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| AGEC 20201 - Introduction To Data Analytics For Agricultural Business |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Overview of data analytics in agricultural business. Students are exposed to an overview of software tools with a primary focus on Excel, introduction to relational databases, and data visualization. Focus is in using financial, accounting, and economic data to make management decisions. Laptop required.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Create and format a basic Excel worksheet. 2. Apply formulas and functions to calculate and analyze data. 3. Create charts and insert sparklines to represent data visually. 4. Manage and analyze large sets of data. 5. Analyze data by creating subtotals, PivotTables, and PivotCharts. 6. Use decision-making tools such as Range Names, Data Tables, and Goal Seek. 7. Manipulate data using date, logical, statistical, and financial functions. 8. Employ statistical functions to analyze data for decision making. 9. Demonstrate data management and error control within workbooks containing links and 3-D formulas. 10. Import, format, and manipulate data from external sources. 11. Manipulate data using text, database, and lookup functions. 12. Demonstrate how to design templates, insert comments, create macros, and use VBA. 13. Read an ERD Diagram. 14. Learn elements of Structured Query Language including the ability to create tables, retrieve, update, and delete data. 15. Understand usage of primary and foreign keys. 16. Create a relational database. 17. Understand different data types. 18. Create and format visualizations. 19. Create visualizations for nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scale data. 20. Create map visualizations. |
| AGEC 20300 - Introductory Microeconomics For Food And Agribusiness |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces the application of microeconomics as used by farms and agribusiness firms. The behavior of individual firms is evaluated as price and output are determined in various market structures (pure competition, pure monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly). Other topics include pricing and employment of resources, market failure and the social control of industry (government, economics policy, and regulation), cost and production theory.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 20400 - Introduction To Resource Economics And Environmental Policy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The course provides an overview of microeconomic theory and its application to issues related to evaluating resource economic issues and environmental policy. Topics discussed include efficiency, sustainability, valuation, externalities, governmental policies, and benefit cost analysis.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 21700 - Economics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. National economic problems such as unemployment, recessions, inflation, taxation, bank interest rates, the growth of government, monetary systems, and a rising national debt are discussed along with the principles, policies, and institutions for solving these macroeconomic problems.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division, S General Education, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette Indianapolis Lafayette Statewide Vincennes Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply knowledge of economic measurement, the economic model and the history of U.S. economic policy to analyze economic events, both personal and global, which occur during the rest of your life. |
| AGEC 22000 - Economics Of Agricultural Markets |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This class provides an overview of U.S. and international agricultural markets, and develops a framework for analyzing those markets. Concepts include determination of agricultural prices, spatial dimensions of agricultural markets, and trade; temporal dimensions of agricultural markets, and futures and options markets; and public policy in agricultural markets.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 25000 - Economic Geography Of World Food And Resources |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the important issues and economic decisions about worldwide resource use for food and fiber production as influenced by geography, climate, history, social institutions, national self-interest, and the environment.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 26000 - Mentoring Leadership |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is designed to teach upperclassmen how to mentor freshman to thrive and survive as entering freshmen in Agricultural Economics. The main focus is on the transition to college life, as well as practical information on time management, taking and rewriting classroom notes, preparing for examinations and quizzes, dealing with stress and interpersonal relationships, and health. Additional topics include opportunities for student involvement in campus life and organizations, career paths for the various programs of study in Agricultural Economics, and how to successfully work in groups. Mentors are restricted to AGBS, AGEC, AGFN, AGMG, FARM, FIMM, QAEC, and SLMK students. Permission of department required.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 2. Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as part of a problem-solving team. 3. Demonstrate knowledge of a range of cultures and an understanding of human values and points of view of other than their own. 4. Demonstrate awareness of civic responsibility to community and society at large. 5. Demonstrate skills necessary for lifelong learning. |
| AGEC 27500 - Honors Course - Lower Division |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Utilized to offer a new honors course for a maximum of three years. Variable title, credit, and instructional type. Course may be repeated for credit if content and titles are different. Offered primarily to first and second-year students. Courses offered must be approved by departmental or program faculty and College of Agriculture Honors Committee. Enrollment in an honors program. Permission of department required.
1.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Honors, Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| AGEC 28900 - Foundational Internship |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Foundational internship that is preplanned and conducted under the direction of a faculty or staff member working in cooperation with an employer representative. A learning plan must be developed and approved by the student, faculty or staff coordinator, and employer representative prior to beginning the internship. A comprehensive report describing the management strategies used by the company or organization when he/she spent their internship is required. Permission of department required.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| AGEC 29199 - Cooperative Experience I |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional experience in agricultural economics. Program coordinated by school with cooperation of participating employers. Students submit summary report and company evaluation. Professional Practice students only. Permission of department required.
0.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply knowledge to identifying and solving problems in the professional context. 2. Advance skills related to professional preparation, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and team work. 3. Increase understanding of the profession and practice, basic industry principles, and principles and practice of ethical responsibility in professional work. |
| AGEC 29299 - Cooperative Experience II |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional experience in agricultural economics. Program coordinated by school with cooperation of participating employers. Students submit summary report and company evaluation. Professional Practice students only. Permission of department required.
0.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply knowledge to identifying and solving problems in the professional context. 2. Advance skills related to professional preparation, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and team work. 3. Increase understanding of the profession and practice, basic industry principles, and principles and practice of ethical responsibility in professional work. |
| AGEC 29600 - Selected Topics In Agricultural Economics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Special topics in agricultural economics aimed at sophomore-level students. May be repeated for credit under a different topic title.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture, Travel Time Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits |
| AGEC 29800 - Careers In Agribusiness |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is designed to give an overview of the career possibilities available to students with a degree from the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. The goal of the course is to help students think about their future, engender excitement about the diversity of career prospects that will be available to them, and help provide real-world context for the material that will be learned in other Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics courses. Students will learn from individuals working all along the farm and food value chain from agricultural input supply to farming to transportation and storage to food processing to food retailing, in firms ranging from start-ups to multinational corporations. Additionally, students will learn from individuals working in affiliated careers from government, law, education and non-governmental organizations, etc. as well as from some who are no longer working in food and agriculture.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify different career paths available to individuals with a degree from the Department of Agricultural Economics. 2. Understand which career paths are interesting to you and potentially a good fit for you. 3. Determine the steps needed to get an internship/job and launch a successful career. |
| AGEC 30500 - Agricultural Prices |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of prices and the movement of farm product prices; relations of farm product prices to farm input and other prices; conceptual and statistical analysis of agricultural supply and demand relationships; application of price analysis, price forecasting, agricultural outlook, agricultural policy; adjustment of farming to new price conditions.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation, Lecture 1 Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 31000 - Farm Organization |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Economic factors controlling success in farming; types of farming; business records and analysis; adjustment in organization to meet changing economic conditions; organization and management of successful farms.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 32100 - Principles Of Commodity Marketing |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An in-depth background on the origin, operation, and application of futures and options in risk management for agriculture. Covers grain, livestock, and yield futures and options. Applications of futures and options to price and yield risk management is provided. Comparison of expected results from various risk management alternatives and decision-making processes to use in selecting a risk management strategy.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate use of the scientific method to identify problems, formulate and test hypotheses, conduct experiments and analyze data, and derive conclusions. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 4. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 5. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 32700 - Principles Of Food And Agribusiness Marketing |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a study of the major components of marketing decisions made by food and agribusiness firms. The course examines the marketing process, market research, marketing opportunities, and marketing strategies. Students will work on developing skills for evaluating and making marketing decisions.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 3. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 4. Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as part of a problem-solving team. 5. Demonstrate knowledge of a range of cultures and an understanding of human values and points of view of other than their own. 6. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 33000 - Management Methods For Agricultural Business |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Management of nonfarm, agriculturally related businesses. Topics include tools for management decision making, legal forms of business organization, basics of accounting, and important financial management techniques. Case studies and computer simulation game.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 33100 - Principles Of Industrial Selling |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The principles of selling and their application to the industrial businesses. Topics include attitudes and value systems, basic behavioral patterns, the purchase decision process, relationship of sales to marketing, selling strategies, preparing for sales calls, making sales presentations, handling objections, and closing sales. Emphasis is placed on application of principles to real-world situations and on building selling skills through class projects. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn about different aspects of buyer behavior, organized business communication, and psychology as it affects the sales of technical goods in industrial settings. 2. Interact with several salespeople to learn first-hand some of the opportunities and frustrations of a career in selling. 3. Prepare and apply sales concepts through an interactive sales presentation that is evaluated by a professional salesperson. |
| AGEC 33300 - Food Distribution - A Retailing Perspective |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Distribution factors that affect the food industry. Particular attention to the food wholesaling and retailing sectors. Presentation of economic tools to evaluate performance in the food industry. Discussion of the relative importance of each of the major departments in the modern supermarket. Discussion of current and future industry prototypes.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate use of the scientific method to identify problems, formulate and test hypotheses, conduct experiments and analyze data, and derive conclusions. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 4. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 5. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 34000 - International Economic Development |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to introduce students to issues and problems related to international economic development. Topics covered include a description of the current situation in developing countries and the history of growth and development. The course is grounded in the body of theory associated with economic development, but concentrates on the many practical problems such as poverty, population growth, urbanization, education and the environment. The three areas with the greatest attention are agricultural development, international trade, and policy analysis for developing countries.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Build an appreciation for the conditions and constraints of contemporary life in developing countries. 2. Have your own notions of what it means to live in poverty, the challenges of improving welfare, and the role of economics in development. 3. Demonstrate how economic principles, models, and analysis can help evaluate and refine approaches to improving human welfare in developing countries. 4. Develop the ability to analyze and write about real-world problems and solutions. The course, particularly the assignments, will allow you to acquire technical skills that will contribute to your future professional work. |
| AGEC 35200 - Quantitative Techniques For Firm Decision Making |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to mathematical programming and computing as an aid to agricultural decision making by firms, linear programming, game theory and strategy, simulation, the waiting-line problem, the equipment replacement decision, and multiproduct scheduling methods.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Manipulate and use spreadsheets. 2. Formulate linear programming problems. 3. Solve linear programming problems in Excel. 4. Interpret results obtained from linear programming models. 5. Present and explain linear programming results. 6. Understand graphically the concept of optimality in a linear program. 7. Understand the properties of optimal linear programming solutions. 8. Recognize and demonstrate instances where linear programming and simulation modeling might be valuable. |
| AGEC 37500 - The Process Of Economic Research |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is a study of the process of conducting economic research. The course examines the research problem and objectives, literature review, conceptual framework, methods and procedures, and reporting research. Students will identify a research topic and project advisor. For Honors program students only in Agricultural Economics. Permission of instructor required.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand and appreciate the process of conducting economic research. 2. Develop a research plan of work for an honors thesis. 3. Discuss your research and the research of others. |
| AGEC 39001 - Professional Internship Programs In Agricultural Economics |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Supervised professional experiences in agricultural economics. Programs must be preplanned and conducted under the direction of the departmental coordinator with the cooperation of an employer. Students must submit a summary report. Permission of instructor required.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Experiential Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Full-Time Privileges, Internship, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| AGEC 39399 - Cooperative Experience III |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional experience in agricultural economics. Program coordinated by school with cooperation of participating employers. Students submit summary report and company evaluation. Professional Practice students only. Permission of department required.
0.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply knowledge to identifying and solving problems in the professional context. 2. Advance skills related to professional preparation, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and team work. 3. Increase understanding of the profession and practice, basic industry principles, and principles and practice of ethical responsibility in professional work. |
| AGEC 39499 - Extensive Cooperative Experience IV |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional experience in agricultural economics. Program coordinated by school with cooperation of participating employers. Students submit summary report and company evaluation. Professional Practice students only. Permission of department required.
0.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply knowledge to identifying and solving problems in the professional context. 2. Advance skills related to professional preparation, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and team work. 3. Increase understanding of the profession and practice, basic industry principles, and principles and practice of ethical responsibility in professional work. |
| AGEC 39599 - Extensive Cooperative Experience V |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional experience in agricultural economics. Program coordinated by school with cooperation of participating employers. Students submit summary report and company evaluation. Professional Practice students only. Permission of department required.
0.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply knowledge to identifying and solving problems in the professional context. 2. Advance skills related to professional preparation, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and team work. 3. Increase understanding of the profession and practice, basic industry principles, and principles and practice of ethical responsibility in professional work. |
| AGEC 40000 - Agricultural Economics Study Abroad |
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Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Utilized to record credits earned through participation in Purdue study abroad programs with cooperating foreign universities.
0.000 TO 8.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits |
| AGEC 40600 - Natural Resource And Environmental Economics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. (FNR 40600) Introduction to economic models of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources and the use of these models in the analysis of current resource use and environmental issues.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Define "social efficiency" and "cost-effectiveness" and discuss each concept's caveats in allocating environmental goods. 2. Identify externalities and understand the government's role in addressing them. 3. Apply basic cost-benefit analysis for environmental decision-making. 4. Understand the process of and justification for valuing environmental amenities. 5. Discuss the economic perspective on environmental sustainability. |
| AGEC 41000 - Agricultural Policy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Economic analysis of U.S. food and agricultural policy; current and past farm legislation; international trade; agricultural policies in selected countries; domestic and foreign food assistance; structural change; agricultural research policy; macroeconomic linkages with the agricultural sector; and emerging environmental policy issues, land and water use.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the role of government interventions in the farm and food system. Methods of Evaluation: Quizzes, Participation in weekly discussions. 2. Apply economic principles to the analysis of government interventions. Methods of Evaluation: Quizzes, Participation in weekly discussions. 3. Delineate between economic and values-based arguments in assessment of policies. Methods of Evaluation: Quizzes, Participation in weekly discussions. 4. Understand the breadth, complexity and importance of 'Agricultural Policy'. Quizzes, Participation in weekly discussions. |
| AGEC 41100 - Farm Management |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Principles of farm organization and management, farmer interviews, and the application of computerized farm decision-making methods.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate use of the scientific method to identify problems, formulate and test hypotheses, conduct experiments and analyze data, and derive conclusions. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 4. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 5. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 41200 - Farm Business Management Workshop |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Making decisions regarding the organization and operation of farm businesses with which students will be associated after graduation. Areas of decision-making include enterprise selection, farm growth, organizing large-scale farms, communication, labor management, machinery management, operating agreements, legal organization, and tax strategies.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate use of the scientific method to identify problems, formulate and test hypotheses, conduct experiments and analyze data, and derive conclusions. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 4. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 5. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 42100 - Advanced Commodity Marketing |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of commodity marketing principles to grain, livestock, and other commodity sectors. Applications include hedging, speculation, risk management, and fundamental and technical price analysis. Examination and testing of pricing strategies and the development of commodity marketing plans.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate use of the scientific method to identify problems, formulate and test hypotheses, conduct experiments and analyze data, and derive conclusions. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 4. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 5. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 42400 - Financial Management Of Agricultural Business |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the major types of financial decisions made by agriculturally related firms, including investment in inventory, receivables and cash, property, plant, and equipment; sources and types of short-term, intermediate, and long-term capital; legal patterns of the business organization, emphasis on implementation involving agribusiness case problems.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Dept Credit, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate use of the scientific method to identify problems, formulate and test hypotheses, conduct experiments and analyze data, and derive conclusions. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 4. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 5. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 42500 - Estate Planning And Property Transfer |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The ownership and transfer of farm business property. Includes tax and other implications of life estates, trust arrangements, sale of property, and charitable contributions.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 42700 - Advanced Agribusiness Marketing |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of marketing principles to market planning, research, and analysis. Development of strategic marketing plans for agribusiness.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate use of the scientific method to identify problems, formulate and test hypotheses, conduct experiments and analyze date, and derive conclusions. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 4. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 5. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 42900 - Agri-Marketing Analytics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the use of modern, data-drive analytics marketing techniques. Focuses on the analysis of marketing data and metrics to help make business decisions. A hands-on course that requires extensive use of the computer. Laptops required.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Provost Low Enroll Perm Waiver, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn how to use Excel to summarize and present business data. 2. Learn how to integrate data with microeconomic and statistical concepts to rigorously tackle business questions. 3. Learn modern big-data marketing analytics tools to examine pricing, market segmentation, customer valuation, retailing, advertising, market research, and internet and social marketing. |
| AGEC 43000 - Agricultural And Food Business Strategy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced course in business planning and strategy for potential agribusiness and food firm managers. Focuses on development of viable business strategy in the context of the firm's market and its internal condition. Makes extensive use of case studies that document management dilemmas of agribusiness firms, ranging from those providing inputs to agricultural producers to firms involved in the retail distribution of food.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Dept Credit, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate use of the scientific method to identify problems, formulate and test hypotheses, conduct experiments and analyze data, and derive conclusions. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 4. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 5. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 43100 - Advanced Industrial Sales And Marketing |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Advanced presentation techniques, sales management and analysis, improving communication skills, study of industrial marketing strategies, interaction with industry executives, and strategies for career development. Requires class trips. Students will pay individual lodging or meal expenses when necessary. Permission of instructor required.
4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen discipline that incorporates knowledge, skills, technology, and professional conduct. 2. Demonstrate use of the scientific method to identify problems, formulate and test hypotheses, conduct experiments and analyze data, and derive conclusions. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking by using data and reasoning to develop sound responses to complex problems. 4. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak with effectiveness while considering audience and purpose. 5. Demonstrate ability to apply social, economic, political, and environmental principles to living in a global community. |
| AGEC 45000 - International Agricultural Trade |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of U.S. agricultural trade with emphasis on international trade theory, exchange rates and their determination, relationships between domestic agricultural policies and trade policies, and analysis of institutional arrangements for world trade in agricultural products.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the rationale for international trade in a variety of economic models. 2. Assess the models in terms of their assumptions and implications. 3. Discuss supplementary research that qualifies and extends the basic models. 4. Discuss the implications of international trade policies, institutions and agreements for international trade, especially trade in food and agricultural products. |
| AGEC 45100 - Applied Econometrics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of strategies to economic problems. Simple and multiple regression, dummy variables, logit analysis, time series, and forecasting.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Provost Low Enroll Perm Waiver, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn how to estimate and interpret linear regression models. 2. Learn how to test hypotheses based on regression coefficients. 3. Learn how to develop forecasts abased on regression models. |
| AGEC 45500 - Agricultural Law |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Selected general legal topics (courts, contracts, torts, property and commercial law) with emphasis on farming problems (e.g., landowner-tenant, grain contracts, fences, and animal liability) and cases.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 45600 - Federal Income Tax Law |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the federal income tax laws applicable to individuals and small business with emphasis on the farming business. The course includes management implications and the policy basis for the tax law system. Techniques and practice for the preparation of selected forms will be included. There will be limited exposure to taxation of partnerships, corporations, estates, and to federal gift and estate tax law.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an understanding of the federal income tax law: for individuals and small businesses and for economic and financial decision making. 2. Gain an understanding of the management opportunities for the income tax law and how they can be applied by individuals, families, and small businesses. 3. Develop the ability to analyze facts for tax law alternatives and to communicate tax planning alternatives. |
| AGEC 47500 - Honors Course - Upper Division |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Utilized to offer a new honors course for a maximum of three years. Variable title, credit, and instructional type. Course may be repeated for credit if content and titles are different. Offered primarily to third and fourth-year students. Courses offered must be approved by departmental or program faculty and College of Agriculture Honors Committee. Enrollment in an honors program. Permission of department required.
1.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| AGEC 48900 - Professional Internship |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Professional internship that is preplanned and conducted under the direction of a faculty or staff member working in cooperation with an employer representative. A learning plan must be developed and approved by the student, faculty or staff coordinator, and employer representative prior to beginning the internship. A summary report describing their economic or business analysis for the company or organization where he/she spent their internship is required. Permission of department required.
0.000 OR 2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| AGEC 49600 - Selected Topics In Agribusiness Management |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Intended for individuals in the food industry marketing and management, sales and marketing, agribusiness management, agricultural finance, and farm management options. Also open to students in other agricultural economics options as well as to students outside the department. Focuses on current topics in the management of food and agribusiness firms. Provides advanced treatment of these topics for upper-division students. This is a set of one-hour seminars that will address current topics in food and agribusiness management. The topics of focus will be those that either are not treated in other courses, or are not treated in depth needed by a student pursuing a management career in the food and agribusiness industries. Topics will be reviewed annually as to relevance and will be changed as needed. Five week session.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 5 times |
| AGEC 49800 - Special Problems |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Open primarily to qualified seniors who want to study special problems in agricultural economics not covered in regular work. Permission of instructor required.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits |
| AGEC 49900 - Thesis |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Thesis. Permission of instructor required.
