INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS

Name: INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS
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AAE 101

Course Description

Introduction to economic ways of thinking about a wide range of problems and issues. Topics include consumption, production, prices, markets, finance, trade, pollution, growth, farms, taxes, and development.

Prerequisites

Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A requirement

Satisfies

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average

3.25

4.58% from Historical

Completion Rate

94.44%

-0.52% from Historical

A Rate

41.67%

37.15% from Historical

Class Size

-8.86% from Historical

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