BSc Agriculture - Agriculture and Resource Economics Major Approved Program Electives (APE)
Guidelines
Approved Program Electives (APE) must be selected according to the following directions:
- The following courses are accepted as APEs and do not require approval
- Any courses on this list already taken as required program courses cannot be used as APEs
- Students must have any prerequisites listed in the calendar before taking a course; credit may be denied for courses without the appropriate prerequisites
- Courses not listed may be accepted as APEs subject to written approval (Course Substitution Form) from the student advisor prior to registration
- Students should not use old versions of the APE lists when selecting APEs
- The total 100 and 200 level APEs cannot be greater than 2 courses (*6)
- An extra course (any category) must be taken in addition to the requirements below
- Always refer to Bear Tracks for the most up-to-date course information
Agricultural and Environmental Economics and Policy
(3 Courses/*9 Credits)Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
(2 Courses/*6 Credits, only one of which can be at the 100-level)
- AN SC - Any course
- PL SC - Any course
- ENCS 356 - Principles of Rangeland Conservation and Habitat Management
- REN R 341 - Soil Formation and Landscape Processes
- REN R 414 - Agroforestry Systems
- REN R 442 - Soil Biogeochemistry
- REN R 443 - Soil Physics
- REN R 444 - Soil Environmental Chemistry
- REN R 445 - Soil Fertility
- REN R 446 - Climates and Ecosystems
- REN R 450 - Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
Breadth Component
(2 Courses/*6 Credits)
- ECON - Any course at the 300/400 Level
- AREC 250 - Social Economics Issues in Food Biotechnology
- ECON 384 - Intermediate microeconomic theory II
- ECON 385 - Intermediate macroeconomic theory II
- ECON 386 - Applications of mathematics to economics I
- ENCS 352 - Natural Resource and Environmental Law
- ENCS 473 - Environmental and Conservation Policy
- NS 110 - Historical Perspectives in Native Studies
- NS 111 - Contemporary Perspectives in Native Studies
- NS 330 - Native Economic Development
- NS 345 - Management of Aboriginal Natural Resources
- PHIL 355 - Philosophy of the Environment
- R SOC 355 - Rural Communities and Global Economics
- R SOC 365 - Sociology of Environment and Development
- R SOC 443 - Resilience and Global Change
- R SOC 450 - Environmental Sociology
- R SOC 460 - Perspectives on Traditional Knowledge
- SUST 201 - Introduction to Sustainability
- SUST 202 - Global Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals
Students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in agricultural and resource economics are encouraged to consider including the following courses as APEs in their program: