Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Undergraduate Program - Agricultural Finance

Agricultural Finance Concentration Requirements*

Agricultural and Consumer Economics (ACE) Major (10KL5004BS)
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL UIUC STUDENTS
• Complete at least 60 hours on the UIUC campus
• Complete general education requirements (below)
• Complete at least 21 hours at the 300- and 400-level on the UIUC campus
COLLEGE OF ACES REQUIRED
• Minimum of 35 hours in the College of ACES6
• Minimum of 15 hours of major and CONCENTRATION courses must be completed on the UIUC campus
•ACES 101 Contemporary Issues in ACES
ACES AND OPEN ELECTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS10

General
• ACE 240 Personal Financial Planning (Replaces ACE 245)
• ACE 270 Consumer Economics
• ACE 346 Tax Policy & Financial Planning (Replaces ACE 303)
• ACE 428 Commodity Futures and Options
Accounting
• ACCY 301 Atg Measurement & Disclosure9
• ACCY 302 Decision Making for Atg9
• ACCY 303 Atg Institutions and Reg9

 Economics
• ECON 311 Introduction to Public Finance
• ECON 411 Public Sector Economics

 Finance
• FIN 230 Introduction to Insurance9
• FIN 412 Options and Futures Markets9
• FIN 431 Property-Liability Insurance9
• FIN 445 Real Estate Investment9
• FIN 446 Real Estate Financial Markets9
• FIN 451 Intl Financial Markets9
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIRED
Composition 1 and Speech
• RHET 105 Principles of Composition1
• CMN 101 Public Speaking1

Advanced Composition2
• One course selected from:
BTW 250 Principles of Bus Comm
BTW 261 Principles of Tech Comm
BTW 263 Writing in the Disciplines
RHET 233 Principles of Composition
RHET 243 Inter Expository Writing
CMN 220 Communicating Public Policy


Cultural Studies3
• One Western culture and
• One non-Western Culture/U.S. minority Culture

Foreign Language4

Quantitative Reasoning5
• MATH 124 Finite Mathematics or
MATH 125 Linear Algebra
• MATH 220 Calculus 1 or
MATH 234 Calculus for Business 1

Quantitative Reasoning II
• ECON 202 Economic Statistics 1 and ECON 203 Economic Statistics II

Natural Sciences and Technology3
• Six hours selected from approved campus General Educatoion Course List
Humanities and Arts3
• Six hours selected from approved general education course list

Social and Behavioral Sciences3
• Six hours selected from approved general education course list
DEPARTMENT OF ACE REQUIRED
• ACE 100 Agr Cons and Resource Economics7
• ACE 161 Microcomputer Applications or CS 105 Intro to Computing, Non-Tech
• ACCY 201 Accounting and Accountancy
• ECON 103 Macroeconomic Principles
• ECON 302 Inter Microeconomic Theory8
• Minimum of 20 hours in ACE excluding ACE 161 adn 261.
• 126 total hours

• Choose one 400 level international course from the following (tentative) list of courses or spend at least one semester (at least 12 credit hours) in an approved international experience:

ACE 435 Global Agribusiness Management
ACE 436 Intl Business Immersion
ACE 451 Agriculture in Intl Dev
ACE 452 The Latin American Economies
ACE 453 Econ Dev in S and SE Asia
ACE 454 Econ Dev of Tropical Africa
ACE 455 Intl Trade in Food and Agr
ECON 422 The European Economies
ECON 451 Transition Economies
 
AGRICULTURAL FINANCE CONCENTRATION REQUIRED
• ACE 345 Finan. Decision-Making for Individ. & Small Bus
(Replaces ACE 340)
• ACCY 202 Accounting & Accountancy, II
• FIN 221 Corporate Finance
• FIN 300 Financial Markets

• Two courses selected from:
ACE 444 Financial Services for Individuals & Small Businesses
(Replaces ACE 443)
ACE 446 Modeling Applications for Financial Planning
(Replaces ACE 442)
ACE 447 Case Stud. in Agricultural Accounting & Financial Planning
(Replaces ACE 441)
FIN 311 Investments9
FIN 461 Financial Intermediation9

1This requirement may be fulfilled by the satisfactory completion of one of the following selections or an equivalent: RHET 105, or RHET 100 and 101 and 102, or RHET 103 and 104, or CMN 111 and 112, or ESL 114 and 115. The CMN 111 and 112 sequence also fulfills the Speech requirement for all College of ACES curricula.
2Completion prior to the seventh semester is strongly encouraged. This requirement must be completed at UIUC.
3For completing GENED requirement, consult with your academic advisor and refer to the most current GENED approved list available at http://courses.uiuc.edu/cis/index.html.
4Coursework at or above the third level is required for graduation.
5Must be completed prior to the fifth semester. Can also be satisfied by completing Math 220 and 231. This option is recommended for students interested in graduate study.
6This requirement is satisfied by courses with the following rubrics: ABE, ACE, ACES, AGCM, AGED, ANSC, CPSC, FSHN, HCD, HDFS, HORT, NRES, PLPA, RSOC, OR TSM.
7Credit is not given for both ACE 100 and ECON 102.
8Completion prior to the seventh semester is strongly encouraged.
9Regulation may be restricted by the department offering the course; access cannot be assured.
10Students may use approved internship and/or study abroad credit for fulfilling open elective hours or certain other curriculum requirements.

The information provided herein is correct to the best of our knowledge as of March 2008. Specific requirements may change as programs and courses evolve. Students considering applying may contact the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics for the most current information.