Specialization in Agriculture Policy
This specialization focuses on agricultural and natural resource policy development, implementation and evaluation. The specialty is complementary yet distinct from the environmental specialty track.
The concern of the specialty will be on the agriculture legislation development process (both federal and state), the regulatory process and the objective assessment of the impact of these policies and regulations on producers, consumers and tax-payers.
Integral to this specialization will be an international component aimed at fostering understanding of the role of U.S. agricultural policy in the global food and fiber arena.
Specialization Faculty
- Frank L Farmer, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University), Professor of Rural Sociology
- Jennie S. Popp, Ph.D. (Colorado State University), Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
- Daniel V. Rainey, PhD in Agricultural Economics (Purdue University), Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
- Donald E. Voth, Ph.D. (Cornell University), Professor of Rural Sociology, Human Environmental Sciences
- Eric J. Wailes, Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Professor, Agricultural Economics
Course of Study
Course of study (12 hours)
Specific courses will be selected in consultation between the student and the student's curriculum committee. Examples of appropriate courses are:
- Domestic and International Agricultural Policy AGEC 4613 [syllabus]
- Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness AGEC 5133 [syllabus]
- The Economics of Agricultural Policy AGEC 5153
- Agriculture and Rural Development AGEC 5163
Through a special arrangement with the law school, students may take courses in the law school which are relevant to agricultural policy. Examples of such courses are:
- Agricultural Regulation Law 7783
- Agriculture and the Environment Law 7753