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Ranch Management

As a ranch management major, you will learn how to make decisions that are economically and ecologically sound. Professional training will help you meet the challenges of the dynamic and rapidly changing careers in agricultural resource management.

Get a proven brand of education when you join a highly regarded program that trains a new breed of high-tech, business savvy agricultural resource managers
Learn proven practices and principles of the ranching industry through intensive classroom instruction and extensive work in the field
Tour agricultural operations and gain first-hand knowledge from people who work in the ranching industry

The Ranch Management program includes courses like:
Fr	Contemporary Issues in Biology Introductory Microeconomics Applied Calculus or Elementary Statistics

So	Principles of Environmental Science Introductory Macroeconomics Business courses

Jr	Ecology, Plant Biology, Weather & Climate or Environmental Earth Resources or Natural History Business Courses

Ranch Operations & Development
Soil & Water Conservation
Beef Cattle Production
Animal Health Management
Ranch Management
Ranch Records & Finance
Ranch Business Management
Animal Nutrition & Feeding
Sheep & Goat Production
Animal Health & Reproduction
Marketing of Livestock & Meat
Forage Production & Use

Intended for those students who wish to intergrate a business minor with science courses to provide a foundation for ranch management studies. Students accepted into the certificate program must also have some previous ranching experience.

Since 1956, students from more than 40 states and 22 countries have studied in TCU's ranch management program. In the past several decades, career opportunities for agricultural resource managers have rapidly expanded to include not only ranch management but also diverse areas such as commodity investment, agricultural marketing and international agricultural trade.

Ranch Management program website
Ranch Management in the Undergraduate Studies Bulletin

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