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Nov 24, 2024
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2011-2012 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Economics (ACCT, AGEC, BADM, ECON) Course Offerings
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Economics
ACCT 506 - Accounting for Entrepreneurs
Accounting concepts and practices for entrepreneurs/small business owners. Emphasis given to the use of accounting tools to solve small business problems. Credits: 3
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ACCT 592 - Topics
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Credits: (1-4)
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AGEC 521 - Farming and Food Systems Economics
Economic concepts and methods for analyzing farming system and food system alternatives, investments, and issues. Includes economic feasibility analysis methods for assessing potential farm/ranch, value-added, and other food enterprises. Economic structure and organization of food systems in US and other parts of the world are examined. Pre-requisite: Senior standing, AgEc 271 or ECON 201. Credits: 3
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AGEC 530 - Advanced Ag Marketing and Prices
Economic theory and quantitative techniques used in analysis of agricultural market problems, construction of economic models, statistical estimates of supply and demand, and price forecasting. Pre-requisite: AGEC 354, STAT 281. Credits: 3
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AGEC 571 - Advanced Farm and Ranch Management
Leasing arrangements, capital investment, computerized accounting and budgeting. Linear programming as a tool for planning and organizing the farm business. Pre-requisite: senior standing, AGEC 271, ECON 301, or instructor consent. Credits: 3
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AGEC 591 - Independent Study
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Credits: (1-3)
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AGEC 592 - Topics
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Credits: (1-4)
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AGEC 593 - Workshop
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity. Credits: (1-3)
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AGEC 672 - Bioenergy & Resource Economics
Bioenergy and Resource Economics surveys the allocation and conservation of natural resources from a perspective of optimal use and sustainability. Emphasis is placed on the trade offs and issues related to the production of biomass and development of the biofuels market including resource allocation, valuation methodology, economic growth, and market development. Pre-requisites: ECON 201, MATH 121 or MATH 123.
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AGEC 691 - Independent Study
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Credits: (1-3)
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BADM 506 - Accounting for Entrepreneurs
Accounting concepts and practices for entrepreneurs/small business owners. Emphasis given to the use of accounting tools to solve small business problems. Credits: 3
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BADM 538 - Entrepreneurship II
This course focuses on the process of screening an opportunity, drafting a personal entrepreneurial strategy, and understanding the business plan writing process. Building the entrepreneurial team and the acquisition and management of financial resources are emphasized along with venture growth, harvest strategies, and valuation. Credits: 3
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BADM 576 - Marketing Research
This course provides an in-depth study of the primary methodologies of marketing research. Emphasis is placed on collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting information for the purpose of reducing uncertainty surrounding marketing and management decisions. Credits: 3
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BADM 592 - Topics
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Credits: (1-4)
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BADM 593 - Workshop
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity. Credits: (1-3)
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ECON 503 - History of Economic Thought
History of economic thought surveys the historical development of economic theory from ancient to modern times. The writings of Aristotle, Adam Smith, Marx, and Marshall provide part of the diverse menu of economic thought. Credits: 3
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ECON 520 - Economics of the Public Sector
Governmental operations, policies, and revenues as related to employment, productivity and economic welfare. Alternatives that would affect social services, education, commerce and trade, fiscal policies, and quality of life. Pre-requisite: ECON 201 or instructor consent. Credits: 3
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ECON 531 - Managerial Economics
Applications of microeconomic theory, statistics and other quantitative methods to analysis and solution of decision making problems confronted by managers of agribusiness, commercial and manufacturing enterprises. Topics include economic analysis of demand, production, cost, market structure, government regulation, risk, and capital budgeting. Pre-requisite: ECON 301, STAT 281, or equivalent. Credits: 3
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ECON 540 - Economics of the International Sector
International flow of trade and balance of payments. Monetary and fiscal policies. Trade controls and their effect upon the agricultural and domestic economies. Significant current developments in trade and finance. Pre-requisite: ECON 201, 202, 330 or instructor consent. Credits: 3
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ECON 550 - Industrial Organization
Industrial organization studies how different industry structures influence firm performance and business practices, and how government policies affect competitiveness and the economy. Credits: 3