1.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Dept Credit, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits |
| AGEC 50600 - Agricultural Marketing And Price Analysis |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Marketing margins and derived demand; elasticity. Modeling supply and demand relationships; single and multiple equation systems; forecasting. Industrial organization economics applied to the food processing, wholesaling, and retailing industries; subsector analysis, vertical coordination; marketing and competition policies.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| AGEC 51600 - Mathematical Tools For Agricultural And Applied Economics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides first year graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with the specific set of applied mathematical tools needed to support graduate coursework in microeconomics, macroeconomics, economic programming, and econometrics. The course reviews skills and concepts from a number of fields of mathematics including matrix algebra, calculus, optimization theory, and mathematical statistics. The course emphasizes specific applications to economic theory and applied problems in agricultural economics and related areas. Students should be comfortable with introductory-level calculus before entering the course. Permission of instructor required.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge and Scholarship: The ability to identify and conduct original research, scholarship or creative endeavors. 2. Communication: The ability to effectively communicate their field of study. 3. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Think critically, creatively and solve problems in their field of study. 4. Ethical Conduct: Conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner. 5. Professional Development: demonstrate attributes of professional development consistent with expectations within their field of study. |
| AGEC 52400 - Agricultural Finance |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed to provide students the concepts and tools to apply financial management principles to farm businesses. Topics include financing alternatives, preparation and interpretation of financial statements, and capital investment analysis using discounted cash flows.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Prepare, interpret, and analyze financial statements used for agricultural businesses. 2. Analyze and suggest methods to improve the financial performance of agricultural businesses. 3. Evaluate capital investments using discounted cash flow methods. 4. Describe and analyze the risk and returns faced by agricultural businesses. |
| AGEC 52500 - Environmental Policy Analysis |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed to assist in understanding how environmental information and knowledge are produced, disseminated, and utilized in a variety of institutional contexts. Readings are selected to promote discussion and interaction concerning alternative mechanisms for protecting environmental resources. Prerequisite: introductory microeconomics course suggested.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 52600 - International Food And Agribusiness Marketing Strategy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Students will develop their analytical, decision-making, and communication skills related to marketing management of food systems in the world economy. They will analyze a foreign market's potential and market entry strategies; compare consumer differences and similarities across markets; define issues related to marketing mix standardization or adaptation; and evaluate effects of economic, social, and legal environments on marketing strategy.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 52800 - Global Change And The Challenge Of Sustainably Feeding A Growing Planet |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course investigates the major drivers of global agricultural and environmental change associated with the global farm and food system. This includes demography, income growth, biofuels, climate change, environmental and ecosystem services, livestock consumption, food waste and land use change. Weekly modules include a guest lecture, student led discussion of readings and discussion of lab assignments undertaken using the SIMPLE model of global agriculture, environment and food security. The class culminates with a course project which is presented to the class and written up in a term paper.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain exposure to different disciplines and their approaches to analyzing global change. 2. Master the basic economic concepts of demand and supply in the context of the global food economy. 3. Become proficient in undertaking economic analysis using the SIMPLE model. 4. Gain a knowledge of the role which economic analysis plays in analyzing long run sustainability of the global food system. |
| AGEC 53000 - Strategic Agribusiness Management |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Addresses issues in the strategic management of agricultural and food businesses. Emphasis is on developing a framework for formulating strategy, making strategic choices in a variety of business environments, and implementing strategy. Extensive use of management case studies and a major term project with an agribusiness firm focus on developing managerial problem-solving skills.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 53200 - World Food Problems |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. (NUTR 53200) This course focuses on the multi-disciplinary challenges that exist in meeting the food and nutrition needs of a growing world population. The course aims to instill an appreciation of the importance of economics, food production and technology, trade, culture, communication, political processes and institutions, demography and related factors in determining adequate food availability and health globally. Permission of instructor required.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand global food production and consumption, food trade and its history including: the major plants produced and consumed; where they are grown; patterns and extent of global food trade; major food animals and animal production systems; countries involved in food trade; urbanization and food transportation; and effects of post-harvest processing on food trade and availability. 2. Understand basics of world population growth and its relationship to past and future food production and consumption globally. 3. Understand what malnutrition looks like, where it occurs, how it is measured, and the interactions between malnutrition (both under nutrition and obesity) and human health. 4. Understand the basic economic principles that affect consumer food costs and consumption patterns globally. 5. Understand how culture, communication and politics influence food availability, world food problems and malnutrition. 6. Predict, based on available information, likely scenarios for the future of world food problems and malnutrition. |
| AGEC 55200 - Introduction To Mathematical Programming |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to constrained and optimization problems and their solution using mathematical programming techniques. Theory and implementation of linear, quadratic, and integer programming methods are examined. Applications to farm management, diet and feed rations, spatial market equilibrium, agricultural sector analysis, and other problems from agricultural economics. Use of computer software packages for practical problems.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture, Practice Study Observation, Recitation Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 57100 - Global Issues In International Agribusiness |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This is the first course in a required three-course sequence designed for students in the Professional Masters in International Agribusiness concentration in the Department of Agricultural Economics. The course objective is to expose students to a wide range of global issues directly and indirectly related to the production, processing, and marketing of agricultural products (food, fuel, fiber). Topics vary and may include food security, malnutrition, food safety, biofuels, the environment, trade and agricultural policy, emerging agricultural technologies, and climate change. Prerequisites: Enrollment in Professional Masters in International Agribusiness or permission of instructor required.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand key global issues affecting the business environment for international agribusiness. 2. Understand the structure and function of international agribusiness firms. 3. Reinforce foundational learning of topics through study and written assignments. 4. Facilitate their training as professionals. |
| AGEC 57200 - International Agribusiness Market Opportunities |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. This is the second course in a required three-course sequence designed for students in the Professional Masters in International Agribusiness concentration in the Department of Agricultural Economics. The course objective is to assist students in identifying and exploring market opportunities in international agribusiness, including those related to the production, processing, and marketing of agricultural products including food, fuel, and fiber. The course combines lectures with discussion and project-based learning and group activities.
