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 330 Fin. Management in Ag. (3-0) 3   AGEC 429 Agricultural Policy 4 (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 and Agricultural Economics (1-0) 1
STAT 303 Statistical Methods (3-0) 3   Directed agricultural economics elective 3   3
Directed non-agricultural econ. elective1   3   General elective 2   3
    18       16
Senior Year
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGEC 340 Agribusiness Management (3-0) 3   AGEC 430 Macroeconomics of Ag. (3-0) 3
AGEC 424 Rural Entrepreneurship I (2-2) 3   Directed agricultural economics elective3   3
Directed agricultural economics elective3   3   Directed non-agricultural econ. electives1   3
General elective 2   3   General elective 2   3
    12       12
NOTES:
  1. 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.
  2. Any Texas A&M or transfer course (except KINE 198 and 199; STLC 001-003) not used to meet other requirements.
  3. Select 3 courses from AGEC 315, 344, 350, 425, 447, 448 and [452 or 453].
  4. Beginning with this catalog, Catalog 130, all undergraduate students must take at least two (2) specific courses in their major designated as writing intensive (W). This course is an approved W course.