Course Curriculum for Agricultural Economics Degree, Lab Reports of Agricultural engineering

Download Course Curriculum for Agricultural Economics Degree and more Lab Reports Agricultural engineering in PDF only on Docsity! __________________________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS • AGEC General education courses are marked with stars (✭). 1003 Introduction to Agricul tura l Business (3) F Nature and scope of agribusiness; application of management and marketing concepts to selected agribusiness problems; exploring agribusiness management as a profession. ✭ 2003 Introduct ion to Agr icu ltural Economics (3) F,S Role of agriculture in the general economy; economic principles applied to agricultural production, marketing, consumption, and policy problems. 3003 Economic Analysis in Agr icu ltu ra l Business (3) F Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent; MATH 1431. 2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Applications of graphical, mathematical, and computer-based microeconomic analysis to problems in the production and marketing of food and agricultural products. 3213 Agribusiness Commodity and Food Products Marketing (3) S Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent. An overview of the agricultural commodity and food marketing system; marketing, management, and economic principles are applied to the formulation and implementation of marketing plans for agricultural commodities and branded food products; futures market trading principles. 3303 Farm Management (3) F-O Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent. Fundamental economic and business principles applied to a farm business; comprehensive and inte- grated treatment of management concepts for successful operation of a farm business. 3413 Agricu ltu ra l Business Managemen t Decis ions (3) F Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent. Identification of typical decisions of agricultural business firms; development of concepts, procedures, and analyses that facilitate planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling functions within agricultural business firms. 3503 Natural Resource Economics (3) S Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent. Economic rationale for collective, public action in allocation of natural resources in agricul- ture; emphasis on economic efficiency, property rights, resource use, legal concepts, institutions, and project evaluation. 3700 Internship (1-3 ) Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent and approval of department head. May be taken for a max. of 3 sem. hrs. of credit. Supervised career-oriented experience with a business or organization in the food and fiber system. 3803 Agricu ltu ra l Law (3) F-O Principles of law and their application to agricultural business firms and institutions; legal processes and relationships relevant to agriculture; Louisiana Civil Code and statutes; federal law, including bankruptcy code; analysis and review of cases, documents, and processes. 4203 Intermedia te Food and Fiber Products Market ing (3) F-E Prereq.: AGEC 3003 or equivalent. Industrial organization analysis applied to the food and fiber sys- tem; emphasis on structural problems and their control by competition, antitrust, and government. 4213 Economics of Milk Marketing Systems (3) S-O Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent. Analysis of the milk production and marketing system; market channels, characteristics, institutions, and government regulations in pricing and marketing milk. 4273 Agricu ltu ra l Price Analysis (3) S Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent; MATH 1431; and EXST 2201 or ISDS 2001. Economic processes of price discovery and price determination in agricultural input and output markets; emphasis on methods of price analysis and their application to decision processes; analysis of cyclical, trend, and seasonal movements in prices. 4403 Agricu ltu ra l Finance (3) F Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent. Capital acquisition and use in the agricultural sector; cost and availability of credit; emphasis on financial management concepts for managing growth, leverage, liquidity, risk, and capital investment in agricultural business. 4433 Agricu ltu ra l Business Planning, Management, and Pol icy (3) S Prereq.: senior standing; AGEC 3003, 3213, 3413; MKT 3401; MGT 3200; and BLAW 3200 or 3201. Integration of management, marketing, and financial concepts for successful planning and implementation of agricultural business decisions; feasibility analysis, mar- keting policy, personnel policy, marketing mix, pricing decisions, market segmentation, marketing strategy, and financial policy. 4443 Farm and Rural Land Appra isal (3) F-E Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent. Not for graduate AGEC degree credit. Theory, methods, and procedures of real estate appraisal applied to rural property; trends in rural real estate values; factors influencing rural real estate values; approaches used in rural real estate valuation. 