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104 2013-2014 California State University, Fresno General Catalog
AGBS 78. Agribusiness
Quantitative Analysis (3 units)
Prerequisite: ELM requirement met. Func-tional
relationships, marginal analysis and
decision-making models in agribusiness;
logic and probability in diagnosing prob-lems,
designing operations and achieving
objectives; identification of procedures for
efficient resource utilization. (Formerly
AGEC 78)
AGBS 80. Undergraduate Research
(1-4; max total 4 units)
Prerequisites: AGBS 1 and permission of
instructor. Directed study or research on
particular problems in the field of agri-cultural
economics and business. Consult
department policies and procedures govern-ing
undergraduate research. Approved for
RP grading. (Formerly AGEC 80)
AGBS 85T. Topics in Agricultural
Business (1-3; max total 6 units)
Agricultural economics, farm management,
agribusiness management, financial plan-ning,
agricultural development, public
policy, product marketing, and decision
analysis. Topics may require lab hours.
(Formerly AGEC 85T)
AGBS 100. Intermediate
Agricultural Economics (3 units)
Prerequisites: AGBS 1; AGBS 78 or DS 71
or MATH 75. Microeconomic theory of
agricultural production in factor-product,
factor-factor, product-product decisions;
production costs and economies of size;
consumer choice theory; price and output
determination under imperfectly competi-tive
markets; marginal productivity theory
and the derived demand for agribusiness
inputs. (Formerly AGEC 100)
AGBS 110. Farm Management (3 units)
Prerequisites: AGBS 31, 76, and 100.
Production economics and management
techniques for analysis of efficient farm
resource use, planning and organization;
analysis of budgeting and optimization
techniques, and computer applications
for developing farm management plans.
(Formerly AGEC 110)
AGBS 117. Agricultural
Labor-Management Relations (3 units)
Prerequisite: AGBS 1. Economic analysis of
the farm labor market; labor productivity,
agricultural mechanization and farm em-ployment;
farm labor laws and government
regulations; agricultural labor relations,
unionization, and collective bargaining;
farm personnel administration practices
and practices; government policy, the regula-tory
environment, and competitive financial
markets; legal requirements of financial
instruments; external equity capital; and
lease financing. (Formerly AGEC 131)
AGBS 136. Farm and Ranch Appraisal (3
units)
Prerequisites: AGBS 1. AGBS 110
recommended. Principles of agricultural
appraisal; physical and economic factors
affecting land values; estimation of real
estate value using income, cost, and mar-ket
data approaches; case studies and field
problems involving the valuation of local
farm and ranch properties. (Formerly
AGEC 136)
AGBS 140. International Agricultural
Economics (3 units)
Prerequisites: AGBS 1; AGBS 2 or ECON
50. U.S. agricultural sector in the global
economy; trade theory versus government
protectionism; domestic farm programs
impacts on commodity exports/imports;
international agreements, multi-lateral in-stitutions,
foreign currency exchange rates,
overseas investment; regulatory, fiscal, and
monetary policies affecting agribusiness
competitiveness in world markets. (For-merly
AGEC 140)
AGBS 150. Agricultural
and Food Policy (3 units)
Prerequisite: AGBS 1; AGBS 2 or ECON 50.
Analysis of public policies affecting the eco-nomics
of U.S. and California agriculture;
government programs influencing agricul-tural
production, commodity distribution,
market prices, farm income; environmental
and natural resource issues; nutrition, food
safety and biotechnology concerns; food in-dustry
regulation; international agricultural
trade. (Formerly AGEC 150)
AGBS 155. Environmental and Natural
Resource Policy (3 units)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth
Area D. Economic analysis of public policies
governing land use, water management,
energy generation, mineral exploitation and
forest administration; review of population
pressures and resource conservation; exami-nation
of externalities, property rights issues,
resource use planning, agricultural zoning,
environmental regulations, and reclama-tion
law. G.E. Integration ID. (Formerly
AGEC 155)
and supervisory management principles.
(Formerly AGEC 117)
AGBS 120. Agribusiness Management (3
units)
Prerequisite: AGBS 1. Organizational forms
and management functions of agribusi-ness
firms; human resource management
systems; management science principles
for optimizing plant location, equipment
replacement, inventory control, and sales
volume; operations research techniques,
including probability-based network and
decision models, for solving agribusiness
problems. (Formerly AGEC 120)
AGBS 122. Agricultural
Cooperative Management (3 units)
Prerequisite: AGBS 120. Philosophical,
historical, and legislative evolution of U.S.
agricultural cooperatives; uniqueness of
cooperative organization, planning, direc-tion
and control functions vis-a-vis stan-dard
corporations; legal, financial, and tax
considerations in managing input-supply
and marketing cooperatives; case studies
and field trips to cooperatives. (Formerly
AGEC 122)
AGBS 124. Food and Fiber
Industry Management (3 units)
Prerequisite: AGBS 1. Production manage-ment
of farm input manufactures, agricul-tural
commodity processing, food/fiber
product distribution; functional approach
to transformation/value-added operations
including planning, organizing, directing,
coordinating, controlling; case applications
to materials handling, product develop-ment,
food packaging, quality control,
transportation logistics, inventory manage-ment.
(Formerly AGEC 124)
AGBS 130. Agricultural Finance (3
units)
Prerequisites: AGBS 2, 31, 76; 100 or
instructor’s permission. AGBS 32 rec-ommended.
