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AAEC-3204: International Agricultural Development and Trade

Description: Examination of the role of agriculture in less developed countries and how that role is affected by public policies. Dimensions of world food, population, and income problems; theories of economic development and the role of agriculture; traditional agricultural systems and their evolution; agricultural modernization strategies; interactions among natural resources, biofuels, food prices, and sustainable agriculture; the impacts of international trade and aid; and the effects of international development on U.S. agriculture.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AAEC-1005 or ECON-2005

Required By: ALS-4244

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 12

Average GPA: 3.16 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 23.48%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.56%

Catherine Larochelle202440.5%36.4%20.7%0.0%1.7%0.8%3.136
Anubhab Gupta202341.2%39.1%9.1%1.9%2.3%6.5%3.174
George W Norton201953.0%32.6%12.2%0.0%2.0%0.0%3.321
Deepak Kumar202423.3%63.3%13.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.101

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W