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List of Courses
* All credit hours are based on the current term, this may vary for previous terms.
| AGRB200 - Agricultural Economics |
(3 credit hours) |
Course description includes theoretical development of factors affecting demand and supply for food and fiber and for agricultural inputs. Methods of selecting optimal levels of agricultural production and consumption variables. Evaluation of market structure and price formulation for agricultural products and resources. Course includes physical and value relationships, perfect and imperfect competition, and natural resource economics.
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- ENGU1304 or ENGU1305
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| AGRB210 - Introduction to Agribusiness |
(3 credit hours) |
Course description includes the role and organization of agribusiness, financial management and control, marketing, operations, and human resources management. Course will include orientation to the agribusiness sector of agriculture. An overview of the breadth, size, scope and management aspects of the agricultural business complex.
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- ENGU1304 or ENGU1305
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| AGRB300 - Marketing management for agrib |
(3 credit hours) |
Course description includes food and fiber marketing, examining commodity, industrial, and consumer product marketing from a managerial viewpoint. A global perspective in understanding consumer needs and developing the knowledge of economics, political, social and environmental factors that affect food and fiber marketing systems. Course includes structure and organization of the food systems.
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- AGRB200
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| AGRB305 - logistics in global agricultur |
(3 credit hours) |
Course description includes inter-model transportation strategies, economic order quantities, inventory levels and deployment, carrier routing and scheduling, shipment size and consolidation, assignment of stocking parts or sourcing parts, number, size and location of facilities. Course also includes scope and elements of the agribusiness logistics systems.
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- STAT125
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| AGRB310 - Applica.of Quantitative Resear |
(3 credit hours) |
This course focuses on the process of developing a food product from idea generation and screening through product testing and copy/positioning evaluation, identification and evaluation of new markets to enter, designing and testing of product. The course provides techniques in secondary, international, and primary data collection, business to consumer and business-to-business interactions, experimental designs and statistical analysis.
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- STAT130 or STAT125
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| AGRB312 - Logistics in Global Agricultur |
(3 credit hours) |
Course description includes inter-model transportation strategies, economic order quantities, inventory levels and deployment, carrier routing and scheduling shipment size and consolidation, assignment of stocking parts or sourcing parts, number, size and location of facilities. Course also includes scope and elements of the agribusiness logistics systems.
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- ENGU1304 or ENGU1305
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| AGRB341 - E-Commerce & Agri-food Industr |
(3 credit hours) |
The course is centered on discussing e-commerce strategies for marketing, sales, communication, purchasing, logistics and support activities through focusing on discovering, analyzing and evaluating the electronic commerce methods used by Agri-food Industries. It takes a marketing perspective and examines the Internet as a tool for managers/owners used in their decision making process.
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- AGRB210
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| AGRB352 - Agribusiness Manag.&Entreprene |
(3 credit hours) |
This Course introduces the management of entrepreneurial enterprises in the system of agribusiness. Instruction includes units on the nature of entrepreneurship, economic management concepts, financial planning, organizational planning, market planning, and the components of a business plan. Emphasis will be given to problems and practices particular to the establishment and operation of agribusiness enterprises.
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| AGRB360 - Global Agri- Food Trade |
(3 credit hours) |
The course stresses to provide students with an opportunity to develop a greater understanding of agricultural food trade and the economic theory relevant to the analysis of trade issues. Specific topics that are covered include: understanding food system in UAE, major players in global food Trade, scarcity of world food and agricultural resources, international food trade and food security, WTO and other organizations concerned with global food trade, the concept of economic growth and agri-food trade, trade barriers, trade and exchange rate policies, and major issue related to food trade in the United Arab Emirates
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- ENGU1304 or ENGU1305
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| AGRB362 - Global Agri- Food Trade |
(3 credit hours) |
The course stresses to provide students with an opportunity to develop a greater understanding of agricultural food trade and the economic theory relevant to the analysis of trade issues. Specific topics that are covered include: understanding food system in UAE, major players in global food Trade, scarcity of world food and agricultural resources, international food trade and food security, WTO and other organizations concerned with global food trade, the concept of economic growth and agri-food trade, trade barriers, trade and exchange rate policies, and major issue related to food trade in the United Arab Emirates
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| AGRB371 - Liner Programming for Agribusi |
(3 credit hours) |
Application of linear programming techniques to agribusiness problems and research. Methods, techniques, and uses of linear programming applications in agribusiness with emphasis on interpretation of conditions and results which ensure optimality for programming techniques.
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- MATH105
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| AGRB374 - Fundam. of Production Economic |
(3 credit hours) |
This course explores the topics of theory of the firm utilizing marginal analysis, production functions, cost functions, the production possibility curve, profit maximization with one variable input and two variable inputs, isoquants, isocost lines, production frontiers, cost minimization with one and two variable inputs, and duality between production and cost functions.
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- AGRB200
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| AGRB377 - Principles of Economic Develop |
(3 credit hours) |
This course is grounded in the body of theory associated with economic development, but concentrates on the many practical problems such as poverty, population growth, urbanization, education and the environment. It also covers the various factors affecting economic development; foreign aid; trade and strategies in economic development; balanced and unbalanced growth; import substitution; export promotion; planning and the use of price mechanisms in economic development; monetary and fiscal policies for development; selecting strategies; plans and policies for economic development.
