BACHELOR OF ARTS/SCIENCE IN RURAL STUDIES
Concentration in Business and Economic Development
Core Curriculum: Areas A-F
COMPLETED
(See ABAC Core Curriculum, using Area D Non-Science option)
Area F Checksheet if not Associates Degree in other area, i.e. Business Administration, Economics
Choose 6 courses from the following, not taken in other areas of the core:
_____ACCT 2101
_____ACCT 2102
______BUSA 1105
_____BUSA 2105
_____BUSA 2106
______CISM 2201
_____ECON 2105
_____ECON 2106 or _____AECO 2258
_____GEOG 1101
_____HIST 1112
_____ITEC 2215
_____MATH 2000
_____MATH 2053
_____MATH 2054
_____MATH 2055
_____POLS 2401
_____PSYC 1101
_____SOCI 1101
_____SOCI 1160
Senior College Curriculum
Foundation Courses
(Must complete all five courses)
________COMM 3100 Professional Communication Methods (F/S)
________ENGL 4010 Introduction to Professional Writing (F/S)
________RLST 3000 Introduction to Rural Studies (F/S)
________RLST 4790 Rural Studies Internship (F/S/S)
________RLST 4980 Capstone Seminar: Senior Project (F/S/S)
Concentration
(Must complete 10 courses)
Choose 30 hours from the following:
HIGHLY RECOMMEND THESE FIVE COURSES:
________BUSA 3150 Business Finance (F) req. ACCT 2101, AECO 2200, or BUSA 3200 w/ C
________MGMT 3600 Principles of Management (F) req. BUSA 1105, BUSA 2106, BUSA 3106 or AECO 2200 w/ C
________MGMT 3610 Operations Management (S) req. MATH 1111 w C
________MKTG 3800 Principles of Marketing (F/S) req. AECO 22258 or ECON 2106 w/ C
________MGMT 4190 Strategic Management (S) req. MGT 3600, MKTG 3800, MGMT 3610, BUSA 3150 w/ C
60 hours
15 hours
3
3
3
3
3
30 hours
3
3
3
3
3
________BUSA 3050 Business Statistics (S) req. MATH 1111 w/ C
3
________BUSA 3106 Advanced Legal Environment of Business (S)
3
________BUSA 3200 Small Business Accounting (F) req. ACCT 2101 (co or pre) and CISM 2201 with/ C
3
________BUSA 4000 International Business (S)
3
________BUSA 4100 Social Media and Business (S)
3
________CISM 3201 Small Business Technology (F)
3
________ECON 3300 Contemp Economic Issues in Rural Societies (F)
3
________ECON 3101 American Economic History (F)
3
________ECON 4710 Rural Economic Development (S)
3
________ECON 4850 Economics of the Welfare State (not offering)
3
________ECON 4900 Community Development Strategies (F)
3
________MGMT 3670 Human Resources Management (F/S) req. ACCT 2101, AECO 2200, BUSA 3200 or FRSC 2290 w/ C 3
________MGMT 4260 Small Business Management (F) req. ACCT 2101, AECO 2200, BUSA 3200 or FRSC 2290 w/ C
3
________MGMT 4300 Selling and Negotiating (S)
3
________MGMT 4400 Family Business Management (F)
3
________RLST 4000 Leadership & Ethics in Rural Societies (F)
3
General Rural Studies Elective courses
15 hours
(Must be comprised of courses 3000 or above from any Rural Studies curriculum and not used in the above areas or GLST 3700
Global Experiential Learning – Can have up to two interns as electives: (RLST 4790B and RLST 4790C – each 3 hour interns, RLST 4791
– 6 hour intern)
(Must complete five courses)
________Elective 1______________
_____Elective 3__________________
____Elective 5________________
________Elective 2______________
_____Elective 4__________________
TOTAL 120 hours
Elective Options recommended outside Business: SOCI 3000 Rural Sociology (S), POLS 4080 Political Communication (S), PADM 3500 Intro to Public Administration
(S even years), COMM 3850 Intro to PR (S), COMM 4210 Communication Ethics (F even years), PSYC 4150 Psychology in the workplace (F even years), ENGL 4020
Proposals & Grant Writing (F), SOCI 4750 Social Policy for Rural Communities (F even years), PADM 3520 Public Finance Administration (F even years), COMM 4100
Focused Media Outlets (F odd years), ENGL 3115 Visual Rhetoric of Document Design (S odd years),