Schedule of Classes
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Fall '99Section seat counts current as of: Sep 22 09:30AREC Agricultural and Resource Economics( Agriculture and Natural Resources) AREC240 Introduction to Economics and the Environment; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course.Costs and social impacts of pollution and human crowding in the modern environment. The economic, legal and institutional causes of these problems. Public policy approaches to solutions and the costs and benefits of alternative solutions. AREC250 Elements of Agricultural and Resource Economics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. An introduction to economic principles of production, marketing, agricultural prices and incomes, farm labor, credit, agricultural policies, and government programs. AREC306 Farm Management; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. The organization and operation of the farm business to obtain an income consistent with family resources and objectives. Principles of production economics and other related fields as applied to the individual farm business. AREC365 World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. An introduction to the problem of world hunger and possible solutions to it. World demand, supply, and distribution of food. Alternatives for leveling off world food demand, increasing the supply of food, and improving its distribution. Environmental limitations to increasing world food production. AREC386 (PermReq) Experiential Learning; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: permission of department. 56 semester hours.
AREC388
(PermReq)
Honors Thesis Research;
(3-6 credits)
Grade Method: REG.
AREC399 Special Problems; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
AREC427
Economics of Agricultural Marketing Systems;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
AREC433 Food and Agricultural Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: ECON 306. Economic and political context of governmental involvement in the farm and food sector. Historical programs and current policy issues. Analysis of economic effects of agricultural programs, their benefits and costs, and comparison of policy alternatives. Analyzes the interrelationship among international development, agricultural trade and general economic and domestic agricultural policies. AREC435 Commodity Futures and Options; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: ECON 306; BMGT 230 or ECON 321. The economics and institutional features of commodity futures and options markets. Students will develop a basic understanding of the underlying price relationships between cash and futures markets and will apply this information to business risk management decision making. AREC620 Optimization in Agricultural and Resource Economics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of discussion per week. Prerequisite: differential calculus and one course in matrix or linear algebra. Mathematical theory of optimization as it is used in agricultural and resource economics. Topics include necessary and sufficient conditions for nonlinear programming and related Kuhn-Tucker and saddle point theory, convexity and concavity, existence and uniqueness, duality and the envelope theorem, the discrete maximum principle, and control theory and dynamic optimization. AREC623 Applied Econometrics I; (4 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of discussion per week. Theoretical background and statistics for applications in econometrics. Development of the standard linear model and computer applications in applied econometric problems. This course is co-taught by Dr. Aggarwal and Dr. Just. AREC625 Economic Welfare Analysis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AREC 625 or AREC 825. The measurement of economic well-being for producers, consumers, and resource owners. Topics include competitive equilibrium, Pareto optimality, market failure, public goods and nonmarket welfare measurement, multimarket considerations, existing distortions, and second best. Applications in economic welfare analysis of agricultural and resource policies are discussed. This course is co-taught by Dr. Bockstael and Dr. Just. AREC645 Environment and Development Economics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AREC 645 or AREC 845. Relationships between the environment and the speed and structural characteristics of economic growth and the consequences of economic globalization for the environment in developing countries. Considers neoclassical and endogenous growth models; international trade theory; the role of property right institutions and factor markets; the environmental impact of trade liberalization in developing countries and the environmental effects of increasing international capital mobility; empirical studies relating the environment to growth and globalization; and policy analyses. AREC689P Special Topics in Agricultural and Resource Economics: Applications of Microeconomics to Environmental and ResourceIssues; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. AREC699 (PermReq) Special Problems in Agricultural and Resource Economics; (1-2 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
AREC799
Master's Thesis Research;
(1-6 credits)
Grade Method: REG.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
AREC825
Advanced Economic Welfare Analysis;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
AREC845 Environment and Development Economics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AREC 645 or AREC 845. Relationships between the environment and the speed and structural characteristics of economic growth and the consequences of economic globalization for the environment in developing countries. Considers neoclassical and endogenous growth models; international trade theory; the role of property right institutions and factor markets; the environmental impact of trade liberalization in developing countries and the environmental effects of increasing international capital mobility; empirical studies relating the environment to growth and globalization; and policy analyses. AREC869 Advanced Topics in Agricultural Economics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. AREC899 Doctoral Dissertation Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. |
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