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ECON 560 - Economic Development
Developing and developed national economies. Factors impacting economic development. Role of public policies in development. Agricultural and rural development issues emphasized. Pre-requisite: ECON 201, 202, or instructor consent. Credits: 3
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ECON 572 - Resource and Environmental Economics
Resource and environmental economics surveys the allocation and conservation of natural resources from a perspective of optimal use and sustainability. Emphasis is placed on environmental economics including the problems of pollution, population, and economic growth. Methods for evaluating projects and programs are considered. Credits: 3
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ECON 576 - Marketing Research
Marketing problems confronting agribusinesses and businesses. Descriptive and analytical techniques in a research methods approach. Marketing research techniques. (Offered on demand) Credits: 3
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ECON 591 - Independent Study
Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Credits: (1-3)
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ECON 593 - Workshop
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity. Credits: (1-3)
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ECON 601 - Economic Study in Industrial Management
Intensive study of economic choice and value theory, financial statement structure and analysis, and financial management. Not open to economics majors. Credits: 3
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ECON 610 - Financial Management
Advanced techniques for managing working capital, capital budgeting, analysis of financial structure and cost of capital, valuation, financial planning and control. Pre-requisite: BADM 310, STAT 281, or instructor consent. Credits: 3
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ECON 660 - Operations Management
Product planning, demand forecasting and management, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory planning and timing, materials management, quality, work standards and measurement. Pre-requisite: BADM 360, ECON 301, STAT 281. Credits: 3
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ECON 662 - Bioenergy Economic/Sustainability
This course will provide an understanding of the economic issues relating to overall supply chains producing bioenergy and bio-based products. The course will address the economic, sustainability and social dimensions of these industries. Participants will gain an understanding of triple bottom line objectives, life cycle analysis and the principles of feasibility analysis. Credits: 3
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ECON 672 - Bioenergy & Resource Economics
Bioenergy and Resource Economics surveys the allocation and conservation of natural resources from a perspective of optimal use and sustainability. Emphasis is placed on the tradeoffs and issues related to the production of biomass and development of the biofuels market including resource allocation, valuation methodology, economic growth, and market development. Pre-requisites: ECON 201, MATH 121 or MATH 123 Credits: 3
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ECON 691 - Independent Study
Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Credits: (1-3)
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ECON 692 - Topics
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Credits: (1-4)
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ECON 703 - Advanced Macroeconomics
Advanced Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole. The course investigates the sources of long-run economic growth and short-run aggregate shocks. Some of the models examined include Solow, Infinite Horizon, Overlapping Generations, New Growth, and Real Business Cycle. Also theories of incomplete nominal adjustment, rational expectations, unemployment and inflation, and monetary and fiscal policies are studied. Pre-requisite: ECON 428 or instructor consent. Credits: 3
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ECON 704 - Advanced Microeconomics
Rigorous analysis of topics in microeconomics including: methodology of economic science, economic choice, production, resource allocation, distribution, welfare economics, and general equilibrium. Pre-requisite: ECON 428 or instructor consent. Credits: 3
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ECON 705 - Econometrics
Practice in the application of micro-and macro-economic theory to solutions of real and hypothetical problems. Selection and use of appropriate statistical and other analytical methods suitable for complex problems. Pre-requisite: ECON 423, ECON 428. Credits: 3
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ECON 707 - Research Methodology in Applied Economics
Planning and conducting empirical research in applied economics. The organization of research, philosophy and the aim of science and research. Research project proposal and presentation are required. Credits: 2
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ECON 740 - Investment Science
The course will apply econometrics, advanced statistics, and differential calculus to the process of stock analysis and pricing, portfolio composition, options pricing, and risk management. Its focus is on minimizing risk while seeking a target rate of return. Credits: 3
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ECON 788 - Research Paper
Independent research problems/projects that lead to research or design paper, but not to a thesis. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Credits: (1-2)
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ECON 792 - Topics
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Credits: (1-4)
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ECON 798 - Thesis
Credits: (1-7)
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