3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper Division
This course provides first year graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with the specific set of applied mathematical tools needed to support graduate coursework in microeconomics, macroeconomics, economic programming, and econometrics. The course reviews skills and concepts from a number of fields of mathematics including matrix algebra, calculus, optimization theory, and mathematical statistics. The course emphasizes specific applications to economic theory and applied problems in agricultural economics and related areas. Students should be comfortable with introductory-level calculus before entering the course. Permission of instructor required.
Learning Outcomes1Knowledge and Scholarship: The ability to identify and conduct original research, scholarship or creative endeavors.
2Communication: The ability to effectively communicate their field of study.
3Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Think critically, creatively and solve problems in their field of study.
4Ethical Conduct: Conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner.
5Professional Development: demonstrate attributes of professional development consistent with expectations within their field of study.
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