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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Applied Economics B.S.
Sample Plan: Applied Economics B.S. Sample Plan
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
APEC 1001 - Orientation to Applied Economics : 1.0 cr
APEC 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics : 4.0 cr : SOCS, GP
APEC 1201 - Applications of Excel in Economics and Management : 1.0 cr
MATH 1142 - Short Calculus : 4.0 cr : MATH
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
APEC 1102 - Principles of Macroeconomics : 3.0 cr
AECM 2421W - Professional and Oral Communication for Agriculture, Food & the Environment : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
APEC 3001 - Applied Microeconomics: Consumers, Producers, and Markets : 4.0 cr
BA 2551 - Business Statistics in R : 4.0 cr : MATH
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
AECM 3431 - Communicating Food, Agriculture & Environmental Science to the Public : 3.0 cr
APEC 3003 - Introduction to Applied Econometrics : 4.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
APEC 3202 - An Introduction to the Food System: Analysis, Management and Design : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing : 4.0 cr : WI
APEC 3xxx : 3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
APEC 3006 - Applied Macroeconomics: Government and the Economy : 3.0 cr
APEC 3xxx : 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Race, Power, and Justice US) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
APEC 4xxx : 3.0 cr
CFAN 3096 - Making the Most of your Professional Experience : 1.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
APEC 4xxx : 3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr