Offered by:Agricultural Economics
Degree:B SC Agricu and Environm Sc
Program Requirement:
Program Director: Professor Paul Thomassin
Program Prerequisites
Refer to "Faculty Information and Regulations" > "Minimum Credit Requirements", in this eCalendar for prerequisites and minimum credit requirements.
Required Courses (33 credits)
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AGEC 200
Principles of Microeconomics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: The field of economics as it relates to the activities of individual consumers, firms and organizations. Emphasis is on the application of economic principles and concepts to everyday decision making and to the analysis of current economic issues.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Terms
- Instructors
- Laurence B B Baker, Paul Thomassin
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AGEC 201
Principles of Macroeconomics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: The overall economic system, how it works, and the instruments used to solve social problems. Emphasis will be on decision-making involving the entire economic system and segments of it.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent
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AGEC 231
Econ Systems of Agriculture
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: The structure and organization of Canada's agriculture-food system, the operation, financing, linkages, and functions of its components. Focus to be on management of the various components and the entire system, types of problems confronted now and in the future.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent
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AGEC 320
Intermed Microeconomic Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: An intermediate theory course in agricultural economics, dealing with economic concepts as applied to agricultural production and cost functions. Includes theory and application of linear programming as related to production decisions.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
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AGEC 330
Agriculture and Food Markets
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: Nature and organization of agricultural and food markets as economic institutions, including the application of economic theory to problems within the agri-food marketing chain. Spatial and temporal price relationships, and the role of market structure.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGEC 440
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
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AGEC 333
Resource Economics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: The role of resources in the environment, use of resources, and management of economic resources within the firm or organization. Problem-solving, case studies involving private and public decision-making in organizations are utilized.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Fall
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
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AGEC 425
Applied Econometrics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: The theory and application of econometrics to empirical issues in agriculture and environment. Diagnosis and treatment of standard violations of the assumptions underlying ordinary least squares.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
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AGEC 430
Agric, Food & Resource Policy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: Examination of North American and international agriculture, food and resource policies, policy instruments, programs and their implications. Economic analysis applied to the principles, procedures and objectives of various policy actions affecting agriculture, and the environment.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
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AGEC 442
Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
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AGEC 491
Research & Methodology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Agricultural Economics: Conceptual and philosophical foundations of research methodology, and the procedural aspects of planning, designing and conducting research in applied economics.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
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ENVB 210
The Biophysical Environment
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Environmental Biology: With reference to the ecosystems in the St Lawrence lowlands, the principles and processes governing climate-landform-water-soil-vegetation systems and their interactions will be examined in lecture and laboratory. Emphasis on the natural environment as an integrated system.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken SOIL 210
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
With the approval of the Academic Adviser, one introductory course in each of the following areas:
Accounting
Statistics
Written/Oral Communication
Specialization (21 - 24 credits)
Specializations designed to be taken with the Agricultural Economics Major:
- *Agribusiness (24 credits)
- Environmental Economics (24 credits)
- *Professional Agrology (21 credits)
*Membership to the OAQ requires successful completion of these two specializations.
Note: For a complete list of specializations offered for students in the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, please refer to "Browse Academic Units & Programs > Bachelor of Science (Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) - B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) > Specializations", in this eCalendar.
Electives
To meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.