Minor Options: Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Sales

Shape your edge in agricultural economics! Choose from our three focused minors — Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, and Agricultural Sales — to build a powerful complement to your major. Each track equips you with practical tools, market insights, and financial know-how that are highly valued across agriculture, business, and policy. See the requirements for each option below.

• Minor in Agribusiness

  Prerequisites:

  AGEC 120 or ECON 120 Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness/Principles of Microeconomics
  MATH 205 Calculus and Linear Algebra
  ACCTG 231 Accounting for Ops
  
  Required:
  AGEC 500 Production Economics
  AGEC 505 Agricultural Market Structures
  AGEC 318 Food/Agribusiness Management
  AGEC 513 Agricultural Finance

  3 credit hours from list below:
  AGEC 420 Commodity Futures Markets
  AGEC 515 Agribusiness Marketing
  AGEC 535 Agricultural Sales

• Minor in Agricultural Economics

  Prerequisites:
  MATH 205 Calculus and Linear Algebra
  AGEC 120 or ECON 120 Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness/Principles of Microeconomics

  Required:
  AGEC 500 Production Economics
  AGEC 505 Agricultural Market Structures

  And at least 9 credit hours from list below (including at least three credits numbered 510 or higher):
  AGEC 308 or AGEC 318 Farm and Ranch Management Food/Agribusiness Management
  AGEC 315 Contemporary Issues in Global Food and Agricultural Systems
  AGEC 410 Agricultural Policy
  AGEC 420 Commodity Futures Markets
  AGEC 470 Cooperative Management
  AGEC 501 Data Analysis and Optimization
  AGEC 513 Agricultural Finance
  AGEC 515 Food/Agribusiness Marketing
  AGEC 516 Ag Law & Economics
  AGEC 520 Marketing Fund and Futures Options
  AGEC 525 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
  AGEC 535 Agricultural Sales
  AGEC 570 Food Manufacturing/Distribution/Retailing
  AGEC 598 Farm Management Strategies
  AGEC 599 Agribusiness Management Strategies
  AGEC 605 Price Analysis and Forecasting
  AGEC 610 Current Ag and Natural Resource Policy Issues
  AGEC 615 Global Agricultural Economics Hunger and Poverty
  AGEC 623 International Ag Trade ECON 631 Principles of Transportation
  AGEC 632 Agribusiness Logistics
  AGEC 680 Risk Management
  ECON 510 Intermediate Macroeconomics
  ECON 631 Principles of Transportation

• Minor in Agricultural Sales

  Prerequisites:
  AGEC 120 or ECON 120 Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness/Principles of Microeconomics
  

  Required:
  AGEC 515 Food & Agribusiness Marketing
  AGEC 535 Agricultural Sales

  6-9 credit hours from list below:
  AGEC 318 Food & Agribusiness Management
  AGEC 420 Commodity Futures
  AGEC 470 Cooperative Management
  AGEC 570 Food Manufacturing, Distribution & Retailing

  0-3 credit hours from the list below:
  AGEC 632 Agribusiness Logistics
  ASI 422 Livestock Sales Management
  MKTG 400 Intro to Marketing
  MKTG 450 Consumer Behavior
  SALES 542 Fundamentals Of Professional Selling
  SALES 555 Sales Technology
  SALES 560 Sales Force Leadership
  SALES 561 Sales Negotiation
  SALES 563 Cooperation Selling
  SALES 570 Advanced Selling

To declare a minor, complete the form at https://www.ag.k-state.edu/academics/student-handbook/ (form is linked under the Minors drop-down)