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Department of Economics

Curriculum Requirements for the Ph.D. Minor

The minor requires a total of 12 units in AREC courses.

Core Courses
Two of the following courses are required.

Production Economics
AREC 504 [3 units]

Consumption Economics and Price Analysis
AREC 513 [3 units]

Introduction to Econometrics
ECON 518 [3 units]

Applied Econometric Analysis
ECON 549 [3 units]

One of the two courses should be either AREC 504 or AREC 513.

The Ph.D. core courses ECON 501A, 501B, and 522A can be substituted for AREC 504, AREC513, and AREC 549, respectively.

Specialty Courses

Six units should be chosen from the following AREC courses (and from the remaining core courses).

Economic Policy in Developing Countries
AREC 521 [3 units]

Cost-Benefit Analysis
AREC 514 [3 units]

Operations Research in Applied Economics
AREC 515 [3 units]

Agricultural Development
AREC 516 [3 units]

Introductory Mathematical Statistics for Economists
AREC 517 [3 units]

Financial Management for Agribusiness
AREC 550 [3 units]

Advanced Applied Econometrics
AREC559 [4 units]

Economics of Natural Resource Policy
AREC 575 [3 units]

Advanced Natural Resource Economics
AREC576 [3 units]

Advanced Topics in the Economics of Environmental Regulation
AREC 577 [3 units]

Mathematics for Economists
AREC 580 [2 units]

Limitations

A graduate student my receive a Ph.D. minor or a Master's degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics but NOT both for the same course work.

the Ph.D.