AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATION (B.S.A.)
Semester Degree Requirements

Entrance Requirements for the Major

Semester Core Curriculum
(Selected with the advice of an academic advisor)
    Areas A B C D E 42 hours
    Area F 18 hours
Major Requirements 60 hours
TOTAL DEGREE HOURS      120
Area A - Essential Skills (9 hours)
Area A is satisfied by students completing nine hours from the following list. Students must take ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 and will select a three-hour math course in consultation with an academic advisor.
ENGL 1101 MATH 1113
ENGL 1102
Area B - Institutional Options (4-5 hours)
Area B is satisfied by electives selected by the student with approval of an academic advisor.
Area C - Humanities/Fine Arts (6 hours)
Area C is satisfied by completing two of the following courses. Students may select one course from the Fine Arts list and one from the Humanities list, or students may select two courses from different departments in the Humanities list.
Fine Arts
ARHI 2100 DANC 2010 DRAM 2130 MUSI 2060
ARTS 2000 DRAM 2000 MUSI 2020 MUSI 2080
ARTS 2050 DRAM 2120 MUSI 2040
Humanities
CLAS 1000 CMLT 2400 ITAL 2500 RELI 2004
CLAS 1010 EDES 2510 LING 2100 RELI(AFAM) 2005
CLAS 1020 EDES 2520 PHIL 1000 ROML 2550
CLAS(LING) 2010 ENGL 2310 PHIL 1500 RUSS 2050
CMLT 2111 ENGL 2320 PHIL 2200 SPCM 1100
CMLT 2210 ENGL 2330 RELI 1001 SPCM 1500
CMLT 2212 ENGL 2340 RELI 1002 Foreign language courses
CMLT 2220 ENGL 2400 RELI 1003
Area D - Science, Mathematics, and Technology (10-11 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES: (CHEM 1211, CHEM 1211L) and (BIOL 1107-1107L or BTNY 1210-1210L) and (MATH 2200, MATH 2200L)

Area D for Science Majors -- ten or eleven hours
  • Select two courses from the four-hour science course list.
  • Select one course from the mathematics, science, or technology course list.
Area D -- Four-hour science course with laboratory
ASTR 1010 CHEM 1211 CSCI 1301-1301L GEOL 1122L
ASTR 1010L CHEM 1211L GEOG 1111 GEOL 1250-1250L
ASTR 1020 CHEM 1212 GEOG 1111L GEOL 1260-1260L
ASTR 1020L CHEM 1212L GEOG 1112 MARS 1010-1010L
BIOL 1103-1103L CHEM 2100 GEOG 1112L MARS 1020-1020L
BIOL 1107-1107L CHEM 2100L GEOG 1113 PHYS 1111-1111L
BIOL 1108-1108L CHEM 2211 GEOG 1113L PHYS 1112-1112L
BTNY 1210-1210L CHEM 2211L GEOL 1121 PHYS 1211-1211L
CHEM 1110 CHEM 2212 GEOL 1121L PHYS 1212-1212L
CHEM 1110L CHEM 2212L GEOL 1122
Area D -- Three or four-hour mathematics, science, or technology courses
BIOL 1108-1108L CSCI 1210 MATH 2200L PHYS 1112-1112L
BTNY 1220-1220L CSCI 1301-1301L MATH 2210 STAT 2000
CHEM 1212 MATH 1060 MATH 2210L STAT 2210
CHEM 1212L MATH 1113 PHIL 2500
CSCI 1100-1100L MATH 2200 PHYS 1111-1111L
Area E - Social Sciences (12 hours)
Students will select four courses from the list below:  (Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101-1101D.)

(A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2112. Examinations are given to freshmen during orientation and twice each semester by the History Department. Reexamination is permitted. Examination dates are announced in the Schedule of Classes.)

AFAM 2000 GEOG 1103 HIST 2501 SOCI 1101
ANTH 1102 GEOG 1125 HIST 2502 SOCI 1600
ANTH 2310 HIST 2051 HIST 2560 SOCI(AFAM) 2020
CLAS(ANTH) 2000 HIST 2052 HIST 2601 SOCI 2400
ECON 2100 HIST 2111 HIST 2602 SOCI(AFAM) 2820
ECON 2105 HIST 2112 HIST 2701 SPCM 1010
ECON 2106 HIST 2221 HIST 2702 WMST 1110-1110D
ECON 2200 HIST 2222 POLS 1101-1101D WMST 2010
EDES 1500 HIST 2301 PSYC 1101
GEOG 1101 HIST 2302 PSYC 2100
Entrance Requirements
Completion of Core Areas A-E and Area F. Overall GPA of 2.5.
Area F - Courses Related to Major (18 hours)
AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106
GEOG 1125
SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1600
SPCM 1100

Select two courses from the following:
ANTH 1102 SOCI 1101
CSCI 1100-1100L SOCI 2090
GEOG 1103 SOCI 2420
MATH 1060 SOCI 2730
PHIL 2200 SPCM 1800
PSYC(AFAM) 2150 STAT 2000
Major Requirements
A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.
Required Courses - 29-31 hours
(Grade "C" or better required for all journalism courses.)
JOUR 3410

Choose thirteen to fourteen hours of additional Journalism courses from one of the following sections:
Journalism Public Relations
JOUR 3310 ADPR 3520
JOUR 3510 ADPR 3850
JOUR 5300 ADPR 5920
JOUR 5580/7580 JOUR 3510
Advertising Telecommunication
ADPR 3100 TELE 3010
ADPR 3110 TELE 3210
ADPR 3120 Select two courses from the following:
ADPR 3130 TELE 3110
TELE 3310
TELE 3410
TELE 4250-4250L
TELE 4270
TELE 4450

Major Electives - 29-31 hours
Choose twenty-nine to thirty-one hours of agriculture courses 2000-level or above with advisor's approval from the following: AAEC, ADSC, AGCM, AGRI, BTNY, CRSS, EETH, EHSC, ENGR, ENTO, FDST, HORT, PATH, POUL

General Electives - 0 hours
None

Total hours required     120