Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL
ECONOMICS AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY
Undergraduate Courses
ECAG 3005. PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURAL
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Introduction to the field of agricultural economics,
with emphasis on the aspects of production.
Includes study of the use of economic principles in
agricultural production and of supply and demand,
and elementary notions of policy making.
ECAG 3007. INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF
MICROCOMPUTERS IN THE AGRICULTURAL
SCIENCES. Three credit hours. Two hours of
lecture and one hour of practice per week.
Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of the
Department.
Basic concepts in the use and operation of
microcomputers; software packages for word
processing, data base management, and spread
sheets. Information on software packages for
agriculture.
ECAG 3015. AGRICULTURAL LAW. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Analysis of different aspects of law relevant in the
agribusiness decision-making process.
ECAG 4005. SUMMER PRACTICUM IN
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. Three credit
hours. Six weeks duration. Prerequisite:
Authorization of the Director of the Department
and twelve credits in Agricultural Economics.
Practical scientific work and field experience, or its
equivalent, in any of the various phases of
agricultural economics.
ECAG 4007. MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: ECON 3021 or
ECAG 3005.
A general comprehensive study of agricultural
products marketing institutions, functions and
problems, with emphasis on the Puerto Rican
situation. Includes study of supply and demand,
market structures, prices, and marketing costs at the
various levels of the distribution process.
ECAG 4009. COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISES.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Study of economic and social principles of
cooperativism and their implication for
development. Discussion of the functioning of
different types of cooperatives, including legal
aspects.
ECAG 4015. INTRODUCTION TO RESOURCE
ECONOMICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: ECON 3021 or
ECAG 3005.
Introduction to the application of economic and
political science concepts to problems in the use of
natural resources including water, land, forest, and
marine resources. Emphasis is given to concepts of
regional growth, to the impact of urban
development, and the process of public decisionmaking
in the area of natural resources.
ECAG 4017. SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. One to three
credit hours. One to three work periods per week.
Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of the
Department.
Problems in any of the various phases of
agricultural economics will be assigned or may be
selected, subject to the approval of the professor in
charge.
ECAG 4019. FARM MANAGEMENT AND
ACCOUNTING. Three credit hours. Two hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: ECON 3021 or ECAG 3005.
Use of economic principles and farm records in the
organization and management of a farm business.
Includes methods of keeping and analyzing farm
records, farm inventory, income and net worth
statements, receipts and expenses records,
production records, income tax returns; use of
economic principles and of records in budgeting;
and analysis of aspects of the problems of risk and
uncertainty in agriculture. Emphasis is placed on
decision-making.
ECAG 4025. SEMINAR. One credit hour. One
meeting per week. Prerequisites: Authorization of
the Director of the Department and twelve credits
in Agricultural Economics.
Reports and discussions of problems, observation
and recent research. Written and oral reports are
required.
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