Abdul M, Tury, Ph D Intern Chair & Professor of Economic Bradford Hall 105 400 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40601 Desk: (502) 597-6916 Office: (502) 597-6708 Fax: (502) 597-6404 WWW KYSU I DO

School of Business

Dear Drs. Pomper, Sedlacek, and Andries,

November 11, 2016

The School of Business faculty has reviewed the new modifications to the proposal to offer Agricultural Business Option for the Agriculture, Food, and Environment undergraduate degree program.

The suggested modifications are to substitute AFE 215 for MGT 301 and AFE 426 for MKT 301. It appears that AFE 215 includes components that seek to apply MGT 301 topics specifically to agribusiness. Similarly, it appears that AFE 426 includes components that seek to apply MKT 301 topics specifically to agribusiness. If the levels of applied specificity are broad enough, then the suggested substitutions may be warranted. Otherwise, we would suggest cross listing AFE 215 and MGT 301 and cross listing AFE 426 and MKT 301. Either way, the School of Business supports the plan.

We also support the proposed Agribusiness certificate option.

We observed that BUA 101: Computer Applications in Business has been dropped from the original proposal. Is this an oversight or it's no longer required? If it's no longer required, will the AFE program meet the University requirement of knowledge of computer skills and applications? This question is not an attempt to make a case for including BUA 101. Rather, it's meant to call the attention of AFE to the absence of computer skills requirement on their program plans.

On behalf of the School of Business, thank you for the opportunity to partner with the College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems.

Sincerely, Abdul Turay, PK.D.

Interim Chair of the School of Business