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Food Business and Management Option
The food business and management option allows students to integrate study of the science and technology of food with that of business and economic in a unique program. This course of study prepares students for positions of management in smaller food companies and research and development oriented marketing or technical sales opportunities in corporate food industries. Some students go on to obtain M.S. degrees in business administration or related fields which open the doors for upper management positions in food companies or other professional careers.
| Additional Requirements | |
| Specific course requirements | 25 |
| Organic Chemistry: (Chemistry 8A-8B) | 6 |
| Microeconomics: (Economics 1A) | 5 |
| Business Organization: ARE 112 | 4 |
| Marketing Management: ARE 113 | 4 |
| Introduction to Financial Accounting: MGT 100 | 3 |
| Quality Assurance: FST 109 | 3 |
| Additional courses to be selected from an up-to-date list of approved courses available from the Department Advising Center (see below) | 10 |
| Course | Units | Quarter Offered | |
| Food Science and Technology (FST) | |||
| 47 | Food Product Development Field Study | 1 | Spring |
| 108 | Food Plant Sanitation | 2 | Winter |
| 131 | Food Packaging | 4 | Fall |
| 151 | Food Freezing | 1 | Winter |
| 159 | New Food Product Ideas | 2 | Fall |
| 192 | Internship for Advanced Undergraduates | 1-3 | All Quarters |
| 198 | Directed Group Study | 1-4 | All Quarters |
| 199 | Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates | 1-3 | All Quarters |
| Agricultural and Resource Economics | |||
| 18 | Business law | 4 | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| 100A | Intermediate Microeconomics | 4 | All Quarters |
| 100B | Intermediate Microeconomics | 4 | All Quarters |
| 135 | Agribusiness Marketing Plan Development | 2 | Fall |
| 136 | Managerial Marketing | 4 | Winter, Spring |
| 146 | Government Regulation of Business | 3 | Spring |
| 155 | Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions | 4 | All Quarters |
| 157 | Analysis for Production Management | 4 | Winter, Spring |
| Biotechnology (BIT) | |||
| 171 | Professionalism and Ethics in Genomics and Biotechnology | 3 | Fall |
| Economics (ECN) | |||
| 1B | Principles of Macroeconomics | 5 | All Quarters |
| Management (MGT) | |||
| 11A | Elementary Accounting | 4 | Fall, Winter |
| 11B | Elementary Accounting | 4 | Spring |
| Plant Pathology | |||
| 140 | Agricultural Biotechnology, Ethics and Public Policy (or BIT 171) | 4 | Spring |
| Communications (CMN) | |||
| 1 | Introduction to Public Speaking | 4 | All Quarters |
| 3 | Interpersonal Communication Competence | 4 | All Quarters |
| 130 | Group Communications | 4 | Fall |
| 134 | Interpersonal Communication | 4 | All Quarters |
| 135 | Nonverbal Communication | 4 | All Quarters |
| 136 | Organizational Communication | 4 | See Catalog |
| 140 | The media Industry | 4 | All Quarters |
| Sociology (SOC) | |||
| 139 | Corporations and Society | 4 | See Catalog |
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