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AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS (AREC)

193. Internship (1-8) [Rpt./] I II

195. Colloquium

b. Environmental Issues in Agricultural and Resource Economics (1) I

199. Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II

213. Introduction to Agricultural Commodity and Food Marketing (3) I Basic economic concepts and marketing methods affecting agricultural and food industries in the international marketplace Investigation of the organizational, institutional and economic principles that form the agricultural and food marketing system in the US; application of microeconomic, market performance and international trade analysis. P, ECON 200 or ECON 201A.

215. Agribusiness Economics and Management (3) II Essential economic concepts and analytical tools for agribusiness managers are developed and applied to current business challenges and opportunities. Emphasis placed on decision tools, budgeting, forecasting, strategy, organization and relationship management. P, ECON 200 or ECON 201A.

217. Resources and Environmental Economics (3) II Relationship between man and use of natural resources and environmental systems, with emphasis on the economic implications of alternative environmental, energy and land-use policies. P, ECON 200 or ECON 201A. (Identical with ECON 217).

242. World Food Economy (3) I II World resources of agriculture; population and food supply; economics of hunger, world trade and agricultural policies. P, ECON 200 or ECON 201A. (Identical with ECON 242).

293. Internship (1-8) I II

299. Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]

299H. Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I

310. Consumer Economics (3) II The economics of consumer behavior and choice with implications for consumer demand. Application to nutrition and food consumption, clothing and textiles, and consumer durables. P, ECON 200 or ECON 201A. (Identical with RCS 310).

313. Economics of Futures Markets (3) I II Commodity and financial futures market participants, evolution, functions, performance, price determination, and regulation with hedging and speculative appli cations of futures and futures-options contracts. P, ECON 200 or ECON 201A. (Identical with ECON 313, FIN 313).

339. Economic Statistics (3) I II Application and interpretation of statistical measures to problems in economics. P, MATH 123. Credit allowed for only one of these courses: AREC 339, ECON 376, MAP 376, MKTG 376. (Identical with ECON 339).

350. Economics, Ethics and Environmental Policies (3) I S Critical analysis of environmental issues using political economy models. Integrates economic, ethical and political concepts in discussing conflicts surrounding food safety, endangered species, land use, and pollution issues. P, ECON 200 or ECON 201A or 6 units of Individuals & Societies general education. Tier 2 - Individuals and Societies.

375. Economics of Land and Water in the American West (3) I Economic analysis of natural resource issues, policies and management. Case studies focus on water supplies, public and tribal lands, river basins, recreation, and wildlife resources in the western U.S. P, AREC 217 or ECON 201A. (Identical with ECON 375, RNR 375).

393. Internship (1-8) I II

399. Independent Study (1-3) I II

399H. Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]

403. Marketing and Price Analysis (3) I Market functions, costs, price indices, seasonality, marketing margins, commodity market models, price determination and price forecasting. P, ECON 300 or ECON 361; AREC 339.

404. Production Economic Analysis (3) II Application of production economics principles and analytical techniques to the solution of agricultural economics problems. P, ECON 361 or ECON 300; MATH 123.

450. Financial Management for Agribusiness (3) I Application of financial management principals and tools to challenges and opportunities facing agribusiness firms. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition, allocation, control and transfer of capital resources. P, ECON 300 or ECON 361; 3 units of accounting. May be convened with AREC 550.

464. Economics of Policy Analysis (3) II Applied economic theory and method of policy analysis and public choice. Emphasis is on policies impacting agriculture and rural America-especially historical and continuing government intervention in agricultural markets. P, ECON 300 or ECON 361; MATH 123. Writing-Emphasis Course*.

471. Problems in Regional Development (3) I II (Identical with GEOG 471, which is home). May be convened with AREC 571.

476. Environmental Law and Economics (3) II A complex set of laws has developed to control the environmental risks posed by potentially polluting activities. In this course, a survey and an economic evaluation are presented of major environmental legislation designed to protect air, land and water resource quality. P, ECON 300 or ECON 361. (Identical with HWR 476, RNR 476).

493. Internship (1-3) [Rpt./] I II

493. Internship

l. Legislative Internship (1-1) [Rpt./] II

494. Practicum

r. Research (3) [Rpt./ 1] I II P, ENGL 101 and MATH 117 and ABE 120 or consent of instructor.

