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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the principles and tools of managerial analysis and decision-making for the profitable operations of farms and farm-related businesses. Emphasis is given to planning, implementing, directing, organizing and controlling a farm business. Topics include financial statements; business analysis; budgeting; acquisition; organization and management of capital, labor, land, buildings and machinery; investment analysis of business-related improvements; and tax implications for management. Through case studies and real-world examples, students will learn to apply micro-economic and agricultural production theories, optimize allocation of resources and products, analyze resource shifts in agricultural production, as well as understand pricing and marketing issues of farm products. Economic concepts useful for management decisions will be reviewed and applied.
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3.00 Credits
This course will analyze, reflect on, and evaluate current agricultural issues. Examples of probable issues include the industrialization of the agriculture/food system, water rights, sustainable/local/organic agriculture, world hunger and food aid, saving the family farm, food safety, foreign agricultural assistance, the future of farming and food systems, genetic engineering, and others. Alternative perspectives on the issues and policy implications will be discussed. Barring duplication of content, a student may repeat the course for a total of six credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of major contemporary perspectives on development and underdevelopment, examined through the critical lens of sustainability. Applications to particular topics and alternative models are considered in terms of their effects on people and environment.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary survey of the forces shaping contemporary farmwork and the lives of farmworkers in the United States, with particular attention to North Carolina. Topics include demographics, historical context, labor markets, agricultural structure and agribusiness, the global economy, immigration, health and occupational safety, legal issues, education, working conditions, and community and labor organizing.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
No course description available.
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1.00 Credits
A supervised experience in the instructional process on the university level through direct participation in a classroom situation. Graded on an S/U basis. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing. May be repeated for a total credit of three semester hours.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
An opportunity to study a special topic or a combination of topics not otherwise provided for in the sustainable development curriculum. May be repeated for credit when content does not duplicate.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
An opportunity to study a special topic or a combination of topics not otherwise provided for in the sustainable development curriculum. May be repeated for credit when content does not duplicate.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
An opportunity to study a special topic or a combination of topics not otherwise provided for in the sustainable development curriculum. May be repeated for credit when content does not duplicate.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
An opportunity to study a special topic or a combination of topics not otherwise provided for in the sustainable development curriculum. May be repeated for credit when content does not duplicate.
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