4603 Agricu ltu ra l Policy (3) F Prereq.: AGEC 2003 or equivalent. Role of agriculture in the national economy; how agricultural policy decisions affect the general public; emphasis on economic impacts of policies on producers and consumers of agricultural products; effects of other nations' policies on American agriculture. 4613 Agricu ltu ra l Trade (3) S-O Prereq.: AGEC 3003 or equivalent. Structure, trade, and practices in exporting and importing regions and nations; policies of major agricultural trading nations and institutions; aid, development relationships, and current development trade policy. 4623 Rural Resource and Community Development (3) S-E Prereq.: AGEC 3003 or equivalent. Characteristics of developed and undeveloped rural areas; analysis of economic and related problems and potential for development; public policy issues concerning rural development. 4700 Problems in Agr icu ltural Economics (1-3) Prereq.: approval of department head. May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit when topics vary. Independent study under the direction of a faculty member or faculty committee. 7103 Advanced Stat ist ica l Methods in Agricu l ture (3) S Prereq.: AGEC 7803 or concurrent registration. Application of advanced statistical tools to problems in agricultural economics; emphasis on the general linear model, including diagnostics, applications, and interpretation. 7113 Agribusiness Research Appl ica t ions (3) F Introduction to and overview of agribusiness research strategies; design of agribusiness research projects; preparation for data collection; collection of evidence; analysis of evidence; composition of research reports; applications to agribusiness market analysis, agribusiness planning and management, and agribusiness forecasting. 7123 Opera tions Research Methods in Agricul tura l Economics (3) F Application of operations research methods to economic problems in agricultural production, marketing, and resource use; linear and nonlinear programming; integer programming; network analysis; dynamic programming; queuing; simulation. 7203 Advanced Agricul tura l Market ing Theory (3) F-O Prereq.: ECON 7700 or concurrent enrollment. Basic and applied analytical procedures in marketing research emphasizing quantitative methods; firm theory applied to marketing. 7303 Agricu ltu ra l Product ion Economics (3) S-E Prereq.: ECON 7700 or concurrent enrollment. Production principles applied to use of agricultural resources; analysis and interpretation of research data; theory of the farm firm, including costs, uncertainty, and expectations. 7503 Natural Resource Economics (3) F-E Prereq.: ECON 7700 or concurrent enrollment. Economic concepts and institutional factors relating to utilization of natural resources; emphasis on conservation, property rights, resource policy, resource valuations. 7603 Advanced Agricul tura l Policy (3) S-E Prereq.: ECON 7700 or concurrent enrollment. Development of agricultural policy; emphasis on objectives, procedures, accomplishments, and consequences of policy on agriculture and rural areas. 7613 Interna tional Agricul tura l Trade (3) S-O Prereq.: ECON 7700 or concurrent enrollment. International economic trade theory; special reference to trade in agricultural products. 7623 Rural Development Economics (3) F-O Prereq.: ECON 7610. Theoretical concepts in international and domestic rural development; empirical methods used in analysis of economic structure and growth; modeling public policy issues concerning international and domestic rural development. 7700 Internship in Agr ibusiness Adminis tra tion (3) F,S,Su Prereq.: prior approval of student's graduate committee. Open only to agricultural economics master's students. May be taken for a max. of 3 hrs. credit. 300 hrs. of learning experience. General supervision by a faculty member; direct supervision by an agribusiness professional. Pass/fail grading based on a written evaluation by the professional supervisor, a written report by the student, and the faculty member's evaluation. 7703 Independen t Study (1-3) F,S,Su Prereq.: graduate committee approval prior to enrollment. May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. when topics vary. Independent study of relevant subject matter areas in agricultural economics. 7710 Advanced Top ics in Agricul tura l Economics (1-3) F,S,Su Prereq.: consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary. New and specialized topics in agricultural economics. 7803 Agricu ltu ra l Economic App lica tions (3) S Prereq.: ECON 7700. Applications of economic theory to issues in agricultural production, consumption of agricultural goods, and natural resource management. 8000 Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading. 9000 Dissertat ion Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading.