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AAEC-4324: Rural and Regional Development Policy

Description: Description of rural areas, their economic structure, and conditions for broad-based economic development. Emphasis on the role of markets in the development process. Introduction to tools to evaluate policies and programs, identify distributional impacts, identify appropriateness for long-term sustainable development, and analyze tradeoffs between policy goals. Alternatives to public financing in rural areas.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AAEC-1005 and AAEC-3004

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.19 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 26.48%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.66%

Jeffrey R Alwang202446.6%31.5%13.1%3.4%2.1%3.2%3.175
Bradford F Mills202338.5%57.7%3.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.311

Grade Distribution Over Time

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