Quantitative Methods in Agricultural and Applied Economics
Application of quantitative methods to agricultural and natural resource decision problems.
Summary
Historical reviews of Thomas Rutherford: Reviewers characterize homework as exceptionally hard and lectures as difficult, particularly for students lacking prior statistics software experience.
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Prerequisites
Course map(MATH 211 or 221),ECON 301, and STAT 301, or graduate/professional standing
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Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Thomas Rutherford: Thomas Rutherford's course is consistently described as extremely difficult, with students finding the GAMS software and homework assignments very challenging. While some reviewers found lectures unhelpful, others noted that attending office hours and collaborating with peers could help manage the workload and secure good grades.
THOMAS L. COX is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
THOMAS RUTHERFORD is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Historical reviews for Thomas Rutherford describe the course as extremely difficult and frustrating, with useless lectures and a steep learning curve for GAMS software.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 3.75 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Fall 2018: 3.71 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Thomas Rutherford: Reviewers characterize homework as exceptionally hard and lectures as difficult, particularly for students lacking prior statistics software experience.
Historical reviews of Thomas Rutherford: One reviewer noted that attending office hours and collaborating with skilled peers could lead to good grades despite the difficulty.
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