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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RESOURSE MANAGEMENT COURSE STRUCTURE

First Year Courses

Semester I

Course Code Course Title Units
IRD 100 Communication Skills I 3
ARE 101 General Economics 4
IRD 103 Development Concepts and Applications 3
ARE 104 Introduction to Statistics 3
MAT 110 Basic Calculus 3
ARE 141 Principles of crop production 3
ARE 142 Principles of animal production 3

Semester II

Course Code Course Title Units
ARE 102 Principles of Microeconomics 3
IRD 102 Communication Skills II 3
ARE 103 Mathematical Economics I 3
ARE 107 Introduction to Agricultural Economics 3
ARE 108 Introduction to Developmental Economics 3
ARE 112 Statistics for Economists 3
ARE 143 Financial Accounting 3
 
SUBTOTAL
22 UNITS

Second Year Courses

Semester I

Course Code Course Title Units
ARE 201 Intermediate Microeconomic theory 3
ARE 202 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
ARE 203 Mathematics for Economists II 3
ARE 205 Introduction to Econometrics 3
ARE 213 Rural Sociology 3
WLM 240 Introduction to Ecology  3
AGR 271   Introduction to Soil Science 3
AGR 281 Agricultural Power and Machinery 3
 
SUBTOTAL
24 UNITS

Semester II

Course Code Course Title Units
ARE 200 Introduction to computer applications 3
ARE 214 Production Economics 3
ARE 230 Agricultural Marketing I (Principles) 3
ARE 250 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3
ARE 253 Financial Management in Agriculture 3
ARE 260 Operations research 3
ECO 214 African Economic Problems 3
 
SUBTOTAL
21 UNITS

Third Year Courses

Semester I

Course Code Course Title Units
ARE 305 Econometrics 3
ARE 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3
ARE 331 Agricultural Marketing II 3
ARE 340 Agricultural Finance 3
ARE 351 Farm Business Management I   3
ARE 360 Rural Development 3
ARE 361 Agricultural Price Analysis 3
 
SUBTOTAL
21 UNITS

Semester II

Course Code Course Title Units
MGT 314 Taxation Theory and Practice 3
ARE 334 Agricultural Extension and Information management 3
ARE 341 Natural Resource Management 3
ARE 353 Research Project and Seminar I 3
ARE 363 Research Methods  3
ARE 370 Farming Systems 3
ARE 380 Field Attachment 6
 
SUBTOTAL
24 UNITS

Fourth Year Courses

Semester I

Course Code Course Title Units
ARE 411 Agricultural Marketing II(Applications) 3
ARE 450 Project planning Evaluation and management 3
ARE 451 Farm Business Management II (Applications) 3
ARE 453 Research Project and Seminar II 3
ARE 460   Cooperative Management and Development   3
ARE 462 Resource Economics 3
ARE 470 Economic Development 3
  Electives 3
 
SUBTOTAL
24 UNITS

Semester II

Course Code Course Title Units
ARE 431 Agricultural Business Management I 3
ARE 442 Environmental Economics 3
ARE 443 Agricultural Trade and International Economics 3
ARE 452 Economic Seminars (Current Issues in Agricultural and Resource Economics) 3
AGR 463   Agricultural Policy and Law   3
AGR 482 Surveying ,Soil and Water Conservation 3
  Electives 3
 
SUBTOTAL
21 UNITS


NOTE:Students are required to take 6 elective units (any 2 Courses from the list below)

Electives

Course Code Course Title Units
FSH 410 Fish Economics and Marketing 3
INS 410 Management information systems 3
ARE 413 Technology and Modern Industrial Society 3
ARE 415 Urban and Regional Economics 3
ECO 417   Economics of Rural Development  3
ECO 421 Economics of Tourism 3
ARE 423 International Financial systems 3
WLM 446 Economics and Utilization of Wildlife Resources 3
 
SUBTOTAL
21 UNITS

GRAND TOTAL UNITS FOR THE FOUR YEAR COURSE 198 UNITS

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