Note: Active immunization against tetanus (available through Student
Health Services) is a prerequisite for registration in any laboratory course
in agriculture and for any student employment on the University Farm.
Note: Cost to the student of extended field trips will vary each semester
depending upon itinerary. The student should ask the course instructor.
41. Agricultural Business Statistics (3)
Prerequisite: Math 4. Measures of central tendencies and dispersion, time
series analysis, index numbers, seasonal variation, data collection and
presentation, introduction to probability theory, and discrete and continuous
probability distributions.
80. Undergraduate Research (1·4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31 and permission of instructor. Directed study or research
on particular problems in the field of agricultural economics and business.
112. Farm Management (4)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31. Basic economic principles relating to farm management;
organizing the farm, managing crop and livestock enterprises; farm business
administration. (2 lecture, 4 lab hours)
151. Farm Accounting (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31. Farm accounting systems, farm records, budgets,
income tax returns. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
160. Marketing Institutions (2)
Business and economic functions performed by various specialized marketing
agencies with emphasis on physical operating patterns. Local field trips
tomarketing firms and workshops with agribusiness managers. (1 lecture,
2 lab hours)
165. Agricultural Labor-Management Relations (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31. Economic analysis of the farm labor market; labor
productivity, agricultural mechanization and farm employment; farm labor
laws and government regulations; agricultural labor relations, unionization,
and collective bargaining; farm personnel administration practices and supervisory
management principles.
167. Agribusiness Management (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31. Management of businesses related to agriculture,
including, for example, farmer cooperatives, feed-seed-fertilizer suppliers,
food processors, equipment dealers, and marketing firms; application of
management principles and problem solving in agribusiness firms.
170. Agricultural Business Research (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A, Ag Ec 31, 41 and Upper Division Writing Skills requirement.
Primary research methods applied to agricultural business. Problem definition,
hypothesis formulation, research design, data collection, and results analysis
including measures of central tendency and variability. Mechanics of writing
research proposals and technical reports and making oral presentations.
171. Land and Water Economics (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31. Economic analysis of public policies governing land
use, water management, mineral exploitation and forest administration; review
of population pressures and resource conservation; examination of externalities,
property rights issues, resource use planning, environmental regulations,
and reclamation law.
172. Marketing of Agricultural Products (3)
rerequisite: Ag Ec 31. Basic marketing functions, policies, and problems
involved in handling agricultural products; economic concepts, business
decisions, and practical applications.
174. Advanced Farm Management (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 112. Economic principles and modern decision-making
techniques applied to farm management.
175. Agricultural Sales and Communications (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31. Selling agricultural products, public relations
in agriculture, agricultural journalism, promotion and advertising of agricultural
products; written and oral presentations.
177. Agricultural Finance (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31, and Ag Ec 111 or Acct 4A. Analysis of farm financial
statements; legal instruments of financial transactions; institutional sources
of farm credit; time value of money and capital budgeting for agricultural
investment; cost of debt and equity capital; risk management strategies;
farm estate and tax planning.
179. Agricultural Policy (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B. Analysis of public policies affecting the economic
position of U.S. and California agriculture; government programs which influence
agricultural production, commodity distribution, market prices, and farm
income; selected topics concerning American food and fiber system; comparative
foreign agricultural policies.
180. Undergraduate Research (1-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31 and permission of instructor. Directed study or research
on particular problems in the field of agricultural economics and business.
185T. Current Topics in Agricultural Business (1-4; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 31, junior standing. Agricultural economics, farm management,
agribusiness management, agricultural marketing, public policy, and international
agriculture. Topics may require lab hours.
Agriculture (Agri)
200. Biometrics in Agriculture (3)
Prerequisite: Math 101 or Plant 99, permission of instructor. Advanced concepts
in the design of agricultural experiments. Emphasis is placed on the selection
of appropriate designs to meet the objectives of well-planned experiments.
Relative merits of various designs and topics in analysis, interpretation,
and regression are covered.
210T. Topics in Agricultural Economics (3; max total 15)
Prerequisite: upper division agricultural economics courses appropriate
to study topic; permission of instructor. Agricultural marketing, farm management
and production analysis, price, credit, and land economics study areas.
Topics may require lab hours.
211. Public Policy in Agriculture (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 100. Development of local, state, federal and international
agricultural policies. Evaluation of alternative policies of such factors
as production controls, land use, pesticides, foreign trade and governmental
courses of action influencing agriculture.
212. Farm Management Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 112. Modern decision-making techniques applied to farm
management. Production economic principles, budgeting analysis, present
value analysis, operations research, and risk management models are utilized
on farm case studies.
213. Agricultural Marketing Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 161. Marketing principles, problems and practices in
agriculture. Evaluation of marketing programs of farm organizations in both
domestic and in international trade.
214. Agricultural Management (3)
Prerequisite: Ag Ec 120. Case problem analysis and intern practicum of management
decisions coordinating production, processing, marketing and financing for
agricultural firms including strategies for cooperatives, use of futures
markets, resource planning and demand analysis of producing and marketing
an agricultural product.
219. Seminar in Agricultural Economics (1-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Written and oral reports in recent
literature and problems related to agricultural economics.
220. Readings in Agriculture (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Individually directed readings in
a field of special concern to the student's graduate program; appropriate
reports and evaluation required.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement Independent Study.
299. Thesis (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion,
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.
(See Course Numbering System.)
Agriculture (Agri)
300. Topics In Agriculture (1-3)
Topics may require lab hours.