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.
Prerequisites: AGEC 120 or ECON 120 Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness/Principles of Microeconomics 3 credit hours from list below: Prerequisites: Required: And at least 9 credit hours from list below (including at least three credits numbered 510 or higher): Prerequisites: Required: 6-9 credit hours from list below: 0-3 credit hours from the list below:
MATH 205 General Calculus
ACCTG 231 Accounting for Ops
Required:
AGEC 318 Food/Agribusiness Management
AGEC 500 Production Economics
AGEC 505 Agricultural Market Structures
AGEC 513 Agricultural Finance
AGEC 420 Commodity Futures Markets
AGEC 515 Agribusiness Marketing
AGEC 535 Agricultural Sales
AGEC 120 or ECON 120 Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness/Principles of Microeconomics
MATH 205 General Calculus
AGEC 500 Production Economics
AGEC 505 Agricultural Market Structures
AGEC 308 or AGEC 318 Farm and Ranch Management Food/Agribusiness Management
AGEC 315 Contemporary Issues in Global Food and Agricultural Systems
AGEC 411 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
AGEC 632 Agribusiness Logistics
AGEC 680 Risk Management
AGEC 710 Comparative Food and Agriculture Systems
AGEC 712 Optimization Techniques for Agricultural Economics
ECON 510 Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON 631 Principles of Transportation
AGEC 120 or ECON 120 Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness/Principles of Microeconomics
AGEC 515 Food & Agribusiness Marketing
AGEC 535 Agricultural Sales
AGEC 318 Food & Agribusiness Management
AGEC 420 Commodity Futures
AGEC 470 Cooperative Management
AGEC 570 Food Manufacturing, Distribution & Retailing
AGEC 632 Agribusiness Logistics
MKTG 250 Intro to Marketing
MKTG 450 Consumer Behavior
SALES 300 Fundamentals of Professional Selling
SALES 450 Sales Technology
SALES 451 Sales Force Leadership
SALES 455 Sales Negotiation
SALES 457 Cooperation Selling
SALES 453 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)