ABM Accelerate Bachelors to Masters: Agribusiness and Food Industry Management, BS; Agribusiness and Food Industry Management, MS

Student Eligibility Requirements

1. Students must have completed between 75 and 90 credit hours in their undergraduate programs, including credits earned from advanced placement.
2. Transfer students must have completed a minimum of two semesters as a full-time student atNCA&T, a minimum of 24 credit hours, in addition to the 75 to 90 hours as previously stated.
3. Students must have a minimum accumulated grade point average (GPA) of3.25/4.0 at NCA&T at the time of admission into the ABM degree program.

Application to the ABM Pathway

A prospective student who meets the eligibility requirements for the ABM Pathway must set up a meeting with his/her undergraduate advisor and the graduate program coordinator to develop a Plan of Study for her/his bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. Before acceptance into an ABM Pathway can be finalized, a student must submit:

a. The standard application for admission to the Graduate College;
b. A Plan of Study for the graduate degree that also indicates the graduation date for the master’s degree. The Plan of Study must indicate the following: (i) a maximum of 12 graduate credit hours that will also count towards the undergraduate degree, (ii) a maximum of six (6) additional graduate credit hours that may be taken as an undergraduate student that will not be counted towards the bachelor’s degree, (iii) courses that will be taken after matriculating into the graduate program, and (iv) the graduation date for the master’s degree that meets the time limit for the ABM Pathway (i.e. obtaining a thesis or non-thesis master’s degree in the same field within 18 months of
completing the bachelor’s degree).
c. Any changes to the ABM Pathway Plan of Study must be submitted in writing and approved by the chairperson and graduate program coordinator and by the dean of the Graduate College.

Requirements for Participation and Graduation

1. Students must complete the bachelor’s degree prior to entering the master’s program. Students in the ABM
may not elect to by-pass the bachelor’s degree.
2. Students must receive a grade of B (3.00/4.00) or better in each of the double-counted graduate level (600
level) courses.
3. Students must complete the master’s degree within 18 months from the completion of the bachelor’s degree
for a non-thesis master’s degree.

Continuing Eligibility

I . It is the responsibility of the student to recognize his/her eligibility status.
2. Ifa student completes the bachelor’s degree requirements with an accumulated GPA ofless than 3.25/4.0,
he/she automatically loses the privilege of continuing in the ABM.
3. Failure to complete the degree with course/project option in 12 months or thesis option in 18 months voids
the application of the double counted class hours to the Master’s degree.

Withdrawal

A student may, at any time, withdraw from the ABM Pathway by infom1ing her/his undergraduate advisor and graduate program coordinator in writing. A copy of this request to withdraw must be sent to the Graduate College for approval. A student who either withdraws or loses eligibility to continue in the program will not be able to use any graduate courses towards the bachelor’s degree. However, a maximum of six credit hours of graduate courses may be used towards another master’s degree with the approval of the graduate program coordinator, department chair, and the dean of the Graduate College. 

a. Allowable Course Substitutions

First Semester

• ABM 130 - Introduction to Agribusiness and Food Industries 1 Credit(s)
• ENGL 100 - Ideas and Their Expression I 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 111 - College Algebra and Trigonometry 4 Credit(s)
• BIOL 100 - Biological Science 4 Credit(s)
• FRST 101 - College Success 1 Credit(s)

Second Semester

• ENGL 101 - Ideas and Their Expression II 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 112 - Calculus for Business and Technology 4 Credit(s) or
• MATH 131 - Calculus I 4 Credit(s)
• CHEM 100 - Physical Science 3 Credit(s) w/
• CHEM 110 - Physical Science Laboratory 1 Credit(s)
• HIST 130 - The Contemporary Global Experience 3 Credit(s)

First Semester

• HIST 106 - African-American History to 1877 (formerly HIST 201) 3 Credit(s)
• ECON 200 - Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 Credit(s)
• ABM 240 - Information Technology in Agribusiness 3 Credit(s)
• ABM 300 - Rural Communities and Economic Development 3 Credit(s)
• MGMT 110 - Business Environment 3 Credit(s)
• TSCM 240 3 credit(s)

Second Semester

• PSYC 101 - General Psychology (formerly PSYC 320) 3 Credit(s)
• ECON 201 - Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 Credit(s)
• ABM 330 - Applied Economics in Agribusiness 3 Credit(s)
• ABM 406 - Quantitative Analysis in Agribusiness 3 Credit(s)
• Agricultural Elective¹ 3 credit(s)

First Semester

• ABM 432 - Accounting for Agribusiness 3 Credit(s)
• Major Elective²  3 credit(s)
• ECON 206 - Statistics for Decision Making 3 Credit(s)
• MGMT 201 - Principles of Management 3 Credit(s)
• SPCH 250 - Speech Fundamentals 3 Credit(s)

Second Semester

• MGMT 322 - Human Resource Management 3 Credit(s)
• ABM 434 - Food and Agribusiness Marketing 3 Credit(s)
• ABM Major Elective 3 credit(s)
• ABM Major Elective 3 credit(s)
• Agricultural Elective 3 credit(s)
• PHIL 201 - Business Ethics (formerly PHIL 315) 3 Credit(s)

First Semester

• Major Elective 3 credit(s)
• ABM 444 - Financial Analysis for Agribusiness 3 Credit(s)
• ABM 480 - Agribusiness and Food Industry Management 3 Credit(s)
• Free Elective 3 credit(s)

Second Semester

• Agricultural Elective 3 credit(s)
• ABM Major Elective 3 credit(s)
• ABM Major Elective 3 credit(s)
• Major Elective 3 credit(s)

Core Courses

•    Core courses (9 credit hours): AGRI 604/ABM 705, AGRI 700, 780

Thesis option

•    Select 15 credit hours from ABM courses with approval of advisor
•    Thesis (ABM 797: 6 credits)
•    Pass thesis defense

Project option
•    Select 18 credit hours from ABM courses with approval of advisor
•    Project (ABM 796: 3 credits)

Total Credit Hours:30