Course Description
Inputs and outputs between agriculture and agricultural businesses; analysis of factors affecting development and economic growth in developing areas.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Required to write a term paper.
Athena Title
Rural Econ Develop and Growth
Prerequisite
Third year standing and (AAEC 2580 or AAEC 2580E or ECON 2106 or ECON 2106E or ECON 2106H)
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. To use economic theory to analyze problems of rural and regional development. 2. To acquaint students with some tools that are useful in the analysis of rural and regional development. 3. To examine the role and ability of government policies to influence rural and regional growth and development.
Topical Outline
1. Defining Community Development, historical transition of rural America. 2. Growth theories 3. Space and community economics 4. Concepts of community economics 5. Land and labor markets 6. Technology and innovation 7. Nonmarket goods, services,and amenities 8. Institutions and society 9. Policy and decision-making 10. The practice of community economic development 11. Descriptive tools of community economic analysis 12. Input/output analysis 13. Agriculture and natural resources in the rural economy 14. Business development as a rural/regional development strategy
Syllabus