- Take classes with award-winning faculty?
- Compete in national agri-marketing competitions?
- Develop entrepreneurial skills related to agricultural business?
- Work internationally?
- Return to production agriculture with enhanced farm/ranch management skills?
These and many other career and learning opportunities await you!
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Majors and Minors Available
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business offers two majors:
and two minors:
Student STAR AUDIT
View/Print Student STAR AUDITS by logging into your mynmsu account. Click on the Star Audit button to proceed through the following drop down menu options to:
- Select degree/college 'Agriculture'
- Select 'Program'
- Select 'Catalog Year' (one being used for graduation)
- Select 'Format' (PDF or HTML)
- View and/or print out your audit
- For Minors: Print out the audit and follow instructions to obtain approval.
Students can also generate star audits for any other degree program at NMSU or its branches using these drop menu options. We advise students to visit with their adviser (the Students Services Center) to go over any audits and plans for graduation.
Advising
Undergraduate Programs Coordinator
Dr. John Townsend, AEAB Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Office: GT Room 381
Phone: 575-646-2401
Fax: 575-3808
Email: jtowsen@nmsu.edu
Faculty Advising
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business has faculty members that are trained to advise undergraduate students. The undergraduate students in the Department of Ag Economics and Ag Business may choose their academic advisor upon entry into the department.
Beginning freshmen and transfer students are provided temporary advisors and are especially encouraged to use a faculty member in the department as a permanent advisor. Our Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Dr. John Townsend is always willing to help undergraduate students when attempting to locate a temporary or permanent academic advisor among our department's faculty.
Students are encouraged to inform their advisor of their short- and long-term goals as well as their career objectives while enrolled at NMSU. This information will allow their advisor to assist them in the most positive manner resulting in the best academic experience possible.
Advisor Change Form
As you begin your college education, NMSU has many available resources available to students to experience college life in both an educational and personal setting. A Primary Advisor will be appointed to serve as a student's main contact to assist with their educational experience that includes, but is not limited to:
- assisting with educational plans by recommending appropriate courses
- assisting with understanding various university requirements as needed
- evaluating timely progress toward graduation
- providing direction to any resources that are available to assist in current and/or future educational and career goals, etc.
Students are welcome to visit with more than one advisor while in college, but the Primary Advisor will be the faculty member to approve a student's final audit for graduation prior to submission to the ACES College.
For any changes to your Primary Advisor, please complete the Advisor Change Form. You can type in your information, print it out, obtain signatures and bring it to the AEAB Advising Services Center where the changes will be updated in Banner.
Departmental Student Services Center
Students are also invited to visit the Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business Student Services Center that maintains copies of all undergraduate student records and is located in Gerald Thomas Hall, Room 379. The administrative assistant in the Departmental Student Services Center and full-time staff member, handles correspondence, files, checks degrees, and all relevant items for undergraduate and graduate students. The Center provides students with a central place to get help without having to make an appointment.
Financial Aid and Scholarships
For information on financial aid options available to NMSU students please visit the Financial Aid Office. Many students also find work on campus through the Career Services Office, from workstudy, regular, or internship employment.
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business offers undergraduate scholarships totaling about $23,000 each year. Our majors are also eligible for variety of scholarships awarded by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, which has more than $450,000 annually to support students. About 25% are reserved for freshman.
Departmental Scholarships
- Archer Daniel Midland (ADM) Scholarship
- David & Paulina Salopek Scholarship
- Farm Credit of New Mexico Scholarships
- Hurt Endowed Scholarship
- James F. Cole Memorial Scholarship
- L.E. (Gene) Mathers, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- New Mexico Oil and Gas Association/Catlett Endowed Scholarship Fund
- Patrick Hightower Memorial Scholarship
- Paul Roach Endowed Memorial Scholarship
- Robert L. Coppersmith Memorial Scholarship
- William Esslinger II Memorial Scholarship
- William S. May Scholarship
- Dept. of Ag. Econ. / Ag. Bus. Scholarships
- Kringle the Cat Scholarship
For more information on College and Departmental Scholarships, please contact Dr. John Townsend, AEAB Undergraduate Program Coordinator.
Application for Scholar Dollar$
Scholarship Applications for fall semester must be received by March 1. A single Application will collect information that allows applicants to be considered for all scholarships at NMSU. Students may check this Scholarships to go through a listing of NMSU scholarships or view the TIPS or FAQ tabs.
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