5 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
This introductory course focuses on the role of agriculture in a market based on economy. Students explore the impact of governmental policy on society and the agriculture industry. Students develop an understanding of how the U.S. food and fiber system is influenced by the economic problem of scarcity.
In this introductory course, students practice and apply contemporary microeconomic principles to navigate the economic problem of resource scarcity. The primary focus of this course is on the decision-making of producers and consumers in agricultural and natural resource markets. Market structure and market failure are explored to justify the role of government to protect health, culture, and nature.
Students apply economic principles and accounting methods to organizational decision-making and operations. Students create farm enterprise and cash flow budgets, income statements, and balance sheets for farm and ranch enterprises. Students analyze records created to help in making financial decisions.
Students apply the tools of management and decision-making to problems found in agricultural operations. Exploration of the four functions of management provides an understanding of the complex issues facing the farm or ranch manager. Using community case studies, students practice market research, financial records analysis, crop and livestock enterprise analysis, risk management, and farm business organizational planning.
Completion of or concurrent enrollment in AGEC 1020 .
AGEC 2805Equine and Agribusiness Law3
Students apply knowledge and build skills in topics related to business law within the context of the agriculture and equine industries. Topics include real property, estate planning and farm succession, liability, legal issues, current legislation and politics, breeding contracts, syndications, developing employee benefit packages, employee relations, and payroll records.
