Agricultural Economics Honours (B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.))

42 credits · Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Program Prerequisites

Refer to "Faculty Information and Regulations" > "Minimum Credit Requirements" in this Course Catalogue for prerequisites and minimum credit requirements.

Required Courses (33 credits)

  • AGEC 200 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • AGEC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • AGEC 231 Economic Systems of Agriculture (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • AGEC 320 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • AGEC 330 Agriculture and Food Markets (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • AGEC 333 Resource Economics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • AGEC 425 Applied Econometrics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • AGEC 430 Agriculture, Food and Resource Policy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • AGEC 442 Economics of International Agricultural Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • AGEC 491 Research and Methodology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENVB 210 The Biophysical Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Honours Courses

Students choose either Plan A or Plan B.

Honours Plan A

Two 6-credit Honours research courses in the subject area of the student's major, chosen in consultation with the Program Director of the student's major and the professor who has agreed to supervise the research project.

  • FAES 401 Honours Research Project 1 (6 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FAES 402 Honours Research Project 2 (6 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Honours Plan B

A minimum of two 3-credit Honours courses and 6 credits in 400- or 500-level courses, from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, selected in consultation with the Program Director of the student's major. The topic of the Honours research project must be on a topic related to their major and selected in consultation with the Program Director of the student's major and the professor who has agreed to supervise the research project.

  • FAES 405 Honours Project 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FAES 406 Honours Project 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Complementary Courses (9 credits)

With the approval of the Academic Adviser, one introductory course in each of the following areas: Accounting Statistics Written/Oral Communication

Specialization (24 credits)

Specializations designed to be taken with the Agricultural Economics Major: Agribusiness Specialization (24 credits) 1 Environmental Economics Specialization (24 credits) Professional Agrology Specialization (24 credits) 1 Note: For a complete list of specializations offered for students in the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, please refer to the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Overview of Programs Offered page in the Course Catalogue.

Electives

To meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.

Related programs

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