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Program Requirements
Students may specialize, by way of their research program, in agri-business, development, finance, marketing and trade, policy, and resource and ecological economics.
Thesis Courses (27 credits)
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AGEC 691 M.Sc. Thesis 1 (6 credits)
Overview
Agricultural Economics : Written and oral presentation of thesis proposal to the research Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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AGEC 692 M.Sc. Thesis 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Agricultural Economics : Written and oral presentation of thesis proposal to the research Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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AGEC 693 M.Sc. Thesis 3 (6 credits)
Overview
Agricultural Economics : Written and oral presentation of thesis proposal to the research Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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AGEC 694 M.Sc. Thesis 4 (6 credits)
Overview
Agricultural Economics : Written and oral presentation of thesis proposal to the research Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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AGEC 695 M.Sc. Thesis 5 (6 credits)
Overview
Agricultural Economics : Written and oral presentation of thesis proposal to the research Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Required Course
(1 credit)
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AGEC 690 Seminar (1 credit)
Overview
Agricultural Economics : This course will focus on current research on economic problems of agriculture through presentations by staff, students and special guests. All graduate students are required to register for this course, and make at least one major presentation.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Thomassin, Paul (Fall) Thomassin, Paul (Winter)
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
6 credits, two theory courses chosen from:
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AGEC 633 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3 credits)
Overview
Agricultural Economics : An advanced course in the theory and problems of environmental and resource economics and in the analytical techniques used to assess environmental and resource use issues.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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ECON 610 Microeconomic Theory 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : This is the first in a two-course sequence in microeconomics. The core microeconomics sequence (ECON 610, ECON 611) provides a rigorous coverage of the economic foundation upon which economic fields are built. Most of the sequence is devoted to building up this foundation of consumer and firm optimisation (including choice under uncertainty), partial and general equilibrium, and welfare economics. The remainder of ECON 611 covers special topics that vary from year to year. These are likely to be drawn from the following: social choice; externalities and public goods; models of asymmetric information; the principal-agent framework; search; basic game theory.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Xue, Licun (Fall)
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ECON 611 Microeconomic Theory 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : This is the second in a two-course sequence in microeconomics.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Li, Jian (Fall)
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ECON 620 Macroeconomic Theory 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : This course is the first in a two-course sequence in macroeconomics. The course offers a thorough treatment of the fundamentals of macroeconomic theory. Emphasis is placed on the construction of economic models with microeconomic foundations. Topics include market-clearing and non-market-clearing models, capital accumulation, business cycles, monetary policy and fiscal policy.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco (Fall)
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ECON 621 Macroeconomic Theory 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : This is the second in a two-course sequence in macroeconomics. The course provides an in-depth analysis of selected issues in macroeconomic theory, extending and complementing the coverage provided in ECON 620.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Poschke, Markus (Fall)
3 credits, one quantitative methods course chosen from:
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AEMA 610 Statistical Methods 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci) : Principles of linear models, multiple regression equations and classification models. Introduction to Analysis of Variance and common statistical designs used in agricultural and environmental sciences. Emphasis on balanced and unbalanced designs and data structures; their analysis and tests of statistical significance.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Cue, Roger I (Fall)
3 lectures and one 2-hour lab
Prerequisite: AEMA 310 or equivalent
- ECON 525 Project Analysis (3 credits)
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ECON 662 Econometrics (6 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : A broad treatment of econometric methods, with particular reference to time series processes. Estimation of linear and non-linear models, GLS, IV, Maximum Likelihood, parametric specification testing for linear and non-linear hypotheses, diagnostic testing (autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, normality, parameter constancy, etc.), modelling technique, non-stationary data processes.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Chaudhuri, Saraswata (Fall) Chaudhuri, Saraswata (Winter)
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ECON 665 Quantitative Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : A survey of quantitative methods frequently used in economic research. Special emphasis will be placed upon the formulation and evaluation of econometric models. Illustrations will be drawn from the existing empirical literature in economics. Required for all Ph.D. students who have not taken Econometrics as a field.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Sharma, Chinmay (Fall)
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MGSC 679 Applied Deterministic Optimization (3 credits)
Overview
Management Science : Methodological topics include linear, nonlinear and integer programming. Emphasis on modelling discrete or continuous decision problems that arise in business or industry, using the modern software tools of algebraic modelling (GAMS) that let the user concentrate on the model and on its implementation rather than on solution techniques. Management cases involving energy systems, production and inventory scheduling, logistics and portfolio selection, will be used extensively.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MGCR 373
9 credits, three 3-credit courses at the 500, 600, or 700 level, at least one of which must be in Agricultural Economics, chosen in consultation with the Agricultural Economics Adviser.
Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences—2016-2017 (last updated Aug. 26, 2016) (disclaimer)