Internship sponsor, performance evaluation, and written reports are required. A maximum of three credits may be applied to the B.S. in Agriculture with a major in Food and Agribusiness Management. FREC 465 Seminar 1 credit Oral and written reports in the subdisciplines of food and resource economics. 471 Futures and Option Markets 4 credits Analysis of futures and option markets of agricultural and nonagricultural commodities. Hedging and speculative theory and techniques, cash and futures price relationships.
Students trade commodities via a satellite information system.
May be cross-listed with ECON471. FREC404 or ECON300 or ECON301. FREC 480 Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource Management 4 credits Introductory hands-on training in geographic information systems for environmental and natural resource management. Research Methods 3 credits Experimental design and plot plans, collection, analysis and presentation of data in agricultural and biological research. FREC 615 Advanced Prices and Statistics 3 credits Statistical tools used in agricultural economics research.