Agricultural and Resource Economics
(AREC)
The department's program is designed to relate agricultural and resource problems and issues in contemporary society to their underlying economic explanations. Through the choice of elective courses the major in agricultural and resource economics may build programs in: agricultural business to prepare for careers in the management of farms, ranches and agribusiness firms; economic development for careers in rural area development and foreign agricultural development; resource and environmental economics for careers in the management of public resources of land and water; and preparation for graduate study for careers in business, teaching and research.