Required Courses for Degree in Food Business Management

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Degree in Food Business Management  
           Foundations Credit Hrs
FAES 100 or USAC 100, etc.  1
English 110C01 5
2nd Writing Course (367) from list (may be used for other GEC requirement) 0-5
Oral Communication - Agr Com 390 or Comm 321  4-5
Math 130 or 148  4
Natural Science
Biology 101 or 113 or H115  5
Chemistry 101&102 OR 121&122 OR H201&H202 10
Physics 103 or 111 or 131 or 161  5
Microbiology 509  5
International Issues - Fulfill with selected Social Science or Arts & Humanities  
Non-Western or Global course (* on curriculum sheet) -
Non-Western or Western, non-US course ( on curriculum sheet) -
Social Science   (15 Hours)
AED Econ 200 or Econ 200  5
Rural Soc 105 or Soc 101  5
One course from social science list - certain courses fulfill International Issues 5
Arts and Humanities  (20 hours)
One course in History from approved list - certain courses fulfill International Issues 5
One Literature course from approved list - certain courses fulfill International Issues 5
One Visual & Performing Arts from list - certain courses fulfill International Issues 5
One additional Arts&Humanities or History from list-certain fulfill International Issues 5
Other Requirments
Contemporary Issues (597) - selected from approved list 5
Internship - FST 589  5
Free electives  10-31
Minor: - - These courses cannot fulfill any other requirements - -  Agribusiness suggested (20-25)
Major (55-65)
Required Courses
Acct&MIS 211 Intro to Accounting, if not taken in minor  5
Acct&MIS212 Intro Acct or AED Econ412 Farm Records&Anal, if not taken in minor  5
Data Analysis ( from Approved list)  5
ANIMAL SC 355.01 Principles of Meat Science  3
FST 201 The Science of Food  5
FST 401 Introduction to Food Processing  3
FST 410 HACCP Analysis 3
FST 640 Food Regulations 3
FST 648 Essentials of Food Plant Operation  3
FST 696 Technical Problem Solving  5
Food Processing    Select 7 - 8 Hours from:
FST 610 Processing of Fluid Milk and Related Products 4
FST 611 Cheese and Fermented Foods 4
FST 613 Processing of Fruit and Vegetable Products  4
ANIM SCI 555.02 Meat Processing  4
Restricted Electives    Select 7 - 29 Hours from:
AED ECON 403 Principles of Agribusiness Finance  4
AED ECON 411 Strategic Planning for the Farm Business 3
AED ECON 421 Salesmanship in Agriculture 3
AED ECON 422 Economics of the Livestock-Meat Industry 3
AED ECON 423 Grain Marketing 3
AED ECON 426 Dairy Marketing and Pricing 3
AED ECON 428 Marketing Fruits and Vegetables 3
AED ECON 441 Agricultural Cooperatives 3
AED ECON 460 Human Resource Management in Small Businesses 3
AED ECON 620 Agri-Industry Organization and Public Policy  4
ANIM SCI 555.01 Advanced Meat Science  3
ANIM SCI 555.02 Meat Processing  4
BUS-ADM 510 Legal Environment of Business  4
BUS-ADM 555 Introduction to International Business  4
BUS-M&L 650 Marketing  4
BUS-MHR 660 Introduction to Human Resource Management  4
ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics II 5
FST 610 Processing of Fluid Milk and Related Products  4
FST 611 Cheese and Fermented Foods  4
FST 613 Processing of Fruit and Vegetable Products  4
FST 621 Food Additives  3
FST 632 Sensory Evaluation  4
FST 636.01 Food Microbiology Lecture 3
FST 636.02 Food Microbiology Laboratory 3
HUMN NUTR 310 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition 5
Minimum for the Degree 190  

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