The major in agricultural and managerial economics teaches students to apply economics and quantitative principles to problems in agricultural production, management, and marketing.
The Program. Each student must specialize in at least one of three options: agricultural economics, which focuses on topics related to the production and marketing of foods and fibers; environmental and resource economics, which focuses on issues related to use of resources and environmental quality; or managerial economics, which focuses on topics related to evaluating, financing, and managing business activities.
Internships and Career Alternatives. Students in agricultural and managerial economics have opportunities to gain additional career information and preparation through internships in a variety of private business and governmental agencies. Graduates qualify for supervisory and management training positions in farm and ranch production, food and agricultural processing, agricultural sales and service, banking,
finance, commodity and stock brokerages in the private sector, and a variety of agency career positions in local, state, and federal government. Students who desire additional training are well qualified to enter graduate programs in agricultural economics, economics, business administration, or law.
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(For convenience in program planning, the usual courses taken to satisfy the requirements are shown in parentheses. Equivalent or more comprehensive courses are acceptable. Courses shown without parentheses are required.)
| UNITS | ||
|---|---|---|
| English Composition Requirement | 4-12 | |
| See College requirement | 0-8 | |
| Additional English (English 1, 3, 18, 19, 101, 104A, 104B, 104C, 104D, or 104E) | 3-4 | |
| Preparatory Subject Matter | 65-68 | |
| Accounting (Management 11A-11B) | 8 | |
| Computer Science (Agricultural Systems and Environment 21, Computer Science Engineering 10, 15 or 30, Engineering 5) | 3-4 | |
| Economic principles (Economics 1A-1B) | 10 | |
| Calculus (Mathematics 16A-16B or 21A-21B) | 6-8 | |
| Statistics (Statistics 13, 103) | 8 | |
| Social Science, Natural Science, Agricultural Science | 40 | |
| (See undergraduate handbook in Department Advising Office for complete list of courses.) | ||
| Breadth/General Education | 6-24 | |
| Note: Approved General Education courses may be used to simultaneously satisfy Social, Natural, and Agricultural Science courses as defined in the Preparatory Subject Matter for the major and the campus General Education requirement. | ||
| Depth Subject Matter
Students graduating with this major are required to attain at least a C average (2.0) in all upper division courses taken at the University in the depth subject matter. | 19-21 | |
| Micro theory, Agricultural and Resource Economics 100A, 100B | 8 | |
| Quantitative methods, Agricultural and Resource Economics 106, 155 | 8 | |
| Macro theory, Economics 101 or 105 | 4-5 | |
| Restricted Electives
Choose at least one of the options below Agricultural Economics option
Environmental and Resource Economics option
Managerial Economics option
| 32 | |
| Unrestricted Electives | 37-48 | |
| Total Units for the Degree | 180 | |
Advising Center for the major is in 1176 Social Sciences and Humanities Building (530-752-6185).
Major Adviser. R. Green (Agricultural and Resource Economics).
The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics offers four minor emphases open to students majoring in other disciplines who wish to complement their study programs with a minor in Agricultural and Managerial Economics. Each emphasis requires Agricultural and Resource Economics 100A, which has prerequisites of Economics 1A-1B and Mathematics 16A-16B. For some courses, Statistics 13 and 103 may be required. Variable-unit courses are not accepted for any emphasis.
| UNITS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Managerial Economics | 18 | |
| General emphasis | ||
| Agricultural and Resource Economics 100A or the equivalent | 4 | |
| Additional upper division courses in Agricultural and Resource Economics | 14 | |
| Agricultural Economics emphasis | ||
| Agricultural and Resource Economics 100A or the equivalent | 4 | |
| Additional upper division courses in Agricultural and Resource Economics
| 14 | |
| Environmental and Natural Resource Economics emphasis | ||
| Agricultural and Resource Economics 100A or the equivalent | 4 | |
| Additional upper division courses in Agricultural and Resource Economics
| 14 | |
| Managerial Economics emphasis | ||
| Agricultural and Resource Economics 100A or the equivalent | 4 | |
| Additional upper division courses in Agricultural and Resource Economics
| 14 | |
Graduate Study. See the Graduate Studies section in this catalog.
UC Davis 1998-99 Online General Catalog. Posted July 31, 1998.
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