INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS

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.

Prerequisties

Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A requirement

Satisfies

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average

2.99

No change from Historical

Completion Rate

95.35%

No change from Historical

A Rate

20.93%

No change from Historical

Class Size

No change from Historical

2025 Fall Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

Sorted by ratings from Rate My Professors

Tessa CONROY

[email protected]

4.4

Rating

Similar Courses

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

AAE 320

Application of economics to managing agricultural production systems. Topics include optimizing agricultural production, farm financial analysis, tax management, business entities, federal commodity support programs, and the structure and challenges in the US agricultural sector.

SPECIAL TOPICS

AAE 375

Special topics on contemporary issues relevant to agricultural and applied economics.

FOUNDATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

AAE 641

Overview of the economic performance of agriculture in feeding the growing world population. Examines contemporary economic issues in the food sector, along with research methods used in their analysis. Covers production analysis, risk and uncertainty, food demand, market structure, policy and welfare analysis.

APPLIED ECONOMICS

AAE 601

Micro- and macroeconomic analysis of consumer behavior, markets, business strategy and government policy. Topics include supply and demand, equilibrium, elasticity, welfare, trade, externalities, market structure, economic growth, unemployment, and inflation.

SPECIAL TOPICS

AAE 875

Special topics on contemporary issues relevant to agricultural and applied economics.