 | | Course ID: | AAEC 2060. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Green Economics | Course
Description: | Green economics involves an exploration of the world of work,
human desires, the Earth's resources, and how they mesh
together most harmoniously. It is primarily about "use-value,"
not "exchange-value" or money. It is about quality, not
quantity; about regeneration of individuals, communities and
ecosystems, not about accumulation of either money or material. | | Oasis Title: | GREEN ECONOMICS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AAEC 3060 or AAEC 4650 or ECON 2100 or ECON 4150 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 2580. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Applied Microeconomic Principles | Course
Description: | Microeconomic principles such as consumer demand, cost of production and management are utilized to analyze the relative prosperity of the population in Georgia outside of the major urban centers. The impact of international trade, capital availability in the rural economy, environmental policies, as well as the maintenance of a viable rural industry will be important topics in this course. | | Oasis Title: | APP MICROECN PRIN | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Farm Organization and Management | Course
Description: | The study of individual farm programs for the purpose of determining methods to be used for increasing farm income. | | Oasis Title: | FARM ORG MAN | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Analysis of Agribusiness and Natural Resource Issues | Course
Description: | Research applications using Microsoft Office suite for real
world economic problem solving in agribusiness and natural
resource areas. Development of research proposal, hypothesis
formation, data collection and analysis, written paper and
visual presentation. Emphasis on written, analytical, and
presentation skills development by student teams with Word,
Excel, Access, and Powerpoint. | | Oasis Title: | ANALY AGB/NAT RES | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AAEC 2020-2020L | | Prerequisite: | (AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106) and STAT 2000 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Agribusiness Marketing | Course
Description: | Agribusiness marketing for farm products describing and analyzing agribusiness marketing functions to have a comprehensive understanding of the principles of agribusiness marketing. | | Oasis Title: | AGRIBUS MARKETING | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3060. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles of Resource Economics | Course
Description: | Basic theoretical concepts and analytical tools necessary to evaluate resource use, allocation, and policy. Emphasis is placed upon theoretical applications to natural, rural, and agricultural resources which impact both public sector and private sector economic activities. | | Oasis Title: | RESOURCE ECONOMICS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AAEC 2060 | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Food and Fiber Marketing | Course
Description: | Basic concepts of marketing food and fiber and related services and for making essential marketing decisions; approaches food and fiber product marketing as being individual and organization activities aimed at facilitating and expediting exchanges within a set of dynamic environmental factors. | | Oasis Title: | FOOD AND FIBER MKT | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in MARK 3000 | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Selling in Agribusiness | Course
Description: | Sales and merchandising techniques appropriate for agricultural selling and marketing. The psychology of selling, the selling process, spatial marketing strategies, and communication skills are emphasized, as used in agribusiness. | | Oasis Title: | SELLING IN AGRIBUS | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Agribusiness Accounting | Course
Description: | Accounting for agribusiness firms with emphasis on financial statement preparation and analysis of accounting information for managerial purposes. Special emphasis is given to problems of income measurement and asset valuation for agribusiness firms. | | Oasis Title: | AGRIBUS ACCOUNTING | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ACCT 1160 or ACCT 2101 or AAEC 2110 or AAEC 3300 | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Agricultural Policy | Course
Description: | Domestic and international government policies affecting agriculture, agribusinesses, and rural economies. Policy alternatives aimed at solving economic and environmental problems of the food and agricultural sector are identified and evaluated. | | Oasis Title: | INTRO AG POLICY | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3510. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Agricultural Credit | Course
Description: | The techniques and principles of finance of the farm firm and a study of needs, sources, and problems associated with credit and capital use among individual farm business units. | | Oasis Title: | AGRICULTURAL CREDIT | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3580-3580L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Economic Principles | Course
Description: | Competitive and imperfect markets in the allocation of consumer goods and input factors in the free enterprise economy. | | Oasis Title: | INTER ECON PRIN | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4010 | | Prerequisite: | (AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106) and [MATH 2110 or (MATH 2210 and MATH 2210L) or MATH 2260] | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3690. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Agribusiness Finance | Course
Description: | Financial concepts and analysis related to agribusiness firms, including analysis based on financial statements, business and financial risk, valuation, and capital budgeting. | | Oasis Title: | AGRIBUSINESS FIN | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FINA 3000 | | Prerequisite: | (AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106) and (AAEC 3300 or ACCT 2101) and STAT 2000 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3910. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Internships | Course
