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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

4

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
43

No change from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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