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Agricultural Economics (120 Credits)
Certification Requirement:
- Completion of at least 24 semester hours of coursework.
- Minimum WSU cumulative GPA of 2.0.
- To maintain certification, a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in ECONS 301, 302, and 311 is required.
| First Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| ECONS 101 [SSCI] or 102 [SSCI] | 3 |
| HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
| Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
| MATH 2011 | 3 |
| Electives | 3 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| Biological Sciences [BSCI] | 3 or 4 |
| ECONS 101 or 102 | 3 |
| ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
| MATH 202 [QUAN]1 | 3 |
| Concentrated Area Course 2 | 3 |
| Second Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| CHEM 101 [PSCI] OR CHEM 105 [PSCI] | 4 |
| COM 102 [COMM], COM 210 [COMM], or H D 205 [COMM] | 3 or 4 |
| Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
| ECONS 301 | 3 |
| Concentrated Area Course 2 | 3 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| ACCTG 230 | 3 |
| Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
| BLAW 210 | 3 |
| ECONS 302 | 3 |
| STAT 212 or MGTOP 215 | 4 |
| Complete Writing Portfolio | |
| Third Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| ACCTG 231 | 3 |
| Concentrated Area Course 2 | 3 |
| ECONS 311 [M] | 3 |
| Sequence Course3 | 3 |
| Electives | 1 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| Concentrated Area Course 2 | 3 |
| ECONS 335 OR FIN 325 | 3 |
| Sequence Course3 | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Fourth Year | |
| First Term | Credits |
| ECONS 431 | 3 |
| ECONS 483, 495, 497, 499, or HONORS 450 | 3 |
| ECONS 490 [CAPS] [M] | 3 |
| ENGLISH 301, 402 [M], or 403 [M] | 3 |
| Sequence Course3 | 3 |
| Second Term | Credits |
| Sequence Course3 | 3 |
| 400-level ECONS Elective4 | 3 |
| Electives | 9 |
Footnotes
| 1 | Alternative to MATH 202 is MATH 171. |
| 2 | Concentrated Area Courses: Four courses from any one of the following concentration areas: (1)Agricultural Production: ANIM SCI 101, HORT/CROP SCI 102 or ENTOM 150, CROP SCI 360, MGTOP 340; (2) Real Estate & Land Management: FIN 325, 345, 445 [M], MIS 250; (3) Food Safety & Policy: FS 110, 201, 220, 303; (4) Globalization: two semesters foreign language, ECONS 327/I BUS 470, ECONS 428, 430, SOC 415; (5) Sustainability: CROP SCI 360, ECONS 326/SOC 375, SOE 110, 285; (6) Independent Concentration - upon approval of advisor. |
| 3 | Pick two sequences (4 courses): ECONS 350 + 450 [M]; or ECONS 351 + 451; or ECONS 352 + 452 [M]. |
| 4 | Any 400-level ECONS course not used to fulfill major requirements. |
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