Description: | Educational experience gained while performing an internship for an agribusiness, governmental, environmental management, or natural resource agency or organization. | | Oasis Title: | INTERNSHIPS | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship. | | Prerequisite: | Junior standing and (AAEC 3060 or AAEC 3040 or AAEC 3100 or AAEC 3400) and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 3980. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Agribusiness Management | Course
Description: | Managerial concepts, procedures, and techniques in agribusiness management. Techniques of planning, organization, staffing, directing, and controlling functions of management. | | Oasis Title: | INTRO AGRIBUS MGT | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AAEC 4980/6980 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course is also offered through University System of
Georgia Independent and Distance Learning (IDL). | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4040-4040L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Quantitative Approaches to Agribusiness Management | Course
Description: | Agribusiness decision making and forecasting using probabilities and simulation. | | Oasis Title: | QUANT APP AGB MGT | | Prerequisite: | STAT 2000 | | Pre or Corequisite: | AAEC 3580-3580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4050/6050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Agribusiness and Natural Resource Law | Course
Description: | Students will survey legal principles applying to agribusiness
firms and natural resources, legal basics, and learn how to access
legal materials. Through an understanding of common law, case
law, statutes and regulations, students will learn how to
discern rights and obligations regarding contracts, torts,
property, and natural resources. The materials should enable
students to recognize and avoid legal problems and effectively
use legal counsel. | | Oasis Title: | AG & NAT RES LAW | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 4400/6400 | | Prerequisite: | Third year standing and (POLS 1101 or HIST 2111 or HIST 2112) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4210/6210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Production Economics: Theory with Applications | Course
Description: | Fundamental economic principles in determining efficient adjustments in agricultural resource use consistent with economic growth, and changing technology and economic conditions. | | Oasis Title: | PRODUCTION ECON | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 3580-3580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC(EHSC) 4250H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental and Public Health Law (Honors) | Course
Description: | Basic legal principles and procedures as they relate to
environmental regulations and public health. Coverage of common
law, torts, nuisances, regulatory standards, and state and
federal environmental laws. Delineation of significant
constitutional and federal regulations that affect managerial
decisions. | | Oasis Title: | ENV PUB HLTH LAW | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AAEC 4930/6930 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC(EHSC) 4250/6250. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental and Public Health Law | Course
Description: | Basic legal principles and procedures as they relate to environmental regulations and public health. Coverage of common law, torts, nuisances, regulatory standards, and state and federal environmental laws. Delineation of significant constitutional and federal regulations that affect managerial decisions. | | Oasis Title: | ENV PUB HLTH LAW | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AAEC 4930/6930 | | Prerequisite: | Third-year student standing and (POLS 1101 or HIST 2111 or HIST 2112) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4510/6510. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Farm Appraisal | Course
Description: | The models of appraisal to farm property, including factors influencing farm land and building values, such as land use, soils, crops, livestock, and buildings. | | Oasis Title: | FARM APPRAISAL | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | | Pre or Corequisite: | AAEC 3690 or FINA 3000 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4610-4610L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Applied Econometrics | Course
Description: | Basic applied econometric analysis, including simple regression analysis, hypothesis testing, model selection, and data collection techniques. Applications are an integral part of the course, with students using computers to solve problems common in agricultural and environmental sciences. | | Oasis Title: | APP ECONOMETRICS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AAEC 3610-3610L | | Prerequisite: | STAT 2000 | | Pre or Corequisite: | AAEC 3580-3580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4650/6650. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental Economics | Course
Description: | Economic theory and methods applied to environmental problems and policies. Policies affecting individual and business decisions about environmental quality, policy formation, and incentive-based solutions; alternatives for reform evaluated for political and economic acceptability. | | Oasis Title: | ENVIRON ECON | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | | Pre or Corequisite: | AAEC 3580-3580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4710/6710. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Rural Economic Development and Growth | Course
Description: | Inputs and outputs between agriculture and agricultural businesses; analysis of factors affecting development and economic growth in developing areas. | | Oasis Title: | RURAL ECON DEV GRO | | Prerequisite: | Third year standing and (AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC(AFST) 4720. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Food Security, Economic Development, and the Environment | Course
Description: | Many contemporary economic development problems share a strong
