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Bachelor of Science Degree - Agricultural Studies - General Agriculture 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: General Agriculture Option?

The general agriculture option of the bachelor’s in agricultural studies is designed to provide students with a broad array of agricultural content, often paving the way to employment in education and farm service consulting.

Possible Career Paths

  • Agricultural Educator
  • Entrepreneur
  • Farm Cooperative
  • Cooperative Extension Service
  • Realtor

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

General Agriculture Option

Option Total Credit Hours: 42-44

Students pursuing the General Agriculture option combine business, production and resource management as they relate to agriculture in the Northern Great Plains. Employment opportunities include agricultural education and extension.

Students will be required to take GIS 380 – Applied Arc GIS and COMM 216 – Intercultural Communication as part of the Agricultural Studies core curriculum. Students will be required to take BIOL 111/BIOL 111L – Concepts of Biology and Lab, CHEM 115/CHEM 115L – Introduction to Chemistry and Lab, and PSYC 111 – Introduction to Psychology as part of General Education curriculum. If not taken as a General Education class, it must be taken to fulfill the General Agriculture option requirements. Students pursuing a Masters of Education in Agricultural Education from NDSU must also complete the Agricultural Education minor.

AGEC 244Introduction to Agricultural Marketing

3
ASM 155Agricultural Welding

3
ASM 255Advanced Welding

2
HORT 270Horticulture Science

3

If pursuing a Masters of Education in Agricultural Education from NDSU, the following three courses are required. If not, seven additional credits of agricultural electives are required, of which three must be at the 300- or 400- level.

EDUC 250Introduction to Education

3
H&CE 232Philosophy and Policy

3
H&CE 322Agriculture Educational Psychology

3

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

ANSC 114Introduction to Animal Science

3
Or
ANSC 123Feeds and Feeding

3

Choose ASM or GIS Electives (6 credits):

Select six credits of electives in ASM (Agricultural Systems Management) or GIS (Geographical Information Systems) courses. Three of these credits must be at the 300- or 400- course level. 

Choose Agricultural Electives (15 Credits):

Select 15 credits of electives in AGEC (Agricultural Economics), ANSC (Animal Science), PLSC (Plant Science), RNG (Range Science), SOIL (Soil Science) or VETS (Veterinary Science) courses. All of these credits must be at the 300- or 400-course level. No more than six credits of agricultural electives can be taken from any one prefix.

Total Credit Hours:81-84