Note: Active immunization against tetanus (available through Student
Health Services) is a prerequisite for registration in any laboratory course
in agriculture and for any student employment on the University Farm.
Note: Cost to the student of extended field trips will vary each semester
depending upon itinerary. The student should ask the course instructor.
41. Agricultural Business Statistics (3)
Prerequisite: Math 29 or equivalent. Measures of central tendencies and
dispersion, time series analysis, index numbers, seasonal variation, data
collection and presentation, introduction to probability theory, and discrete
and continuous probability distributions.
80. Undergraduate Research (1·4; max total 4)
Open to freshmen or sophomores with permission of instructor. Directed study
or research on particular problems in the field of agricultural economics.
112. Farm Management (3) (Former Ag 112)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31 or equivalent. Basic economic principles relating
to farm management; organizing the individual farm unit; balancing crop
and livestock enterprises; farm business administration. (2 lecture, 3 lab
hours)
151. Farm Accounting (3) (Former Ag151)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31 or equivalent. Farm accounting systems, farm records,
budgets, income tax returns. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
160. Marketing Institutions (2)
Business and economic functions performed by various specialized marketing
agencies with emphasis on physical operating patterns. Local field trips
tomarketing firms and workshops with agribusiness managers. (1 lecture,
2 lab hours)
165. Agricultural Labor Management (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31. Farm labor laws, procedures, and practices in managing
farm labor; collective bargaining activities; labor relations; solving labor-management
disputes.
167. Agribusiness Management (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31 or equivalent. Management of business related to
agriculture, including, for example, farmer cooperatives, feed-seed-fertilizer
suppliers, food processors, equipment dealers, and marketingfirms; application
of management principles and problem solving in agribusiness firms.
170. Agricultural Economics Analysis (3) (Former Bus Ad 170)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B. Development of analytical tools for use insolving
agricultural economic problems; recognition of problems and their solution
through the application of economic logic.
171. Natural Resources Economics (3) (Former Bus Ad 171)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1A-B. Problems of our natural resources--land, water,
minerals; policies and programs relating to natural resource development;
population influences.
172. Marketing of Agricultural Products (3) (Former Bus Ad 172)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31 or equivalent..Basic marketing functions, policies,
and problems involved in handling agricultural products; economic concepts,
business decisions, and practical applications.
173. Agricultural Business Internship (3)
Experience in a business related to agriculture or in a farm operation.
Assignment to a training program under the supervision of the instructor
and a representative from an outside firm during the academic year or summer.
177. Agricultural Finance (3) (Former Bus Ad 177)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31, or equivalent. Analysis of farm financial statements;
legal instruments of financial transactions; institutional sources of farm
credit; time value of money and capital budgeting for agricultural investment;
cost of debt and equity capital; risk management strategies; farm estate
and tax planning.
179. Agricultural Policy (3) (Former Bus Ad 179)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B. Governmental policies and programs affecting the
economic position of agriculture; evaluation of specific programs which
influence agricultural production, marketing, prices, income and financial
aids.
180. Undergraduate Research (1-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: OPen to juniors or seniors with permission of instructor.
Directed study or research on particular problems in the field of agricultural
economics.
Agriculture (Agri)
200. Series
See Graduate Courses.