2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand key business opportunities for international agribusiness. 2. Reinforce foundational learning of topics through case studies, written assignments and oral presentations and discussion. 3. Facilitate their training as professionals. |
| AGEC 57300 - International Business Analysis |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the third course in a required three-course sequence designed for students in the Professional Masters in International Agribusiness concentration in the Department of Agricultural Economics. The course objective is to assist students in conducting a professional business analysis focusing on either a market opportunity, financial management, or other management issue in international agribusiness. The course is project-based and includes group activities and written and oral presentations.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop hands on experience to facilitate their training as professionals. 2. Develop report writing and oral presentation skills. |
| AGEC 59500 - Internship |
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Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. This course allows students to work in firms, government agencies or non-profit organizations undertaking projects with the supervision of faculty mentors and onsite supervisors. Permission of department required.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Internship, Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 59600 - Seminars In Current Issues In Agricultural Economics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Study of selected current developments in agricultural economics. Topics will be announced in advance. Permission of instructor required.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| AGEC 60000 - Agricultural Finance |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced capital budgeting topics including: tax policy, inflation, optimal replacement, bid models, and inclusion of financing flows; application of expected utility theory and mathematical programming to optimal capital structure decisions of proprietors; farmland investment, pricing, and dynamics; pricing contingent claims. Prerequisite: AGEC 52400; AGEC 55200 suggested.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 60200 - Preparation And Procedures For Policy Analysis |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Research methods, scientific methodology, problem identification, and the nature of policy problems including economic policy readings, case studies, and practice project proposals.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 60400 - Fundamentals Of Applied Welfare Economics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Basic concepts and principles of applied welfare economics including Pareto conditions for welfare maximization; public goods, externalities, and property rights; consumer and producer surplus; theory of the second best; and neoclassical and contemporary theories of income distribution. Concurrent Prerequisite: ECON 51100.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 60500 - Agricultural Markets And Price Analysis |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Agricultural markets are multi-faceted, having been studied using a wide range of analytical tools. This graduate-level course emphasizes charactering demand and supply of agricultural markets and understanding forces that determine commodity and food prices. It also aims to cover a set of economic studies of prices and assist students in applying theoretical frameworks and time-series econometrics to empirical analysis of agricultural prices. In addition to studying prices in perfectly competitive markets, the first half of the course highlights several classic models of consumer demand and agricultural supply, prices under imperfect competition, price spreads (marketing margins), and the economics of information. The second half of the course focuses on empirical price analysis. Popular time-series econometric tools are introduced to study price relationships over space and time, price discovery mechanisms, and functions of futures markets.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Work with classic demand and supply models in the context of agricultural markets. 2. Derive classic models of price setting and marketing margins. 3. Understand econometrics of time-series models. 4. Apply time-series models to agricultural price data. |
| AGEC 60800 - Benefit-Cost Analysis |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Principles and practice for analysis of the benefits and costs of public investments. Topics include measures of project worth, choice of the discount rate, analysis of projects with multiple objectives and purposes, identifying and quantifying benefits and costs, applications of consumer and producer surplus in project analysis, treatment of risk and uncertainty, and shadow pricing techniques for project evaluation in developing counties. Concurrent Prerequisite: AGEC 60400; a graduate course in microeconomic theory.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 60900 - Applied Welfare Analysis |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course develops the theory and methods used to assess the benefits and costs of economic policies and projects. Topics include benefit-cost analysis, economic impact analysis, nonmarket valuation, and analysis of risk and uncertainty. Pre-Requisites: A graduate course in microeconomic theory; a graduate course in regression analysis.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Estimate a project's benefit's and costs, including shadow pricing project inputs and outputs and valuing non-market goods and services. 2. Appropriate apportion various benefits and cost across different project stakeholders to estimate the distribution of project benefits and costs across society. 3. Derive and interpret economic measures of project performance, including net present value, internal rate of return, and benefit-cost ratios. 4. Incorporate risk and uncertainty into project analysis. |
| AGEC 61200 - Agricultural Production Economics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Economic theory and empirical research methods for management of natural resource based production systems. Topics include: analysis of response in crops and livestock production, resource allocation, economics of site specific management, commodity supply and input demand. Concurrent Prerequisite: ECON 51100.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 61300 - Introduction To Economics Of Risk |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A background in expected utility theory and applications. EUH axioms, risk aversion, utility elicitation, expected utility and moments, stochastic dominance, mean-variance, risk free asset, diversification, single index model, increasing risk, production under risk, programming models and applications. Prerequisite: AGEC 55200, ECON 51100, STAT 51100.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 61400 - Advanced Agricultural Production Economics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Course covers advanced techniques for economic analysis of agricultural production economics. Students are required to produce a course project demonstrating competency at the applied research frontier of the field and participate in presentation, discussion, and peer review of course members' work. Prerequisites: AGEC 61200 and ECON 60700 or Consent of Instructor.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge. 2. Demonstrate applied research methods. 3. Demonstrate critical thinking. 4. Demonstrate communication. |
| AGEC 61600 - Resource Economics And Policy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Natural resource development and allocation in both static and dynamic contexts. Analysis of scarcity and growth issues, equity considerations, derivation of optimal pricing and depletion rules. Application of advanced production concepts to national resource problems. Prerequisite: AGEC 60400, ECON 51100.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 61700 - Applied Welfare And Environmental Economics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory of welfare economics relevant to understanding foundations of benefit-cost analysis and concepts for policy design in areas such as environment, resources, and trade. Applied projects to be selected and analyzed by students. Prerequisite: AGEC 60400 and ECON 60700, or Consent of Instructor.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop knowledge. 2. Develop applied research methods. 3. Develop critical thinking. 4. Develop communication. |
| AGEC 61800 - Applied General Equilibrium Analysis |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and empirical techniques behind numerical general equilibrium analysis. The course is divided into two parts: 1) development of the basic analytical framework and model properties, and 2) in-depth study of selected applications in international trade, price analysis, and resource and environmental economics. Homework assignments involve a mix of qualitative analysis and microcomputer-based computational exercises. Prerequisite: AGEC 60400; Prerequisite: ECON 51100 or 60700.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 61900 - Applied Microeconomic Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides students with the capability to apply microeconomic theory and econometrics to analyses of economic issues and problems. Students will work through applied producer/consumer problems to gain experience in the uses of econometric estimation. Topics include: primal-dual approaches, direct and indirect functions, flexible functional forms, static optimization, separability and aggregation, risk and expectations, dynamics and demographics. Examples are drawn from both consumer and producer applications. Prerequisite: AGEC 65100, ECON 60700.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 62000 - Computational Analysis Of Markets And Policy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Exposes students to a variety of topics in applied economics relating to markets and policy. Students build, calibrate, and revise simple economic models, with the basic structure of more complex models being provided. Through a series of problem sets focusing on analytical skills and computation, students bridge theory and application in economics.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 62200 - Food System Organization And Policy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of framework to study food system organization and policy; survey of measurement and empirical testing problems in industrial-organization research on food-system market structure and performance; review of competition policies and evaluation of policy alternatives. Prerequisite: Graduate courses in microeconomic theory and marketing.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 62500 - Macroeconomic Issues In Agriculture |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Studies the nature and importance of linkages between agriculture and the macro economy, and examines theories and methods used to establish or quantify these linkages in agricultural models. Extensions of macroeconomic accounting and theory into an open economy are explored by examining attempts by agricultural economists to estimate macroeconomic linkages and build them into commodity models, and considering consequences of implicit and explicit macroeconomic assumptions in much of our work. The changing role of agriculture in an economy under structural transformation will be key to understanding these linkages and how they evolve, as shown in several new developments seeking to explain both recent events and policy history in macro-theoretical frameworks consistent with observed empirical regularities.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 63000 - Urban And Regional Economics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The literature discussed in this urban and regional economics course covers theoretical texts, conceptual as well as statistical, and empirical applications in order to introduce the student to the economist's view on spatial variation in economic outcomes. This ranges from coverage of the theory of industrial location choice, through theoretical and empirical analysis of the spatial distribution of economic activities (agglomeration theory, industrial clusters, central place theory), to theoretical and empirical explanations for the spatial structure of cities, the working of regional labor markets and migration. The course covers various empirical tools utilized in spatial data analysis (spatial econometrics) and modeling of regional economies and their interrelations (interregional input-output analysis). Prerequisites: AGEC 20300 or ECON 34000 or ECON 51100.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 63100 - The Theory And Practice Of Spatial Econometrics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course deals with the analysis of spatial data and centers on both exploratory tools developed in spatial statistics and GIScience, as well as on econometric models that have been the main focus in spatial econometrics. During the course, the theoretical basis for the analysis of spatial data and spatial models will be covered. This theoretical angle will be combined with ample opportunities to acquire hands-on experience in the analysis of spatial data. To the effect, up-to-date software, such as GeoDa, R, Stata, and Matlab will be used. A good working knowledge of basic statistics and regression techniques is needed. Prior experience with GIS is helpful but not required. Prerequisites: AGEC 45100 or 65000 or ECON 67100 or STAT 41700 or STAT 51200 or STAT 51700.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 63300 - Advanced Topics In Space, Health, And Population Economics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is designed to introduce students to advanced research in space, health, and population economics. It is designed to introduce both topical content and state-of-the-art research tools to students through a combination of guest speakers, faculty presentations, and discussions. The seminar also serves as a forum for students to present their own work and receive critical commentary from faculty and peers. The course is organized as a graduate seminar and gives students a chance to actively explore their own research ideas.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 2 times |
| AGEC 64000 - Agricultural Policy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Policy analysis for agriculture in the world economy. Emphasis on application of economic theory to analyze commodity programs, international trade, environmental concerns, and investment in human capital and agricultural research. Prerequisite: AGEC 41000, 60400.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 64300 - Theory Of Economic Development |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The economic theories behind the predominant approaches to economic development are reviewed. Both the sources of growth and problems in the development process are stressed. Emphasis is on the analysis and evolution of the models supporting the different approaches and the empirical analysis leading to changes in the paradigms. The role of agriculture in the economic development process is one of the topics. Other important issues are technological change, income distribution, structural adjustment, and the debt problem. Prerequisite: ECON 51100, 51200.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 64400 - International Agricultural Trade |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. International trade theory relevant to understanding world agricultural trade and the problems of agriculture in an open economy. Models for analyzing the effects of trade policy and market conditions on the agricultural sector. Welfare analysis of restrictions on trade. Prerequisite: ECON 51100, 51200.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 65000 - Application Of Quantitative Analysis: Econometrics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Brief presentation of probability concepts, mathematical expectation, probability density and distribution functions as background for studying principles of economic model construction. Emphasis is on econometric single equation models, principles of estimation, the general linear model, tests of hypothesis, confidence interval estimation, and special topics such as errors in the variables, multicollinearity, dummy variables, hetero-scedasticity, autocorrelation and prediction problems. Prerequisite: STAT 51100; ECON 51100 or 60700, matrix algebra.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 65100 - Application Of Quantitative Analysis: Econometrics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis is on using advanced econometric techniques. The course covers use of computer software and interpretation and reporting of econometric results. The first part of the course includes general econometric concepts, such as least squares and maximum likelihood estimation, desirable statistical properties, assumptions of the classical linear regression model, Monte Carlo methods, nested and non-nested hypothesis tests. Later, more specialized topics are covered, including multiple equation models, simultaneous equation models, limited dependent variable models, and other topics that are deemed relevant. Prerequisite: AGEC 65000.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 65200 - Application Of Quantitative Analysis: Mathematical Programming |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Recent literature on the theory and application of mathematical programming and agricultural modeling. Model building and analysis techniques with focus on matching solution methods to problems. Prerequisite: AGEC 55200, ECON 61200; a course in matrix algebra.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 65400 - Economic Dynamics |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Focuses on the application of the tools of dynamic optimization to problems in economics. Covers continuous-time and discrete-time dynamic optimization techniques, including the calculus of variations, optimal control theory, and dynamic programming. Applications are drawn from a range of problems in microeconomics and macroeconomics, including current topics in agricultural economics, natural resource economics, and investment theory. Course meets weeks 1 - 10. Prerequisite: AGEC 65200, ECON 60700.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| AGEC 65500 - Applied Economic Time Series Analysis |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to improve students' abilities to estimate and interpret time series models. The course begins with univariate models and progresses to multivariate analysis. Alternative methods for identifying, estimating, and forecasting with time series models will be discussed. In addition, analysis of non-stationary time series and co-integration modeling will be covered in this course. Prerequisite: AGEC 65100 or consent of instructor. Mastery of applied statistics, calculus, and microeconomic theory at the Masters level or higher is desirable.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Translate data and statistical results. 2. Apply knowledge and ethical research to data and data analysis literacy. 3. Integrating economic theory with applied analysis techniques. |