economic component. The objectives of this course are to
provide economic background and insights into the global food
and fiber industry within unique physical and business
environments. | | Oasis Title: | FOOD ECON DEV ENV | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4760. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Economics of Agricultural Processing and Marketing | Course
Description: | The economics of the agricultural processing and marketing sectors. Economics of assembly line production; efficient plant size, location, and operation; the economics of commodity storage; the economics of the marketing sector; spatial competition; and price and quantity competition among firms with market power. | | Oasis Title: | AG PROC & MKT ECON | | Pre or Corequisite: | AAEC 3580-3580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC(ECOL)(FANR)(EHSC) 4770H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Business of Environmental Law (Honors) | Course
Description: | Discussion of economic and political choices regarding
environmental quality that involve trade-offs. Environmental
laws and regulatory actions that necessitate costly actions
will be reviewed. The liability causes of action that create
potential costs that affect business performance will also be
discussed. | | Oasis Title: | BUS ENV LAW | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AAEC 4050/6050 or AAEC(EHSC) 4250/6250 or AAEC 4930/6930 | | Prerequisite: | Third-year student standing and (POLS 1101 or HIST 2111 or HIST 2112) and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4800/6800. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Water Resource Economics | Course
Description: | The economic aspects of the use, supply, development, and management of water resources with special emphasis on river basin and project planning, benefit-cost analyses, water demands, and multiple use management of water resources. | | Oasis Title: | WATER RESOURCE ECON | | Nontraditional Format: | This course is also offered through University System of
Georgia Independent and Distance Learning (IDL). | | Prerequisite: | Third year standing and (AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC(FINA) 4870/6870. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Futures and Option Markets | Course
Description: | Development, functions, and importance of futures and option markets. Futures and option contracts; issues such as speculation, the roles of commission houses, commodity exchanges, and clearinghouses; and the use of future contracts as instruments for financing business activities. Technical and fundamental trading theories. | | Oasis Title: | FUTURES & OPT MKTS | | Prerequisite: | (AAEC 2580 or ECON 2106) and (AAEC 3690 or FINA 3000) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC(HACE) 4910/6910. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Agribusiness Marketing and Management | Course
Description: | Directed field study tour(s), site visits to agribusiness firms, and lectures in agribusiness marketing and management from an international perspective. Language, cultural, and environmental aspects of agricultural production, processing, and international marketing. | | Oasis Title: | AGRIBUSINESS ABROAD | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | AAEC 3040 or AAEC 3100 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4930/6930. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental Law and Governmental Regulation | Course
Description: | Regulatory theory, externalities and market failures, definition of key regulations affecting agribusiness, overview of local government law, and delineation of environmental laws relating to agriculture. Current environmental issues are related to statutory, administrative, and regulatory authorities. | | Oasis Title: | ENV LAW GOV REG | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AAEC(EHSC) 4250 | | Prerequisite: | Third year standing and (POLS 1101 or HIST 2111 or HIST 2112) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4960. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Agricultural Trade Policy | Course
Description: | Basic international trade theory, its application to agricultural commodity trade, and the effects of international relations and agricultural policy on world trade. | | Oasis Title: | INT AG TRADE POLICY | | Pre or Corequisite: | AAEC 3580-3580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4970H. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Reading and/or Projects (Honors) | Course
Description: | Individual study, reading, or projects under the direction of a project director. | | Oasis Title: | DIRECTED READING | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Senior standing and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4980/6980. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Agribusiness Management | Course
Description: | Apply and integrate skills into a workable approach to
agribusiness management; provide a step-by-step approach to the
application of practical management skills in marketing, demand
analysis, forecasting, finance, operations, and personnel. | | Oasis Title: | AGRIBUSINESS MGT | | Nontraditional Format: | Involves exams, assignments, case studies, simulation, role
playing and development of an actual business plan. | | Prerequisite: | (ACCT 2101 or AAEC 3300) and (AAEC 3690 or FINA 3000) and (AAEC 3040 or AAEC 3100) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4990. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Agricultural and Applied Economics | Course
Description: | Special problems in agricultural, environmental, or other applied economics analysis, decision making, and policy studies. | | Oasis Title: | APPLIED ECON TOPICS | | Prerequisite: | Junior standing and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 4990H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Honors Thesis | Course
Description: | Individual research in the field of his/her major or in a closely related field. | | Oasis Title: | HONORS THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Students in this course meet with their supervising professor as needed to successfully complete assignments and readings. | | Prerequisite: | Fourth-year student standing and permission of department and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 6580-6580L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Microeconomics: Theory with Applications I | Course
