Nov 23, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Agribusiness, Minor

About the Minor

Agribusiness is a field with immense career opportunities that requires a combination of expertise within the fields of Biology and Business. In order to address an increasing demand for trained professionals in this area, Arcadia University offers an interdisciplinary minor in Agribusiness that is open to students from all majors, although it is expected that most students will draw from Business, Biology, Scientific Illustration and/or Public health majors.

Requirements

(24 credits as listed below)

Five Core Courses

EC 211 Principles of Microeconomics (4 Credits)
BA 260 Principles of Management (4 Credits)
BA 343 Agriculture & Food Marketing (4 Credits)
BA 366 Agribusiness Management (4 Credits)
BI 341 Plant Physiology (4 Credits) *Students will be required to successfully complete BI101 and B102 before any of the BI courses in the minor

One elective course from the following

BI 322 Plant Biology*

BI 328 Marine Biology*

BI 328 Ecology*

BI 329 Conservation Biology*

EC 330 Natural Resources Economics**

Any other relevant Biology course taken with the approval of adviser.

*Students will be advised to take BI101 and BI102 before any of the BI courses in the list above

**EC330 has EC210 and EC211 as prerequisites. Students minoring in Agribusiness from other departments outside of School of Global Business will be allowed to enroll in EC330 with just EC211