Agricultural Economics 1 AGEC 3010 Internship in Agricultural Economics AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Prerequisites: Approval of internship committee and advisor. Description: Supervised work experience with approved public and Courses private employers in agricultural economics, including banks, farm credit services, agriculture chemical firms, Soil Conservation Service, AGEC 1101 Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Experience congressional offices and other opportunities. Credit will not substitute Description: Developing connections between the student’s major for required courses. Graded on a pass-fail basis. Offered for variable curriculum, career goals specific to agricultural economics or credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours. agribusiness, and networking with other students, faculty and alumni. Credit hours: 1-3 Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Contact: 1-3 Other: 1-3 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Contact: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Agricultural Economics Department/School: Agricultural Economics AGEC 3023 Farm to Fork AGEC 1113 Introduction to Agricultural Economics (S) Description: Survey of agriculture and natural resources and their Description: Economic theory of production, marketing, and consumption relationships to society. Role of advanced scientific technologies in of agricultural products and natural resources. The role and structure alternative systems of food production and distribution. of agricultural sciences and natural resources within the American Credit hours: 3 economy. Policies to achieve efficiency and welfare goals in agriculture. Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 No general education credit for students also taking ECON 1113 or Levels: Undergraduate ECON 2103. Previously offered as AGEC 1114. Schedule types: Lecture Credit hours: 3 Department/School: Agricultural Economics Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 Levels: Undergraduate AGEC 3101 Professional Career Development Schedule types: Lecture Prerequisites: Major in Agricultural Economics or Agribusiness or Department/School: Agricultural Economics consent of instructor. General Education and other Course Attributes: Social & Behavioral Description: Overview of the various areas of specialization within Sciences agricultural economics and agribusiness and their associated career opportunities and obligations. Development and improvement of written AGEC 2303 Food Marketing to a Diverse Population (D) communication, oral communication and leadership skills. Previously Description: Food and beverage demand and preferences of socially and offered as AGEC 4902. ethnically constructed groups in American Society. Real life issues of Credit hours: 1 marketing to a diverse population, including Native, Asian, African and Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Contact: 1 Hispanic Americans, and low-income populations. Levels: Undergraduate Credit hours: 3 Schedule types: Lecture Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 Department/School: Agricultural Economics Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture AGEC 3183 Agribusiness Accounting and Taxation Department/School: Agricultural Economics Prerequisites: 60 semester credit hours, including ENGL 1113 and General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity MATH 1513 or equivalent. Description: Development of the ability to read, analyze, and use AGEC 2313 Case Studies in Agricultural Trade and Development accounting information to improve decision-making and tax planning. Prerequisites: A course in economics or marketing. Same course as ACCT 3183. Description: Real world issues in international trade and development Credit hours: 3 of agricultural and food products. Development of an understanding of Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 issues facing policymakers, producers, consumers, and other groups Levels: Undergraduate in examining the costs and benefits of various trade and development Schedule types: Lecture programs. Department/School: Agricultural Economics Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 AGEC 3213 Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics Levels: Undergraduate Prerequisites: (AGEC 1113 or ECON 2003 or ECON 2103) and Schedule types: Lecture (MATH 1483 or MATH 1513 or MATH 2103 or MATH 2144, each with a Department/School: Agricultural Economics grade of "C" or better; or Math placement score required for MATH 2103 (see placement.okstate.edu)). AGEC 2990 Problems in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Description: Indices, graphics, budgeting, interest calculations, Description: Directed study on topics related to agricultural economics or compounding and discounting, basic statistic measures, regression, agribusiness. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 optimization and computer applications. credit hours. Credit hours: 3 Credit hours: 1-6 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Contact: 4 Contact hours: Contact: 1-6 Other: 1-6 Levels: Undergraduate Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Agricultural Economics Department/School: Agricultural Economics 2 Agricultural Economics AGEC 3323 Agricultural Product Marketing and Sales AGEC 3463 Agricultural Cooperatives Prerequisites: 40 semester credit hours, including (AGEC 1113 or Prerequisites: AGEC 1113 or ECON 2003 or ECON 2103. ECON 2003 or ECON 2103) and ENGL 1113. Description: An evaluation of the fundamental principles, objectives, Description: Fundamentals of agricultural marketing management and structure, finance, and management associated with the cooperative planning applied to specific agricultural product (input and output) organization. An analysis of the cooperative business organization within marketing problems. Institutional differences between agricultural and the modern economy: history, legislation and evolution. An examination of non-agricultural marketing environments. The role of the individual sales careers related to cooperatives. Previously offered as AGEC 3313. representative in a marketing and sales organization. Written and oral Credit hours: 3 presentations of marketing and sales information required of all students. Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 Previously offered as AGEC 4313. Levels: Undergraduate Credit hours: 3 Schedule types: Lecture Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 Department/School: Agricultural Economics Levels: Undergraduate AGEC 3503 Natural Resource Economics Schedule types: Lecture Prerequisites: AGEC 1113 or ECON 2003 or ECON 2103. Department/School: Agricultural Economics Description: Framework for analyzing natural resource management AGEC 3333 Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis decisions. Applications of microeconomic theory to the management of Prerequisites: AGEC 3213. soil, water, and other resources, with special emphasis on the institutions Description: Supply, demand, and price determination within the having an impact on management opportunities. Supply of and demand institutional environment of agricultural commodity markets. Roles for natural resources, resource allocation over time, rights of ownership, provided by government intervention, marketing agreements, and public issues of taxation, police power and eminent domain. cooperatives in agricultural markets. Includes graphical, mathematical, Credit hours: 3 and statistical analysis of commodity markets. Fundamentals of futures Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 markets applied to agriculture. Previously offered as AGEC 3303. Levels: Undergraduate Credit hours: 3 Schedule types: Lecture Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 Department/School: Agricultural Economics Levels: Undergraduate AGEC 3603 Agricultural Finance Schedule types: Lecture Prerequisites: ("C" or better in AGEC 3213 and AGEC 3423) and Department/School: Agricultural Economics (ACCT 2203 or ACCT 3003 or ACCT 3004). AGEC 3403 Agricultural Small Business Management Description: Analyze farm and agribusiness financial statements. Prerequisites: (AGEC 1113 or ECON 2003 or ECON 2103) and (ACCT 2003 Understand the relationship between firm growth and financial leverage. or ACCT 2103 or ACCT 3183 or AGEC 3183). Time value of money concepts and their application to capital budgeting. Description: The essentials of operating an agricultural small business. Discuss how agricultural lenders acquire and use funds. An introduction to the planning, organizing, marketing, managing, Credit hours: 3 financing, controlling and operating an agricultural small business. Not Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 recommended for agricultural economics or agribusiness majors. No Levels: Undergraduate credit for students with prior credit in 4423. Schedule types: Lecture Credit hours: 3 Department/School: Agricultural Economics Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 AGEC 3703 Issues in Agricultural Policy Levels: Undergraduate Prerequisites: AGEC 1113 or ECON 2003 or ECON 2103. Schedule types: Lecture Description: Emerging issues related to agricultural policy in the United Department/School: Agricultural Economics States. AGEC 3423 Farm and Agribusiness Management Credit hours: 3 Prerequisites: (AGEC 1113 or ECON 2003 or ECON 2103) and (ACCT 2003 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3 or ACCT 2103 or ACCT 3183 or AGEC 3183). Levels: Undergraduate Description: Fundamentals of managerial functions as applied to Schedule types: Lecture agricultural firms. Organization and management of human, financial, and Department/School: Agricultural Economics physical assets