College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Curricula in Agricultural Economics

Finance and Real Estate Option

The Finance and Real Estate option is designed to provide a well-founded basis in principles, concepts and methods for students interested in finance and/or real estate professional careers in the agricultural industry and/or related professions.

(See Freshman and Sophomore Years)
Junior Year
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGEC 314 Marketing Ag. and Food Prod. (3-0) 3   AGEC 317 Econ. Anlys. for Agbu. Mgmt. (3-0) 3
AGEC 340 Agribusiness Management (3-0) 3   AGEC 330 Fin. Management in Ag. (3-0) 3
AGEC 422 Land Economics (3-0) 3   AGEC 432 Rural Real Est. and Fin. Anlys. (3-0) 3
ECON 323 Microeconomics (3-0) 3   AGEC 481 Ethics in Agribusiness    
STAT 303 Statistical Methods (3-0) 3   and Agricultural Economics (1-0) 1
Directed agricultural economics elective 1   3   Directed agricultural economics elective 1   3
    18   General elective 2   3
            16
Senior Year
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGEC 424 Rural Entrepreneurship I (2-2) 3   AGEC 430 Macroeconomics of Ag. (3-0) 3
AGEC 429 Agricultural Policy (3-0) 3   Directed agricultural economics elective 1   3
Directed non-agricultural econ. elective 3   3   Directed non-agricultural econ. electives 3   3
General elective 2   3   General elective 2   3
    12       12
NOTES:
  1. Select 3 courses from AGEC 344, 350, 425, 447, 448 and [452 or 453].
  2. Any Texas A&M or transfer course, except KINE 198 and 199, not used to meet other requirements.
  3. Six hours to be selected in one or more departments outside of the Department of Agricultural Economics. A minimum of 3 of these hours must be at the 300- or 400-level.