The Agricultural Business AAS curriculum seeks to provide skills in agriculture and business, marketing, finance, operations and management. The program will help students prepare to create and maintain viable and productive businesses in the agriculture industry with skills in assessment, risk taking, strategic planning, forecasting and land management. A goal of the program is to support effective employment in local farms, food processing facilities, and value-added home/farm businesses by providing trained and educated individuals to develop the agriculture industry in Warren, Washington and Saratoga Counties regions.
Freshman Seminar Requirement
Freshman Experience
Choose one course from:
| HRD 100 | College Learning: Theory and Practice | 2 |
| HRD 100A | College Life Seminar | 2 |
| HRD 110 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 1-2 |
General Education Requirements
Introduction to College Writing
| ENG 101 | Introduction to College Writing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Writing II
Choose one course from:
| ENG 102 | Academic Writing | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing in and about the Sciences | 3 |
| ENG 104 | Writing for Business and the Professions | 3 |
| ENG 105 | Writing in and about the Social Sciences | 3 |
| ENG 106 | Writing in and about the Performing and Visual Arts | 3 |
| ENG 107 | Language, Structure and Style | 3 |
| ENG 108 | Writing in and about Literature | 3 |
| ENG 109 | Elements of Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG 110 | Elements of Technical Writing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
SUNY Gen Ed Mathematics
| SUNY Gen Ed Mathematics | 3-4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Introduction to Soils
| BIO 161 | Introduction to Soils | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Introduction to Personal Economics
| ECO 101 | Introduction to Personal Finance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Principles of Microeconomics or Principles of Macroeconomics
| ECO 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECO 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Program Core Requirements
Program Core
| AGR 101 | Experience Agriculture | 2 |
| AGR 102 | Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture | 3 |
| AGR 112 | Agro-Ecology | 3 |
| BUS 102 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BUS 103 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 165 | Principles of Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| BUS 195 | Fundamentals of Agribusiness | 3 |
| BUS 202 | Business Law II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 23 |
Financial Accounting
| BUS 146 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Agriculture Business Electives
Choose two courses from:
| AGR 103 | Sustainable Food | 3 |
| BUS 141 | Business Communications | 3 |
| BUS 178 | Business Internship | 6 |
| BUS 203 | Social Media, Advertising and Promotion | 3 |
| BUS 204 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| BUS 206 | Small Business Financial Management | 3 |
| BUS 261 | Principles of Human Resource Management | 3 |
| CIS 125 | Office Productivity Software | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Liberal Arts Electives
Liberal Arts and Sciences
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | 1-3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Electives
Electives
4 credits in any course.
Recommended Sequence
First Semester
1-2 credits in HRD 100, HRD 100A or HRD 110
3 credits in ENG 101
3 credits in ECO 101
2 credits in AGR 101
3 credits in BUS 102
3 credits in BUS 195
Second Semester
3 credits in ENG 102, ENG 103, ENG 104, ENG 105, ENG 106, ENG 107, ENG 108, ENG 109 or ENG 110
4 credits in BUS 146
3 credits in SUNY Gen Ed Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
3 credits in AGR 112
3 credits in BUS 103
Third Semester
3 credits in ECO 201 or ECO 202
3 credits in AGR 102
3 credits in BUS 165
3 credits in Program Electives (See Notes)
3 credits in Program Electives (See Notes)
Fourth Semester
3 credits in BUS 202
4 credits in BIO 161
3 credits in Program Elective (See Notes)
3 credits in Electives (See Notes)
3 credits in Electives (See Notes)
Notes
1. Program Electives include courses in the following Disciplines: AGR, BUS or ECO. Microcredentials are available as shown below:
2. SUNY Cobleskill transfer students: Students should take BUS 206 and CIS 125. Students may also want to take BUS 203, BUS 204, BUS 261 or additional SUNY Gen Ed Knowledge Areas. Please see an advisor for articulation agreement details.