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Twin Cities Campus
Agricultural and Food Business Management MinorApplied Economics
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
This minor is designed for undergraduate students who want to include courses in business management (such as marketing, finance, entrepreneurship) to enhance and/or supplement courses in their major program and prepare for careers in industry or a graduate business program. The minor has a microeconomic, firm, and industry-level focus.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
To receive a minor, students must complete Principles of Microeconomics, plus 12 credits from elective courses. No more than 6 credits may be counted for both a major and the agricultural and food business management minor. Also, no more than 6 credits may be counted for both the Applied Economics minor and the Agricultural and Food Business Management minor.
AFBM Minor Courses
APEC 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
or
APEC 1101H - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
or
ECON 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
Take 12 or more credit(s) from the following:
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APEC 3001 - Applied Microeconomics: Consumers, Producers, and Markets
(4.0 cr)
·
APEC 3002 - Managerial Economics
(4.0 cr)
·
APEC 3003 - Introduction to Applied Econometrics
(4.0 cr)
·
APEC 3004 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
APEC 3202 - An Introduction to the Food System: Analysis, Management and Design
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3411 - Commodity Marketing
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3451 - Food and Agricultural Sales
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3501 - Agribusiness Finance
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3521 - Agribusiness and Food Supply / Value Chain Issues
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3551 - Concept Design and Value-Added Entrepreneurship in Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3611W - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
[ENV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3811 - Principles of Farm Management
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3841 - Agricultural and Consumer Cooperatives and Mutuals
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3993 - Directed Study in Applied Economics
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
APEC 4311 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 4451W - Food Marketing Economics
[CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 4481 - Futures and Options Markets
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 4501 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
APEC 4821W - Business Economics and Strategy
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Econ 1101/1165 ApEc 1101/1101H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Econ 1101/1165 ApEc 1101/1101H |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Econ 1101/1165 ApEc 1101/1101H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Econ 3101/Econ 3012/ApEc 3001 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 3411/ApEc 5411 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 3501/Fina 3001/Fina 3001H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 3841/ApEc 5841 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 4451W/ApEc 5451 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 4481/5481 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 4821W/ApEc 5821 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Acct 2050/ApEc 1251/Dbln 2051 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Acct 2050/ApEc 1251/Dbln 2051 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 4461/Hort 4461 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 4461/Hort 4461 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |