INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A Course Designation: Core GenEd - Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning Comm QR - Quantitative Reasoning B Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate competency in fundamental economic concepts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop analytical tools necessary to critically analyze applied economic topics including agricultural economics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Evaluate a variety of economic issues and relevant policies, such as the challenges facing agriculture and related government interventions. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply concepts to real life examples. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges related to farming, pollution, and population growth. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of agricultural and industrial production. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate competency in fundamental economic concepts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop analytical tools necessary to critically analyze applied economic topics including agricultural economics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Evaluate a variety of economic issues and relevant policies, such as the challenges facing agriculture and related government interventions. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply concepts to real life examples. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges related to farming, pollution, and population growth. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of agricultural and industrial production. Audience: Undergraduate