 hrs
Mkt 310	Principles of Marketing	3 hrs
Math 205*	Calculus I	4 hrs
Math 115* or Math 121* or Math 206*	Applied Calculus or Introduction to Statistics and Probability or Calculus II	3/4 hrs
(FIVE courses in Ag-Business/Ag-Economics/Business/Economics)		15 hrs
Electives		(12-13 hrs)

* Can be used for General Education if courses are from lower division.

EFFECTIVE FALL 2009, rev 07/10.