Requirements

Department of Agricultural Business

Agricultural Business, Major Requirements

1. Major (60-61 units)

Agricultural Foundation (9 units)
Select 9 units of courses from any of the following areas:
AGBS, AGED, ASCI, AGRI, CULG, ENOL, FSC, FSM, IT, MEAG, NUTR, PLANT, VIT.

Business Management Base (15-16 units)
AGBS 2 or ECON 50
AGBS 28 or BA 18
AGBS 31 or ACCT 4A
AGBS 32 or ACCT 4B
AGBS 76

Agricultural Business Core (27 units)
AGBS 100, AGBS 105, AGBS 109, AGBS 120, AGBS 130, AGBS 140, AGBS 150, AGBS 160, AGBS 170S

Career Specialty (9 units)
A required concentration of upper-division units in agricultural economics is selected
to match the student’s career goal in consultation with the student’s assigned faculty
advisor. (See major program of study advising check sheet for elective course listings
in various subfields.

Additional requirement (0-1 unit)
Agricultural Business majors must take the following courses, which also satisfy General
Education requirements:

FOUNDATION
Area B4: MATH 11 or MATH 75 or MATH 75A&B

BREADTH
Area D2: AGBS 1or ECON 40

2. General Education requirements (48 units)

3. Other requirements (9 units)
American Government and Institutions (PLSI 2), Multicultural and International (MI), and Upper-division writing 

4. Sufficient elective units to meet required total units (varies)
(See Degree Requirements); it is recommended that units in this area be utilized to complete a second major
or minor.

5. Total units (120)*
* G.E. and MI courses can be double counted with major requirements. See advisor for
details.

Grade requirements. Students majoring in agricultural business must earn a grade of C or better in each
of the lower-division AGBS courses used to satisfy the Business Management Base and
the Additional Requirements in the major.

Advising Notes

1. New students should request the Advising Information brochure that includes a program-of-study
   check sheet and explanatory notes about requirements for the major.
2. All students are assigned a faculty advisor. Consult the department bulletin board
   for the current listing. Make an appointment each semester to review your academic
   record and to schedule remaining courses in order to graduate in a timely manner.
3. Prospective transfer students should consult with a community college academic advisor
   about their program of study to determine which California State University, Fresno
   AGBS courses are articulated as equivalent for lower-division credit. Transfer students
   may also consult ASSIST, the statewide articulations database, www.assist.org.
4. Credits earned for articulated community college courses do not count toward upper-division
   units in the major.
5. Students intending to pursue graduate study in agricultural economics or agribusiness
   should include approved courses in intermediate macroeconomic theory, differential
   and integral calculus, inferential statistics, and linear regression in their bachelor’s
   degree program.
6. A double major of agricultural business with animal sciences, food and nutritional
   sciences, or plant science must have 36 mutually exclusive units (including a minimum
   of 18 upper division). A double major requires the approval of the department chairs
   administering these programs of study. Elective units may be applied (i.e., double
   counted) toward a second major or a minor. (See Double Major or Minor in this catalog
   and consult with the appropriate department advisor.)
7. Unit limits for courses included in the major exist for AGBS 80/180 (4 units combined maximum allowed) and AGBS 194I (3 units maximum allowed).