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AGRI 637 - Understanding Policy and Emerging Issues

  • 3 credits
  • Online

Origination, purpose, and policy effects on land-based enterprises; policy effects on management decisions.

Course Objectives:

1. Policy Description: 
To understand how and why policies are made:
 why policies are needed, who the participants are, how policy is implemented and how they impact society.
2. Policy Analysis: 
To understand how to apply policy instruments, to determine who they impact and how, and to understand and use the political economy to make policies more effective

3. Agricultural and Community Issues: 
To study example problems in agriculture that merit policy consideration and how rural landowners interact with the community.

Prerequisite

Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate (GR) OR Professional (PR).

Textbooks and Materials

No exterior materials required.