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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agricultural Economics Minor

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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To receive the Ag Econ minor students must complete the following 15 credit hours of required Ag Econ courses. In addition prerequisites associated with the minor must be followed. No more than six credit hours of transfer courses may be used for the minor requirements. Students must earn a minimum 2.0 cum GPA in the required courses.

Program requirements

Prerequisites (in addition to any prerequisites required for specific AGEC courses taken)

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
MATH 205 - General Calculus and Linear Algebra Credits: 3

Choose from the following:

AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
or
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3

Required

AGEC 500 - Production Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 505 - Agricultural Market Structures Credits: 3

Select 9 credits with at least 3 credits above 500:

AGEC 308 - Farm and Ranch Management Credits: 3
or
AGEC 318 - Food and Agribusiness Management Credits: 3
AGEC 315 - Contemporary Issues in Global Food and Agricultural Systems Credits: 3
AGEC 411 - Agricultural Policy Credits: 3
AGEC 420 - Commodity Futures Credits: 3
AGEC 470 - Cooperative Management Credits: 3
AGEC 501 - Data Analysis and Optimization Credits: 3
AGEC 513 - Agricultural Finance Credits: 3
AGEC 515 - Food and Agribusiness Marketing Credits: 3
AGEC 516 - Agricultural Law and Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 520 - Market Fundamentals and Futures/Options Trading Credits: 3
AGEC 525 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 535 - Agricultural Sales Credits: 3
AGEC 570 - Food Manufacturing, Distribution, and Retailing Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 598 - Farm Management Strategies Credits: 3
AGEC 599 - Food and Agribusiness Management Strategies Credits: 3
AGEC 605 - Price Analysis and Forecasting Credits: 3
AGEC 610 - Current Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Issues Credits: 3
AGEC 615 - Global Agricultural and Economic Development Credits: 3
AGEC 623 - International Agricultural Trade Credits: 3
AGEC 632 - Agribusiness Logistics Credits: 3
AGEC 680 - Risk Management Credits: 3
AGEC 710 - Comparative Food and Agriculture Systems Credits: 3
AGEC 712 - Optimization Techniques for Agricultural Economics Credits: 3
ECON 510 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 631 - Principles of Transportation Credits: 3

Total credit hours: (15)

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