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Concentrations
Agribusiness Markets and Management
Students in this concentration learn marketing and management skills and meet with industry leaders and managers. This concentration includes many hands-on learning opportunities, ranging from seminars with visiting executives to internships at top companies.
Agricultural Accounting
Students in this concentration discover how to apply accounting principles in financial, production, processing, or retailing sectors of the agriculture and food industry.
Consumer Economics and Finance
Students in this concentration develop knowledge and skills to help consumers with everyday problems. Coursework in consumer economics, personal finance, and economics provides students with a broad-based background and understanding of the role of consumers in the marketplace.
A student can choose an emphasis in consumer economics, family economics, or financial planning and counseling.
Environmental Economics and Policy
Focusing on environmental and resource management issues at local, state, national, and international levels, students learn how to assess the economic aspects of resource and environmental issues and find rewarding positions in government, industry, consulting firms, and public interest groups. Students may apply in their first year to join the Policy Scholars Program.
Farm Management
Students in this concentration study finance, risk management, and economics as applied to the management of a complex farm enterprise or ownership of rural real estate.
Students prepare to manage farms as owners, tenants, or employees; to work as professional farm managers for off-site owners; and to work in real estate appraisal, which requires state certification.
Finance in Agribusiness
Students in this concentration study finance as used in agribusiness, farming, financial institutions, and, more broadly, in the financial services industry.
Financial Planning
Students in this concentration study finance and economics as they apply to individuals, households, and small businesses in the course of accumulating and using financial resources.
Students are introduced to issues of credit management, insurance, and other risk management strategies, saving and investing, retirement planning, and estate planning. Visit the Financial Planning website to learn more about the degree, connect with program leadership, and stay up to date on events!
Policy, International Trade and Development
Students receive a broad exposure to policy, international trade, and agricultural development. The concentration provides a global and societal perspective for administration, government, policy analysis, social processes, and international economics.
Public Policy and Law
Students in this concentration become experts in the economics of public policy in general and in its application to specific areas of interest. Students may apply in their first year to join the Policy Scholars Program.
This concentration will expose students to the legal and institutional structures in which policies are developed, the analysis of the economic impacts of policies, and special circumstances of public policy and law pertaining to the environment, consumers, the agricultural sector, and international relations.
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