Introduction to financial and managerial controls with an emphasis on applications to farms, agribusinesses, and natural resource industries. Topics include the construction and use of basic financial documents, cost of goods sold, inventory management, tax management, and capital budgeting.

Other Instructors: Walton, Jonathan

Theory, methods and procedures of real estate appraisal applied to rural property; trends in real estate values; factors influencing real estate values; approaches used in real estate valuation.

(RE) Prerequisite(s) : AREC 201 or ECON 201 or ECON 211.

Survey of legal topics related to the natural environment, including an overview of the most important federal environmental statutes and the regulatory tools and concepts used to mitigate environmental degradation. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)

Quantitative analytical tools used in economics and business. Simple and multiple linear regression techniques applied to economic data. Analysis of cross-section and time series data. Optimization techniques applied to economic and business decisions.

Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2 hour lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : STAT 201.

Advanced business concepts used in developing and implementing an organizational business strategy. Strategy development will be explored through the processes of analysis, formulation, and implementation. This will include tools for analyzing the firm’s internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as the external environment in which the firm will operate. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AOC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : AREC 212 and ACCT 200.
Recommended Background: Intermediate microeconomics.
Comment(s): Graduate standing may satisfy prerequisites.

Other Instructors: Walton, Jonathan

Topics to be assigned.

Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.

Other Instructors: Yu, Edward | Yenerall, Jacqueline Nicole | DeLong, Karen Lewis | Cho, Seong-Hoon | Martinez, Charles | Rihn, Alicia L. | Hughes, David | Trejo-Pech, Carlos Jose Omar | Chen, Ricky Xuqi | Muhammad, Andrew | Upendram, Sreedhar | Griffith, Andrew | Velandia, Margarita M