Head of Department: Professor Emilio Pagoulatos
Department Office: Room 318, W.B. Young Building
For major requirements, see the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources section of this Catalog.
110. Population, Food, and the Environment
Either semester. Three credits.
The role of agriculture in the growth and development of societies throughout the world. Economic and sociological problems of food and fiber needs and production in the developing and the advanced societies.
150. Principles of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Either semester. Three credits. Taught concurrently with SARE 50.
An introduction to agricultural economics, the role of agriculture in today's United States economic system, and relationships that regulate the entire economic environment.
215C. Business Management
First semester. Three credits. L. Lee
Analysis of marketing, management, and financial decision-making tools in agribusiness, including computer applications.
217. Business Finance in Food and Resource Industries
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: One of the following: ARE 150, ECON 112 or ARE 215C; or consent of instructor. Not open for credit to students who have passed AERS 230. L. Lee
Analysis of financial statements, credit, risk, and investment decision-making.
221. Organization and Strategies in Food Industries
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ARE 150 or ECON 112. Cotterill
Market structure and business strategies of firms, pricing, advertising, entry strategies, mergers, and the impact of public policies.
222. Food Trends and the Changing Consumer
Second semester. Three credits.
Determinants of food consumption trends. Particular attention to demographic and economic factors and to changing concerns regarding health and food safety.
225. Marketing and Price Analysis
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ARE 150 or ECON 112 or consent of instructor. Lopez
Principles and applications of marketing, with special reference to business, economics, and policies under which the food system operates. Price risk management via commodity futures markets, practical problems, computer exercises, and usually a field trip.
234. Environmental and Resource Policy
Either semester. Three credits. Altobello
Economic and policy aspects of natural resource use and environmental quality issues. Designed for students with diverse departmental affiliations.
234W. Environmental and Resource Policy
235. Environmental and Resource Economics
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ARE 150 or ECON 112.
Natural resource use and environmental quality analysis using economic theory. Reviews of empirical research and relevant policy issues.
238. Economics of Outdoor Recreation
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequsite: ARE 150 or ECON 112 or consent of instructor. L. Lee
Analysis of applied outdoor recreation decision tools for public and private recreation resource managers.
255. The Role of Agriculture in Economic
Development
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ARE 150 or ECON 112 or consent of instructor. Credit may not be received for both ARE 305 and 255.
The role of agriculture in the economic development of less developed countries. Population and rural employment, the economics of food consumption and nutrition, international food aid, agricultural marketing and trade, land tenure, agrarian reform, and appropriate agricultural technology.
255W. The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development
257. Benefit Cost Analysis and Resource
Management
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ARE 150 or ECON 112. Credit may not be received for both ARE 307 and 257.
Theoretical foundations and applications of benefit-cost analysis in project appraisal and in evaluation of public policies regarding resource management and environmental protection.
260. Food and Agricultural Policy
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ARE 150 or ECON 112 or consent of instructor. Lopez
Analysis of food and agricultural policies in the United States and abroad. Designed for students with diverse departmental affiliations.
260W. Food and Agricultural Policy
275. Principles of Agribusiness
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ARE 150 or ECON 112. Cotterill
Management techniques for achieving the merchandising objective and standards of the firm, with maximum efficiency in the use of capital, personnel, facilities and equipment. Directed toward those students who plan to enter agribusiness.
280. Economic Organization of Agriculture
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ARE 150 or ECON 112.
Economic organization of competitive industries using agriculture as an example of one such industry. The problems growing out of the competitive structure of agriculture, and the economic concepts, principles and research results applicable to these problems.
285. International Commodity Trade
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ARE 150 or ECON 112 or consent of instructor. Pagoulatos
The basic principles of international commodity trade and market institutions. Applications to current problems of international commodity trade and policy.
290V. Quantitative Methods for Agriculture
Second semester. Three credits. Open only with consent of instructor. T. Lee
Data collection, compilation, charts, frequency distribution, simple descriptive statistics, index numbers, economic time series analysis and simple correlations.
295. Seminar
Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Open only with consent of instructor.
Participation in staff conferences and discussions, reviews of important books, and reports on recent developments in economic theory and research.
297. Resource Economics Internship
Either semester or summer. One to six credits (repeatable for a total of six credits). Open only to Upper Division students majoring in Resource Economics who have demonstrated outstanding academic ability and possess excellent professional potential. Requires Independent Study Authorization with consent of department head and advisor.
This course is designed to provide students with a meaningful experience in a formalized agribusiness or natural resources program under supervised conditions. Each student taking this course must submit a formal written report for evaluation and meet all other course requirements as specified by the instructor.
298. Special Topics
Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Open only with consent of instructor.
Topics and credits to be published prior to the registration period preceding the semester offerings.
299. Independent Study
Either or both semesters. Credit and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Open only with consent of instructor. Requires Independent Study Authorization.
This course is designed primarily for major students.
Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).