X. Degree Programs
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Agricultural Economics (AGEC)
Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Ontario Agricultural College
The study of agricultural economics prepares students for careers as economic analysts in the agrifood sector and in public agencies. In addition, this major provides excellent background for those students planning to do graduate work in agricultural and resource economics and other fields of applied economics.
Agricultural Economics is offered as a major in the honours program. A detailed program planning guide is available in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Major (Honours Program)
| A minimum of 9.50 credits, consisting of the 15 courses specified below plus 4 restricted electives, is required, including: | ||
| AGEC*2700 | [0.50] | Survey of Natural Resource Economics |
| AGEC*3030 | [0.50] | The Firm and Markets |
| AGEC*4000 | [0.50] | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| AGEC*4500 | [0.50] | Decision Science |
| AGR*1100 | [0.50] | Introduction to the Agrifood Systems |
| AGR*1250 | [0.50] | Agrifood System Trends & Issues |
| BUS*2220 | [0.50] | Financial Accounting |
| ECON*1050 | [0.50] | Introductory Microeconomics |
| ECON*1100 | [0.50] | Introductory Macroeconomics |
| ECON*2310 | [0.50] | Intermediate Microeconomics |
| ECON*2410 | [0.50] | Intermediate Macroeconomics |
| ECON*2770 | [0.50] | Introductory Mathematical Economics |
| ECON*3600 | [0.50] | Macroeconomics in an Open Economy |
| ECON*3710 | [0.50] | Advanced Microeconomics |
| ECON*3740 | [0.50] | Introduction to Econometrics |
| Four additional courses, at least three of which must be in agricultural economics and at least one of which must be at the 4000 level, chosen from the following list: | ||
| AGEC*4210 | [0.50] | World Agriculture and Economic Development |
| AGEC*4220 | [0.50] | Advanced Farm Management |
| AGEC*4240 | [0.50] | Futures and Options Markets |
| AGEC*4290 | [0.50] | Land Economics |
| AGEC*4310 | [0.50] | Resource Economics |
| BUS*2230 | [0.50] | Management Accounting |
| ECON*3510 | [0.50] | Money, Credit and the Financial System |
| ECON*3530 | [0.50] | Industrial Organization |
| ECON*3580 | [0.50] | Economics of Regulation |
| ECON*3610 | [0.50] | Public Economics |
| ECON*3620 | [0.50] | International Trade |
| ECON*3720 | [0.50] | History of the World Economy Since 1850 |
Notes: Prerequisites for the above courses will require students to take MATH*1000, MATH*1080, or MATH*1200 during their first year of study. A student may obtain permission to substitute certain other courses for the ones listed if the substitute courses fit with the students program. Approval from a departmental advisor is required.
Unless taken to satisfy the requirements of another program, no student may receive credit in this program for more than one of the following statistics prerequisites ECON*2740, STAT*2040, STAT*2060, or STAT*2080.