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AGEC 50—SURVEY OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 3 Units A preparatory course designed to further agricultural business knowledge and prepare for entry level employment and further agricultural business course pursuits.
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AGEC 55—PREPARATORY AGRICULTURE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 3 Units Preparation for computer use in the workplace, emphasizing agribusiness situations, use of computer applications software, including word processors, spreadsheets, and databases. Includes information accessing, telecommunications, and other software appropriate to agribusiness.
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AGEC 200—AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNTING AND ANALYSIS 3 Units Study of agricultural accounting and types of records, their use and how to compute and use measures of earnings and cost of production to improve efficiency in agricultural operations. Agricultural income tax problems.
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AGEC 208—INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 3 Units Recommended for Success: BUSAD 248 Also offered as BUSAD 208. A comprehensive overview of international business. Offers a global perspective of international trade, international marketing, international accounting, the operation of multinational companies, economic theories and forces, international organizations and the political and cultural impact of world trade.
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AGEC 209—IMPORT/EXPORT FUNDAMENTALS 3 Units Recommended for Success: AGEC 208 Also offered as BUSAD 209. Overview of processes and procedures involved in importing and exporting products and services. Special emphasis on finance and financial documentation.
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AGEC 210—ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 3 Units The place of agriculture and farming in the economic system; basic economic concepts and problems of agriculture; pricing and marketing problems, factors of production; state and federal farm programs affecting the farmer’s economic position.
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AGEC 215—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING 3 Units Structure and framework of agricultural marketing, history and present trends; marketing principles, policies, channels, institutions, regulatory agencies, cooperatives, marketing orders, cyclical and seasonal price variations, integration, and foreign and domestic trade; consideration of specific marketing problems affecting area commodities.
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AGEC 220—AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 3 Units Recommended for Success: AGEC 200, AG 285 or equivalent, MATH 70 or equivalent, and one AG production class. Principles of agricultural management and measures of earnings in determining production efficiency; property reports, study and reorganization of a given farm with application of above principles; term report and field laboratories required.
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AGEC 225—AGRICULTURE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 3 Units Computer use in the work place with emphasis on agribusiness situations. Computer applications including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation managers will be covered. Also included will be accessing information through the Internet and World Wide Web, telecommunications, and other software appropriate to agribusiness.
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AGEC 280—AGRICULTURAL SALES AND SERVICE 3 Units Recommended for Success: Completion of three agriculture courses (preferably two or more agriculture production courses and one or more agribusiness courses). Introduction to sales and service professions with emphasis on, but not limited to, the agribusiness sector. Provides both theoretical background and experiential exercises on a variety of sales and service facets including: the sales industry, identifying and understanding personalities, motivating people, sales presentations, prospecting, sales management, and advertising and promotion. Designed to prepare for employment or augment a current sales job.
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AGEC 325—INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICAL 1 Unit AGRICULTURAL COMPUTING Introductory computer use in the agricultural workplace, emphasizing agribusiness situations, brief overview of the use of computer applications software, including word processors, spreadsheets and databases. Includes information accessing, telecommunications, and other software appropriate to agribusiness.
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AGEC 326—PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS 1 Unit Recommended for Success: AGEC 325 or the equivalent. Using computer spreadsheet applications for developing a series of financial statements and production records pertaining to various agricultural operations. Agricultural industry standard forms will be developed using lending institutions’ models.
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AGEC 327—PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 Unit Recommended for Success: AGEC 325 or the equivalent Using telecommunications and the World Wide Web to gather agricultural information including market reports, weather, commodity pricing, etc. Purchasing agricultural inputs, accessing current agricultural technology, troubleshooting production and agribusiness problems, and marketing agricultural products will also be explored.
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