Description: | Partial and general equilibrium analyses in the study of efficient resource allocation among households and firms. Perfect and imperfect output and input markets are investigated in terms of economic efficiency. | | Oasis Title: | MICRO/APP I | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 3580 -3580L or permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 6590. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Microeconomics: Theory with Applications II | Course
Description: | Fundamental economic principles in determining efficient
adjustments in agricultural resource use consistent with
economic growth, and changing technology and economic
conditions. | | Oasis Title: | MICRO/APP II | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 6610. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Quantitative Techniques in Agricultural Economics | Course
Description: | Basic quantitative techniques in agricultural economic theory, emphasizing basic models used in the study of prices, marketing, and production. | | Oasis Title: | QUANT TECH AG ECON | | Prerequisite: | STAT 4210 or STAT 6210 or permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 6620. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Applied Econometrics | Course
Description: | Standard and advanced econometric techniques are applied to
topics in agriculture and resource economics. Techniques
include models for cross-section data, such as limited
dependent variable models, selectivity techniques, count data
models, and models for panel data. Students will conduct
statistical analyses and model evaluation. | | Oasis Title: | APPL ECONOMETRICS | | Prerequisite: | (AAEC 6610 or ECON 8080) and AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 6630. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Decision Theory for Resource Allocation | Course
Description: | Application of decision theory to natural and economic resources. Linear, nonlinear, and dynamic programming techniques for problems in economic and natural resource allocation. | | Oasis Title: | RESOURCE ALLOCATION | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 6760. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Agricultural Prices | Course
Description: | Price theory and statistical techniques that allow the student to advance beyond the introductory level of analyzing agricultural prices. | | Oasis Title: | INTERM AG PRICES | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L and AAEC 6610 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 6960. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Agricultural Trade | Course
Description: | Trade theory and an analysis of agricultural policies among nations. | | Oasis Title: | INTERNAT AG TRADE | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 7000. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Oasis Title: | MASTER'S RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 7005. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Graduate Student Seminar | Course
Description: | Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This
course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of
study. | | Oasis Title: | GRAD STUDENT SEM | | Nontraditional Format: | Seminar. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 7300. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course
Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Oasis Title: | MASTER'S THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 7600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis | Course
Description: | Environmental policy in both mathematical and intuitive economics, including externalities, policy instruments, and implementation. Concepts are applied to United States environmental policy toward air and water pollution, hazardous substances, and implementation of environmental law. | | Oasis Title: | ENVIR ECON POL ANAL | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FANR(AAEC) 7860. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Natural Resource and Environmental Economics I | Course
Description: | Economic and physical concepts of scarcity, the impact of market and social factors on resource use, and the optimal management of renewable and nonrenewable resources. | | Oasis Title: | N RES & ENV ECON I | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FORS 7860 | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L or ECON 8000 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8000. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Readings in Agricultural Economics | Course
Description: | Literature, the concepts and analytical tools for production economics, marketing, or resource economics. | | Oasis Title: | SPEC READINGS AG EC | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8010. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Agricultural and Applied Economics | Course
Description: | Agricultural policy, production, marketing, development, trade, agribusiness management or natural resources. Theoretical and methodological issues, empirical analyses, and firm/industry/academic policy and other research issues. | | Oasis Title: | SEMINAR AG APP ECON | | Nontraditional Format: | Graduate seminar course. | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8020. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Agricultural and Applied Economics | Course
Description: | Agricultural policy, production, marketing, development, trade, agribusiness management or natural resources. Theoretical and methodological issues, empirical analyses, firm/industry policy, and other issues. | | Oasis Title: | AG & APP ECON TOPIC | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8080. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Production Economics: Theory and Application | Course
Description: | Economic theory of production, duality, applications, and modeling. | | Oasis Title: | PROD ECO THRY & APP | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L and AAEC 6610 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Nonmarket Economic Valuation Techniques and Applications | Course
