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Agricultural Industries and Marketing (AIM) is a unique program you will not find at other land grant universities. A truly interdisciplinary major, our program draws on the teaching talent, research, and resources of every department in our College. Flexible yet broadly based, AIM offers many opportunities for you to choose electives and courses based on your academic interests and career goals.
Our AIM major provides you with a solid background in the three core areas of communication studies, business management, and applied agricultural sciences. As part of the program requirements, you will also participate in at least one internship experience. You choose one of three specialization areas to round out your program. These areas are:
Food Industries: This emphasis studies the basic food and life sciences while exploring complex problems facing the food industry. Students seek employment in food or food-related businesses, where knowledge of food science, marketing, and general business management is important. Your coursework will prepare you for careers in manufacturing and operations management, technical sales, food product marketing, or similar areas.
Crops and Soils Industries: This emphasis is for students seeking entry level positions in companies working in the world of agricultural production inputs (e.g., seeds, fertilizers, crop protection products) and in other functional management areas in agribusiness such as agricultural banking, agricultural sales, agrichemicals, crop consulting and scouting, seed marketing, and grain merchandising.
Individualized: If you want to self-design your area of specialization, this emphasis is for you. In consultation with the AIM coordinator, you select courses that thematically relate to your interests. Examples of individualized emphases include: agriculture journalism, avian science, and sustainable agriculture.
Major Requirements
University Catalog
Career Opportunities
Involvement Opportunities
Academic Advisor
Gary Cooper
coope056@umn.edu
612-625-0213
217C Classroom Office Building
Major Coordinator
Paul Porter
pporter@umn.edu
612-625-6719
305 Hayes Hall
CFANS Admissions
cfans.admissions@umn.edu
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