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Agribusiness Management (AG BM)

AG BM 101 (GS) Economic Principles of Agribusiness Decision Making (3) Introduction to economic principles and their application to real world examples of agribusiness management issues.
Effective: Spring 2003
 

AG BM 101H (GS) Economic Principles of Agribusiness Decision Making (3) Introduction to economic principles and their application to real world examples of agribusiness management issues.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

AG BM 102 Economics of the Food System (3) Introduction to topics designed to develop an understanding of how the food production, processing, and marketing system works and evolves.
Effective: Spring 2003
 

AG BM 106 Agribusiness Problem Solving (3) Development of quantitative problem solving skills applied to specific examples of agribusiness management problems, using EXCEL spreadsheets.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: AG BM 101  

AG BM 200 Introduction to Agricultural Business Management (3) Application of management principles and processes to agricultural business firms in their planning and operating in domestic and international markets.
Effective: Fall 2003
 

AG BM 220 Agribusiness Sales and Marketing (3) Principles underlying the sales process and practical application for selling situations in agribusiness. Role of selling in the total marketing process.
Effective: Spring 2006
 

AG BM 296 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
 

AG BM 297 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2004
 

AG BM 302 Food Product Marketing (3) Analysis of economic and psychological determinants of the demand for food; marketing decisions in an increasingly consumer-driven food system.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: AG BM 101, AG BM 102, AG BM 106  

AG BM 308W Strategic Decision Making in Agribusiness (3) Utilize case studies to investigate strategic decision making among agribusiness firms, highlighting how information and market power shape strategies.
Effective: Spring 2004
Prerequisite: AG BM 101, AG BM 102, AG BM 106  

AG BM 320 Markets and Prices: Analysis and Forecasting (3) Understand how prices are determined; develop the skill to analyze and forecast how prices change as the underlying conditions change.
Effective: Summer 2002
Prerequisite: AG BM 101, AG BM 102, AG BM 106  

AG BM 338 (IL) Agribusiness in the Global Economy (3) Managing agribusinesses in the global food industry, international food product marketing, key public institution and policies affecting food trade.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: AG BM 101, AG BM 102, AG BM 106  

AG BM 407 Farm Planning and Financial Management (3) Economic principles applied to the management of farms, with particular emphasis on the financial aspects of management.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: AG BM 101, AG BM 106  

AG BM 408 Financial Decision Making for Agribusiness (3) Develop financial management and business analysis skills, integrating previous course work and finance training; principles of financial management, planning, control.
Effective: Spring 2004
Prerequisite: AG BM 308W, B A 301  

AG BM 420 Agribusiness Markets & Prices (3) Understand and forecast price level and volatility for commodities, differentiated products, services. Why markets work and why they may not.
Effective: Spring 2004
Prerequisite: 6 credits in Agribusiness Management Business Administration Agricultural Economics and/or Economics  

AG BM 438 Economics of Managing Global Agricultural & Food Systems (3) This course focuses on the economics of managing and coordinating production and marketing through vertical alliances (value chains) and horizontal networks in the global economy.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: 6 credits of Junior level courses in ECON AG EC AG BM SC&IS or B A  

AG BM 440 Food Product Innovation Management (3) A problem-based course designed to enhance decision-making skills in the context of industry's approach to developing new food products.
Effective: Fall 2003
Prerequisite: AG BM 302 or junior/senior standing in Food Science  

AG BM 460 Managing the Food System (3) Firm management in the food system; coordination with suppliers and customers, including supply chain management, strategic thinking, risk management.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: AG BM 320, AG BM 338  

AG BM 461W Managerial Economics in Agricultural Business Firms (3) Economic analysis of management problems encountered in agricultural business firms.
Effective: Spring 2003 Ending: Fall 2009
Prerequisite: FIN 301 6 credits in agricultural economics or economics  

AG BM 495A Internship in Agribusiness and Rural Development (1-6) Supervised field experience in an agribusiness or rural development setting.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: prior approval by department  

AG BM 495B Internship in International Agribusiness (6) Supervised field experience related to student's major, minor, or option.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: prior approval by department  

AG BM 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 2003
 

AG BM 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2004
 

AG BM 497B United Kingdom Study Abroad Program (1) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

AG BM 497B United Kingdom Study Abroad Program (1) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

AG BM 497B United Kingdom Study Abroad Program (1) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
 

AG BM 499 (IL) Foreign Studies - Agribusiness Management (1-12) Study in selected countries of agricultural economic institutions and current agricultural economic problems.
Effective: Spring 2006
 

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