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Bachelor of Science Degree - Agricultural Studies - Integrated Ranch Management Option

Overview

Degree Requirements:

  • General Education

  • Core Curriculum

  • Option(s) Courses

  • Electives

Student Learning Outcomes

Agricultural Studies graduates will be able to demonstrate:

  1. The application of basic scientific and economic principles to agricultural production, business, and resource management. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcome II.) 
  2. The application of production concepts appropriate to the Northern Great Plains region. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II and VI.)
  3. Oral, written, and graphical communication skills. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcome III.)
  4. An understanding of agricultural resource management in a broader global, socioeconomic context. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I and V.)
  5. The application of leadership skills necessary for successful advocacy at local, state, regional, and national levels.  (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcome IV.)

Career Options

Why should you pursue a Bachelor of Science Degree - Agricultural Studies: Integrated Ranch Management Option?

Students pursuing the integrated ranch management option of the bachelor’s in agricultural studies combine a strong foundation in agricultural production with the business and resource management techniques necessary to operate a successful ranching operation in mixed grass prairies of the Northern Great Plains.

Possible Career Paths

  • Self-employed Rancher
  • Ranch Manager
  • Allied Ranching Industry
  • Feed and Pharmaceutical Sales
  • Range Planner

Requirements

THE FOLLOWING ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF GENERAL EDUCATION

ECON 201Principles Of Microeconomics

3
MATH 103College Algebra

4

AGRICULTURAL STUDIES CORE CURRICULUM

AGEC 241Introduction to Agricultural Economics

3
AGEC 342Introduction to Agricultural Management

3
AGRI 350Agricultural Data Analysis and Statistics

4
AGRI 391Junior Seminar

1
AGRI 394Undergraduate Research

1
H&CE 241Leadership and Presentation Techniques

3
PLSC 110World Food Crops

3
RNG 236Introduction to Range Management

4
SOIL 210Introduction to Soil Science

4

One course from the following two courses (3 credits):

ANSC 114Introduction to Animal Science

3
ANSC 123Feeds and Feeding

3

One course from the following two courses (3 credits):

BOTE 247Spreadsheet Applications

3
CSCI 200Database Software Applications

3

One course from the following two courses (1 credit):

AGRI 491Agricultural Seminar

1
RNG 491Range Seminar

1

AGRI 491 and RNG 491 are capstone experience seminars that consist of an independent study with a public presentation and a professional paper requirement.

One course from the following three courses (3 credits):

AGRI 280Technology in Agriculture

3
GIS 380Applied Arc GIS

3
GIS 381Geographic Information Systems for Business

3

One course from the following four courses (3 credits):

BOTE 210Business Communication

3
COMM 212Interpersonal Communication

3
COMM 216Intercultural Communication

3
COMM 317Organizational and Group Communication

3
Total Credit Hours:39

Integrated Ranch Management Option

Students pursuing the Integrated Ranch Management option combine a strong foundation in agricultural production with business and resource management techniques necessary to operate a successful ranching operation in the Northern Great Plains.

Students will be required to take GIS 380 – Applied Arc GIS as part of the Agricultural Studies core curriculum.

AGEC 142Agricultural Accounting

3
AGEC 244Introduction to Agricultural Marketing

3
AGEC 246Introduction to Agricultural Finance

3
AGEC 375Applied Agricultural Law

3
AGEC 387Commodity Futures and Options

3
ANSC 220Livestock Production

3
ANSC 420Animal Genetics and Applied Animal Breeding

3
ANSC 445Problems in Livestock Management

3
ANSC 463Physiology of Reproduction

3
ANSC 463LPhysiology of Reproduction Laboratory

1
ANSC 470Applied Ruminant Nutrition

3
VETS 339Animal Health

3

Choose course not taken in agricultural core curriculum (3 credits):

ANSC 114Introduction to Animal Science

3
ANSC 123Feeds and Feeding

3

Two courses from the following four courses (6 credits):

PLSC 486Forages and Forage Systems

3
RNG 350Range Plants and Communities

3
RNG 436Range and Pasture Management

3
RNG 458Rangeland Ecology

3

Two courses from the following nine choices (5-6 credits):

AGEC 442Advanced Farm Management

3
ANSC 260Introduction to Equine Studies

3
GIS 382Applied GPS

3
GIS 480GPS/GIS II

3
PLSC 225Principles of Crop Production

3
SOIL 321Soil Management and Conservation

3
SOIL 322Soil Fertility and Fertilizers

3
SOIL 455Soil Microbiology

3
Approved Agriculture elective(s)

2-3
Total Credit Hours:48-49

Total Credit Hours:87-88