497. Workshop

a. Strategies in Futures and Options Trading (3) I P, FIN 412 or ECON 313; FIN 313, AREC 313.

498. Senior Capstone (1-3) I II

498H. Honors Thesis (3) [Rpt./ 2]

499. Independent Study (1-5) [Rpt./]

499H. Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]

504. Production Economics (3) I Theory of the firm and industry; single and multiple products; risk and uncertainty. P, ECON 300 or ECON 361; MATH 123. (Identical with ECON 504).

512. Economic Policy in Developing Countries (3) II The role of policies in economic growth and development. The impact of commodity, factor market and macroeconomic policies on economic incentives. (Identical with ARL 512, ECON 512).

513. Consumption Economics and Price Analysis (3) [Rpt./6 units] II Theory of the consumer, demand, and market equilibrium, and welfare analysis. P, ECON 361, MATH 123. (Identical with ECON 513).

514. Cost-Benefit Analysis (3) II Theoretical bases and empirical techniques. Consumer-producer surplus; social and private costs; macroeconomic distortions; non-market goods; uses in policy analysis. (Identical with ECON 514).

515. Operations Research in Applied Economics (3) II Application of linear, nonlinear, and multiple objective programming, decision theory, and simulation to problems of agricultural production, marketing, policy, and natural resource use. P, MATH 123, ECON 361. (Identical with ECON 515).

516. Agricultural Development (3) [Rpt./ 1] I Micro-economic analysis of agriculture in developing economies, focusing on factors affecting production decisions of small farmers, including adoption of new technologies. Interrelationships between agricultural activities and household consumption patterns also discussed. P, ECON 361 or ECON 300. (Identical with ECON 516).

549. Applied Econometric Analysis (3) II (Identical with ECON 549, which is home).

550. Financial Management for Agribusiness (3) For a description of course topics see AREC 450. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper of publishable quality which analyzes a current financial issue or problem in the agricultural sector and selected readings in professional journals. May be convened with AREC 450.

571. Problems in Regional Development (3) I II (Identical with GEOG 571, which is home). May be convened with AREC 471.

575. Economics of Natural Resource Policy (3) II Theory and application of economic concepts needed to evaluate resource laws and policies; including welfare economics, externalities, public goods and valuation methodologies. Case studies focus on the American West and include federal and state environmental, water, and land policies. P, ECON 300 or ECON 361. (Identical with ARL 575, ECON 575, RNR 575).

576. Advanced Natural Resource Economics (3) I Advanced economic theory and analysis of environmental and natural resource issues. P, ECON 361, MATH 123. (Identical with ECON 576, HWR 576, RNR 576).

577. Advanced Topics In the Economics of Environmental Regulation (3) I Advanced economic theory of environmental policy. Topics include regulation of air and water pollution under imperfect competition, imperfect information, costly enforcement, uncertainty, and the use of alternative regulatory instruments. P, MATH 123, ECON 361. (Identical with ECON 577, HWR 577, WS M 577).

580. Mathematics for Economists (2) I Intensive course in essential mathematics for entering graduate students in the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics. Topics covered include matrix algebra, functions, limits, differentiation, comparative statistics, and constrained and unconstrained optimization. (Identical with ECON 580).

593. Internship (1-6) [Rpt./] I II

593. Internship

l. Legislative Internship (1-1) [Rpt./] I II

599. Independent Study (1-6) [Rpt./]

676. Economic Dynamics and Natural Resources (3) I II Covers three topic areas: mathematical structure of dynamic optimization problems; economics of exhaustible resource use; and economics of renewable resource use. The methods part of the course treats both discrete and continuous time as well as deterministic and uncertain environments. Relationships between the methods of Lagrage, dynamic programming, optimal control, the calculus of variations, and the Ito calculus are developed. The sections on natural resource apply these tools to the classical economic problems of natural resource allocation and exploitation. P, graduate students only with one year graduate microeconomic theory. (Identical with ECON 676).

693. Internship (1-8) I II

696. Seminar

g. Interstate Conflict Resolution (3) [Rpt./ 1] II (Identical with SIE 696G, which is home).

699. Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]

900. Research (1-8) [Rpt./]

909. Master's Report (1-8)

910. Thesis (1-8) [Rpt./]

920. Dissertation (1-9)

930. Supplementary Registration (1-9) [Rpt./]

 

 


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