10 courses with the subject AGEC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
AGEC 1010Agricultural Macroeconomics3
A description and analysis of national income, business cycles, income distribution, governmental economic policies, the banking system, and monetary and fiscal policy.
AGEC 1510Farm-Ranch Applications and Review of Management3
This course is primarily offered for agricultural operators who would like to improve or update their management skills. The course will cover general principles of financial management and decision making as well as examples and cases where students make applications to their own specific situation. The students will culminate the course with a completed business plan detailing the changes and direction they will follow upon completing the class.
This class is designed to provide a work-related experience for students. It will emphasize concepts, skills and attitudes needed for employment in farm, ranch, or agri-business management and production. The student must consult the instructor before enrolling in this course. This course is offered for S/U grade only. This course requires 60 hours of worktime, completion of a resume, job application, learning objectives, mock interview, and letter of application.
Economic principles, business methods, and science applied to organization and operation. Measurements of size of business, rates and efficiency of production.
A course dealing with loan applications, options, and determination of loan needs, repay ability, and the function and operation of various lending agencies.
AGEC 2010 must be completed with a grade of C or better.
AGEC 2300Agricultural Marketing2
A study of marketing and market planning as they deal with sales. Also covered will be the functions, theory, and practices of salesmanship as they relate to wholesale and retail sales.
This course is required to successfully complete the AAS Farm/Ranch Management Degree and the AS degrees in General Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Business, and Animal Science. Sophomore students intending to graduate with the AAS degree will be completing a business plan. Sophomore students intending to graduate with the AS degree will complete a thesis paper consistent with their degree field.
AGEC 2510Agribusiness, Marketing, Commodities, and Sales3
This course provides an introduction to the principles and practices of agricultural marketing, commodity markets, and agricultural sales. Students will learn how agricultural products move from producers to consumers through the market place utilizing marketing strategies, the role of global and domestic market forces, how commodity prices are formed and managed through futures and hedging, and selling process used by producers and agribusinesses to communicate value, build relationships, and close sales in the agriculture industry.