Analysis of farm financial
statements; legal instruments of financial
transactions; institutional sources of farm
credit; time value of money and capital
budgeting for agricultural investment; cost
of debt and equity capital; risk management
strategies; insurance, tax, and farm estate
planning. (Formerly AGEC 130)
AGBS 131. Agricultural
Capital Markets (3 units)
Prerequisites: AGBS 2, 130. Public and
private financial intermediaries as sources of
agricultural capital; the Cooperative Farm
Credit System; credit management policies
Object Description
| Title | 2013-14 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2013-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
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| Full Text Search | Agricultural Business 104 2013-2014 California State University, Fresno General Catalog AGBS 78. Agribusiness Quantitative Analysis (3 units) Prerequisite: ELM requirement met. Func-tional relationships, marginal analysis and decision-making models in agribusiness; logic and probability in diagnosing prob-lems, designing operations and achieving objectives; identification of procedures for efficient resource utilization. (Formerly AGEC 78) AGBS 80. Undergraduate Research (1-4; max total 4 units) Prerequisites: AGBS 1 and permission of instructor. Directed study or research on particular problems in the field of agri-cultural economics and business. Consult department policies and procedures govern-ing undergraduate research. Approved for RP grading. (Formerly AGEC 80) AGBS 85T. Topics in Agricultural Business (1-3; max total 6 units) Agricultural economics, farm management, agribusiness management, financial plan-ning, agricultural development, public policy, product marketing, and decision analysis. Topics may require lab hours. (Formerly AGEC 85T) AGBS 100. Intermediate Agricultural Economics (3 units) Prerequisites: AGBS 1; AGBS 78 or DS 71 or MATH 75. Microeconomic theory of agricultural production in factor-product, factor-factor, product-product decisions; production costs and economies of size; consumer choice theory; price and output determination under imperfectly competi-tive markets; marginal productivity theory and the derived demand for agribusiness inputs. (Formerly AGEC 100) AGBS 110. Farm Management (3 units) Prerequisites: AGBS 31, 76, and 100. Production economics and management techniques for analysis of efficient farm resource use, planning and organization; analysis of budgeting and optimization techniques, and computer applications for developing farm management plans. (Formerly AGEC 110) AGBS 117. Agricultural Labor-Management Relations (3 units) Prerequisite: AGBS 1. Economic analysis of the farm labor market; labor productivity, agricultural mechanization and farm em-ployment; farm labor laws and government regulations; agricultural labor relations, unionization, and collective bargaining; farm personnel administration practices and practices; government policy, the regula-tory environment, and competitive financial markets; legal requirements of financial instruments; external equity capital; and lease financing. (Formerly AGEC 131) AGBS 136. Farm and Ranch Appraisal (3 units) Prerequisites: AGBS 1. AGBS 110 recommended. Principles of agricultural appraisal; physical and economic factors affecting land values; estimation of real estate value using income, cost, and mar-ket data approaches; case studies and field problems involving the valuation of local farm and ranch properties. (Formerly AGEC 136) AGBS 140. International Agricultural Economics (3 units) Prerequisites: AGBS 1; AGBS 2 or ECON 50. U.S. agricultural sector in the global economy; trade theory versus government protectionism; domestic farm programs impacts on commodity exports/imports; international agreements, multi-lateral in-stitutions, foreign currency exchange rates, overseas investment; regulatory, fiscal, and monetary policies affecting agribusiness competitiveness in world markets. (For-merly AGEC 140) AGBS 150. Agricultural and Food Policy (3 units) Prerequisite: AGBS 1; AGBS 2 or ECON 50. Analysis of public policies affecting the eco-nomics of U.S. and California agriculture; government programs influencing agricul-tural production, commodity distribution, market prices, farm income; environmental and natural resource issues; nutrition, food safety and biotechnology concerns; food in-dustry regulation; international agricultural trade. (Formerly AGEC 150) AGBS 155. Environmental and Natural Resource Policy (3 units) Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area D. Economic analysis of public policies governing land use, water management, energy generation, mineral exploitation and forest administration; review of population pressures and resource conservation; exami-nation of externalities, property rights issues, resource use planning, agricultural zoning, environmental regulations, and reclama-tion law. G.E. Integration ID. (Formerly AGEC 155) and supervisory management principles. (Formerly AGEC 117) AGBS 120. Agribusiness Management (3 units) Prerequisite: AGBS 1. Organizational forms and management functions of agribusi-ness firms; human resource management systems; management science principles for optimizing plant location, equipment replacement, inventory control, and sales volume; operations research techniques, including probability-based network and decision models, for solving agribusiness problems. (Formerly AGEC 120) AGBS 122. Agricultural Cooperative Management (3 units) Prerequisite: AGBS 120. Philosophical, historical, and legislative evolution of U.S. agricultural cooperatives; uniqueness of cooperative organization, planning, direc-tion and control functions vis-a-vis stan-dard corporations; legal, financial, and tax considerations in managing input-supply and marketing cooperatives; case studies and field trips to cooperatives. (Formerly AGEC 122) AGBS 124. Food and Fiber Industry Management (3 units) Prerequisite: AGBS 1. Production manage-ment of farm input manufactures, agricul-tural commodity processing, food/fiber product distribution; functional approach to transformation/value-added operations including planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling; case applications to materials handling, product develop-ment, food packaging, quality control, transportation logistics, inventory manage-ment. (Formerly AGEC 124) AGBS 130. Agricultural Finance (3 units) Prerequisites: AGBS 2, 31, 76; 100 or instructor’s permission. AGBS 32 rec-ommended. Analysis of farm financial statements; legal instruments of financial transactions; institutional sources of farm credit; time value of money and capital budgeting for agricultural investment; cost of debt and equity capital; risk management strategies; insurance, tax, and farm estate planning. (Formerly AGEC 130) AGBS 131. Agricultural Capital Markets (3 units) Prerequisites: AGBS 2, 130. Public and private financial intermediaries as sources of agricultural capital; the Cooperative Farm Credit System; credit management policies |
