BS-AGGN - Agriculture, General track, B.S.

A degree in Agriculture with a diversified curriculum can be a path to a number of careers within ag- and environment-focused private/public companies and state or federal agencies.  Agribusiness is over a $72 billion industry in Georgia and represents 16% of the state’s employment base.  Career targets include agriculture supply and manufacturing companies; cotton gins; financial institutions servicing agriculture, including local commercial banks; ag-related marketing businesses; livestock or seedstock sales companies and livestock cooperatives; food processors; and agriculture production firms such as farms, ranches, and livestock feeding companies.  Students will learn the principles of managing land, people, money, and other resources to produce a profit while servicing the consuming public and conserving our natural renewable resources.

Students in other majors may also earn a Minor in Agriculture.

The Agriculture program requires 120 semester credit hours plus course and one PE activity course for a total of 123 semester credit hours.