Description: | Economic analysis of contemporary rural natural resources, environmental policies, and agricultural policies and projects. Application of theory and techniques to local, state, and national problems and issues, particularly those affecting rural areas. | | Oasis Title: | NONMRKT ECON VAL | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EHSC(AAEC) 8120. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Roles and Responsibilities of Environmental Policy Makers | Course
Description: | Roles of science, engineering, law, journalism, economics, grass roots activism, and the legislative and regulatory process in the development of environmental policy. | | Oasis Title: | ENVIRON POLICY | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8140. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Consumer Demand Theory | Course
Description: | Theoretical treatment of consumer demand. Utility theory and its assumptions, consumer behavior theory, and problems of application in agricultural and applied economics. | | Oasis Title: | CONSUMER DEM THY | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L and (STAT 4220 or STAT 6220) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Agricultural Programs and Policy | Course
Description: | Alternative governmental programs and policies as they relate to the solution of specific agricultural problems. | | Oasis Title: | AG PROG & POLICY | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8300. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Agricultural Economics Research | Course
Description: | Methodology, techniques, and guidance for individual research in problems of agricultural economics. | | Oasis Title: | AG ECON RESEARCH | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8350. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Research and Professional Development | Course
Description: | Designed to prepare graduate students for post-degree
employment, particularly as university professors. Topics
covered include formulating a research question and project,
reviewing manuscripts, writing grants, making presentations,
writing and submitting journal articles, building an extension
program, and teaching a university course. | | Oasis Title: | RES & PROF DEV | | Pre or Corequisite: | (ECON 8020 or AAEC 6590) and (ECON 8080 or AAEC 6610) or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Agricultural Market Structure and Analysis | Course
Description: | The market in economic development and evaluation of structure, conduct, and performance in the United States agribusiness sector. Problems of market coordination and associated policy issues. | | Oasis Title: | AG MARKET ANALYSIS | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECOL(AAEC) 8700. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental Policy and Management | Course
Description: | Evolution, form, and substance of United States federal policies and programs that address ecological problems, focusing on the nature of problems and alternatives for effective resolution. | | Oasis Title: | ENV POLICY & MANAGE | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8710. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Agricultural Development and Growth | Course
Description: | Major economic problems of the agricultural sector of developing countries and a study of policy instruments which have been used to resolve these problems. | | Oasis Title: | ADV AG DEV & GRO | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L or ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8750. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Natural Resource and Environmental Economics II | Course
Description: | Management of natural and environmental resources. Major theoretical concepts will provide a basis for examination of efficient production and consumption allocation decisions related to natural resources. Emphasis will center on economic, institutional, and legal aspects which prevent private markets from efficiently valuing resources. | | Oasis Title: | NAT RES ENV ECON II | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8760. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics | Course
Description: | Classical and contemporary topics in natural resource and environmental economics following a seminar/discussion format. | | Oasis Title: | ENVIRO ECON TOPICS | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8800. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Dynamic Optimization in Agricultural and Resource Economics | Course
Description: | Dynamic optimization and optimal control techniques relevant to agricultural and resource economics. Calculus of variations, the maximum principle, dynamic programming, and both open-loop and closed-loop optimal control. | | Oasis Title: | DYN OPT AG RES ECON | | Prerequisite: | AAEC 6580-6580L and ECON 8000 and ECON 8110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 8850. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Risk and Uncertainty in Agricultural Decision Making | Course
Description: | Applications of microeconomic theory to measure and assess the impact of risk on firm, consumer, and market decisions and welfare. Evaluation of main sources of risk, including price, production, and technological uncertainty. Identification of firm responses to risk in financing, marketing, insurance, and contractual arrangements. | | Oasis Title: | RISK IN AG DECISION | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 9000. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Oasis Title: | DOCTORAL RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 9005. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar | Course
Description: | Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This
course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of
study. | | Oasis Title: | DOC GRAD STU SEM | | Nontraditional Format: | Seminar. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | AAEC 9300. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | Course
Description: | Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Oasis Title: | DOCT DISSERTATION | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
|