| AGEC 68100 - Economics For Food And Agribusiness Managers |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Addresses the institutional setting, business climate, and structure of the food and agricultural markets. Encompasses both the domestic and international dimensions of the food chain, including consumer demand, global sourcing, and worldwide production potential. Focuses on managerial economics, as applied to such topics as food system market structure, the nature and dimensions of domestic and global competition, the components of cost and revenue, and the food system value chain. Permission of department required.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and conduct original research, scholarship and creative endeavors. 2. Effectively communicate their field of study. 3. Think critically, creatively and solve problems in their field of study. 4. Conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner. 5. Demonstrate attributes of professional development consistent with expectations within their field of study. |
| AGEC 68200 - The Macroeconomics And Trade Environment Of The Food System |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Exposes students to the nature of linkages among agriculture, international markets, and the macro-economy, which are key to the fortunes of U.S. farmers and agribusiness. Exam theories and methods that allow students to establish or quantify these linkages and evaluate the consequences of alternative policies, demonstrating the usefulness of economic analysis as a tool. Also explores current policy issues facing the food and agribusiness industries, which might include farm legislation; environmental regulations; and food safety and nutrition labeling rules, among other policy topics. Permission of department required.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and conduct original research, scholarship and creative endeavors. 2. Effectively communicate their field of study. 3. Think critically, creatively and solve problems in their field of study. 4. Conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner. 5. Demonstrate attributes of professional development consistent with expectations within their field of study. |
| AGEC 68400 - Applied Quantitative Methods For Decision Making |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores the application of contemporary concepts and quantitative techniques for decision making in the face of uncertainty. Focus is on application of statistical tools to decisions facing the food and agricultural business manager. Permission of department required.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and conduct original research, scholarship and creative endeavors. 2. Effectively communicate their field of study. 3. Think critically, creatively and solve problems in their field of study. 4. Conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner. 5. Demonstrate attributes of professional development consistent with expectations within their field of study. |
| AGEC 68500 - Advanced Quantitative Methods For Decision Making Under Uncertainty |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores key areas of risk management of the food and agricultural firm, including price, production, strategic, regulatory, technology, market/competitor, political, financial, and exchange rate risk. Contemporary tools, such as score carding, decision trees, and real options are introduced for quantifying and managing uncertain decisions. Permission of department required.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and conduct original research, scholarship and creative endeavors. 2. Effectively communicate their field of study. 3. Think critically, creatively and solve problems in their field of study. 4. Conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner. 5. Demonstrate attributes of professional development consistent with expectations within their field of study. |
| AGEC 68600 - Strategic Food And Agribusiness Management |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores integration of the functional areas of business at the corporate level. Heavy emphasis is on analysis of the business environment, setting strategic direction, assessing core competencies, choosing a market position and developing competitive advantage, and organizational implementation and control in the context of the food and agricultural markets. The course makes heavy use of case studies of firms in the food and agricultural marketplace. Permission of department required.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and conduct original research, scholarship and creative endeavors. 2. Effectively communicate their field of study. 3. Think critically, creatively and solve problems in their field of study. 4. Conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner. 5. Demonstrate attributes of professional development consistent with expectations within their field of study. |
| AGEC 68700 - Problem Solving And Project Management For Decision Makers |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Develops a structured approach to problem solving, including problem definition, development of alternatives, identifying consequences, assessing trade-offs, and making informed choices. Research methods and project management concepts will be addressed. A major business analysis project will be framed during the course, to be completed as part of the capstone course in business analysis. Permission of department required.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and conduct original research, scholarship and creative endeavors. 2. Effectively communicate their field of study. 3. Think critically, creatively and solve problems in their field of study. 4. Conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner. 5. Demonstrate attributes of professional development consistent with expectations within their field of study. |
| AGEC 68800 - Business Analysis Capstone Course |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Capstone experience where students will work on individual projects focused on a comprehensive detailed analysis of an issue facing their employer or an issue of general interest to the student. It is expected that this project will draw on tools and concepts developed throughout the MS program and be delivered to an appropriate audience of decision-makers upon completion. Permission of department required.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette |
| AGEC 69000 - Seminars In Agricultural Economics |
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Credit Hours: 0.00 to 18.00. Intensive study of selected current developments in agricultural economics. Topics will be announced in advance. Permission of instructor required.
0.000 TO 18.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Lecture, Practice Study Observation Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| AGEC 69100 - Topical Research In Agricultural Economics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Topics of interest to the student. Designed to give training in research. Credit dependent upon amount of work done. Permission of instructor required.
1.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| AGEC 69200 - Workshop In Applied Economics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. A workshop on how to communicate research results in a seminar setting. Students present at least once during the course and will be present for other students' presentations. Students may present their own research, or a paper from a recent journal also is acceptable. The course is open to master's students, and one credit of this course is required of doctoral students.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics Course Attributes: Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| AGEC 69800 - Research MS Thesis |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required.
1.000 TO 18.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Research Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| AGEC 69900 - Research PhD Thesis |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required.
1.000 TO 18.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Research Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
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