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Economics/Agri-Business Assessment Mission

Mission

Students completing the undergraduate economics or agri-business program will be prepared to use economic reasoning, theory and methodology in future academic endeavors, professional careers, and responsible citizenship.

Objectives

Students will demonstrate:

  1. An understanding of the core knowledge of the discipline, including:
    1. Fundamental Characteristics of a Market System
    2. Basic tenets of Micro and Macro Economic Theory
    3. Economic Methodology
    4. Fiscal Policy
    5. Monetary Policy
  2. The ability to find relevant economic/agri-business data and use it in appropriate ways.
  3. The ability to read and comprehend economic/agri-business literature.
  4. The ability to write in a manner appropriate to the discipline.

Previous Economics Mission, Replaced Fall 2007
Previous Agri-Business Mission, Replaced Fall 2007