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Graduate Degree Programs

Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology (AEREC)

AEREC 502 Economics of Natural Resources and Rural Development (3) Emphasis will be placed on the application of economic concepts to problems and policies in rural areas.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: ECON 502, ECON 503  

AEREC 503 Agricultural Marketing (3) Economic analysis of food marketing firms and institutions; identification and measurement of dimensions of market performance; public policy.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: ECON 502  

AEREC 510 Econometrics I (3) General linear model, multicolinearity, specification error, autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, restricted least squares, functional form, dummy variables, limited dependent variables.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: ECON 490 orSTAT 462 orSTAT 501  

AEREC 511 Econometrics II (3) Stochastic regressors, distributed lag models, pooling cross-section and time- series data, simultaneous equation models.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 519 Resource and Environmental Economics I (3) Theories and methods for economic analysis of natural resource and environmental policies with applications to current issues.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: ECON 502  

AEREC 527 Quantitative Methods I (3) Quantitative techniques applied to agricultural economic issues.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: ECON 502  

AEREC 533 (CEDEV 533) Rural Development Research Methods and Topics (3) Advanced theories and methods for rural economic development research.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: ECON 521  

AEREC 534 Agricultural Production Economics II (3) Current problems and methods of analysis in production economics research.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: ECON 521  

AEREC 536 Agricultural Commodity Markets (3) Specification, identification, and estimation of models for use in the evaluation and control of agricultural market behavior.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: AEREC 510 orAEREC 511 orECON 521  

AEREC 541 Resource and Environmental Economics II (3) Key theories and analytical methods of resource and environmental economics.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: AEREC 511, AEREC 519, ECON 521  

AEREC 550 International Economic Development and Agriculture (3) The economic development process with particular emphasis on agriculture.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: ECON 502  

AEREC 590 Colloquium (1-3) Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 594 Research Topics (1-15) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 595 Internship (1-18) Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction, including field experiences, practicums, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 596 Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 597 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of specific interest.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 597A Applied Micro Econometrics (3) Advanced methods for analyzing micro-level economic data.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
Prerequisite: AEREC 510, AEREC 511  

AEREC 597B Dynamic Production Analysis (1) The dynamie economic optimization is investigated given different primal and dual representations of the dynamic technology, with empirical implementation.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

AEREC 597C Micro Theory (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of specific interest.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

AEREC 597D Renewable Resource Economics (1) The course will explore contemporary economic theory on the economic of renewable resources with an emphasis on biological populations.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

AEREC 597E Applied Microeconomic Theory (3) Microeconomic theory and concepts that provide a foundation for applied research and analysis.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
Prerequisite: ECON 302, MATH 140  

AEREC 598 Special Topics (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or semester.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 599 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-2 per semester/maximum of 4) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 600 Thesis Research (1-15) No description.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 601 Thesis Preparation No description.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester/maximum of 6) No description.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 610 Thesis Research Off Campus (1-15) No description.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

AEREC 611 Ph.D. Dissertation Part-Time No description.
Effective: Spring 2011
 

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