Business Management and Marketing
This concentration prepares students to analyze and evaluate business problems and management decisions using business software, understand factors that determine consumer choices, assess profit and price-risk management, utilize and apply statistical methods to analyze commodity markets and economic data, formulate marketing plans and strategies for generic commodities and specialized products, and explain how external forces such as laws, environmental regulations, and government policies impact business decision making and outcomes.
Environmental Economics and Policy
This concentration prepares students to assist in making public and private decisions about environmental and natural resource issues, and the policies surrounding them, nationally and internationally. Issues studied include environmental quality, energy use, natural resource management, and valuation of environmental amenities. This training will prepare students for careers in federal, state, or community governments as well as private businesses that provide services in sustainability, environmental, or natural resource areas.
Development Economics and Policy
This concentration provides students with better knowledge and understanding of the global forces shaping change in agriculture, food security, natural resources, and the environment, and how they can be part of those changes at a policy-making level. Issues of study include national and international food and agricultural analysis, the economic and policy aspects of natural resource use and environmental quality issues, the economics of local, regional and global energy issues and international trade. Students will learn to apply tools such as benefit-cost analysis, and risk and investment decision-making. This training prepares students for careers in national and international governmental policy-making, positions in domestic or developing country institutions, and managerial and planning positions.
Business Management and Marketing
Majors choosing a concentration in Business Management and Marketing (BMM) must take a total of at least 18 credits from the courses listed below. At least 12 credits must be taken from the BMM Core Courses and up to six credits must be taken from the BMM Concentration Elective Courses. BMM Core Courses: ARE 2210, 2215, 3221, 3222, 3223, 3333. BMM Concentration Elective Courses: ARE 2260, 2464, 3225, 4205, 4217, 4279, 4476; ECON 2411; with approval of advisor up to three credits of any 3000-level or above course. With approval of advisor, additional courses in ARE or in related fields can be used to fulfill the 36-credit requirement for the major with this area of concentration.
Environmental Economics and Policy
Majors choosing a concentration in Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP) must take a total of at least 18 credits from the courses listed below. At least 12 credits must be taken from the EEP Core Courses and up to 6 credits must be taken from the EEP Concentration Elective Courses. EEP Core Courses: ARE2434E, 2464, 3333, 4438E, 4444, 4462E. EEP Concentration Elective Courses: ARE 2235, 3436, 4217, 4305; GEOG 2320E, 2400E, 2500, 3340; NRE 3245E; with approval of advisor up to three credits of any 3000-level or above course. With approval of advisor, additional courses in ARE or in related fields can be used to fulfill the 36-credit requirement for the major with this area of concentration.
Development Economics and Policy
Majors choosing a concentration in Development Economics and Policy (DEP) must take a total of at least 18 credits from the courses listed below. At least 12 credits must be taken from the DEP Core Courses and up to 6 credits must be taken from the DEP Elective Courses. DEP Core Courses: ARE 2260, 2464, 3333, 4279, 4305, 4444. DEP Concentration Elective Courses: ARE 2434E, 4205; ANTH 3325; ECON 2440, 2456, 2474, 3421W, 3473, 3479; GEOG 3100; POLS 3406, 3410; WGSS 2267, 3216; with approval of advisor up to three credits of any 3000-level or above course. With approval of advisor, additional courses in ARE or in related fields can be used to fulfill the 36-credit requirement for the major with this area of concentration.
Declaring a Major
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Declaring a Concentration
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