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- AGRB200
- ECON125
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| AGRB391 - app. of quantitative research |
(3 credit hours) |
This course focuses on the process of developing a food product from idea generation and screening through product testing and copy/positioning evaluation, identification and evaluation of new markets to enter, designing and testing of product. The course provides techniques in secondary, international, and primary data collection, business to consumer and business-to-business interactions, experimental designs and statistical analysis.
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- STAT130
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| AGRB392 - Introduc.to resource&Enviro.Ec |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers the economics of exhaustible and renewable resources and discusses how economic approaches can be used to analyze issues related to efficiency, externalities, opportunity cost concept, sustainability, valuation, externalities, property rights, emission charges and subsidies, governmental policies, and benefit cost analysis.
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- AGRB200
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| AGRB401 - Evaluation of Agribusin. Proje |
(3 credit hours) |
The course examines methodologies for evaluating agribusiness projects, involving many economic, financial, social, and environmental factors. Basic techniques of cash flow analysis, net present value analysis, life-cycle costing, benefit-cost analysis, internal rate of return, and other approaches to project evaluation are discussed.
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- FINC240
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| AGRB408 - Internship |
(3 credit hours) |
Course covers agribusiness application of theory and practice to the solution of problems of agricultural production or related businesses in the field of agribusiness and consumer science. Analyze specific management problems and perform general management assignments detailed in a contract between the student, the firm or organization, and the faculty advisor before the internship commences. Prerequisite: 90 Credit Hours
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| AGRB408I - Internship |
(6 credit hours) |
This course covers agribusiness application of theory and practice to the solution of problems of agricultural production or related businesses in the field of agribusiness and consumer science. Analyze specific management problems and perform general management assignments detailed in a contract between the student, the firm or organization, and the faculty advisor before the internship commences. Prerequisite: 100 credit hours
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| AGRB410 - Internship |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers agribusiness application of theory and practice to the solution of problems of agricultural production or related businesses in the field of agribusiness and consumer science. Analyze specific management problems and perform general management assignments detailed in a contract between the student, the firm or organization, and the faculty advisor before the internship commences. Prerequisite: 100 credit hours
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| AGRB420 - Agribusiness Strategy |
(3 credit hours) |
This course provides students with the understanding of preparing an individual term paper, and use of a strategic planning model, analyzing agribusiness cases, and emphasis on activating strategy into an actual plans. The course focus will be on decision making as a managing director.
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| AGRB420I - Agribusiness Strategy |
(3 credit hours) |
This course provides students with the understanding of preparing an individual term paper, and use of a strategic planning model, analyzing agribusiness cases, and emphasis on activating strategy into an actual plans. The course focus will be on decision making as a managing director.
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| AGRB421 - Agribusiness Strategy |
(3 credit hours) |
Course description includes a term paper for a bankable business plan prepared individually, the use of a strategic planning model will be used for analyzing agribusiness cases, an emphasis on activating strategy into an actual plan will be a central part of the course, and the focus will be on decision making as a managing director.
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- ENGU1304 or ENGU1305
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| AGRB422 - International agribusiness po. |
(3 credit hours) |
Course includes general knowledge of major agricultural resources, understanding of allocation of agriculture resources under different market structures, understanding of different policies needed in allocation of agricultural resources and knowledge of their development. Course includes changing agricultural trade prospects in a dynamic world economy, and agricultural resource allocation issues.
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- ECON125
- AGRB200
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| AGRB425 - International agribusiness po. |
(3 credit hours) |
Course includes general knowledge of major agricultural resources, understanding of allocation of agriculture resources under different market structures, understanding of different policies needed in allocation of agricultural resources and knowledge of their development. In addition, course also includes changing agricultural trade prospects in a dynamic world economy, and agricultural resource allocation issues.
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- AGRB200
- ECON125
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| AGRB4301 - Agribusiness Marketing Plans |
(3 credit hours) |
Course includes a client-centered course where self-managed teams obtain an agribusiness client in the country with a consumer-marketing problem. They develop an agribusiness-marketing plan through the use of primary and secondary consumer data. Emphasis on developing presentation skills, integration of marketing mix, particularly, promotional elements in developing agribusiness marketing strategy for consumers.
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- AGRB300
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| AGRB432 - Agribusiness Marketing Plans |
(3 credit hours) |
Course includes a client-centered course where self-managed teams obtain an agribusiness client in the country with a consumer-marketing problem. They develop an agribusiness-marketing plan through the use of primary and secondary consumer data. Emphasis on developing presentation skills, integration of marketing mix, particularly, promotional elements in developing agribusiness marketing strategy for consumers.
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- AGRB300
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| AGRB450 - Agribusiness Senior Seminar |
(2 credit hours) |
Course description includes a seminar discussing strategic marketing management issues for consumer brands, including developing and managing brand equity in consumer markets, and managing marketing innovation and product development. Student discussions and presentations from professionals.
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- AGRB391
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| AGRB460I - Agribusiness Senior Seminar |
(2 credit hours) |
Course description includes a seminar discussing strategic marketing management issues for consumer brands, including developing and managing brand equity in consumer markets, and managing marketing innovation and product development. Student discussions and presentations from professionals.
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- AGRB310
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| AGRB470 - Senior seminar for consumer sc |
(4 credit hours) |
Course description includes a seminar discussing strategic marketing management issues for consumer brands, including developing and managing brand equity in consumer markets, and managing marketing innovation and product development. Student discussions and presentations from professionals.
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- AGRB310 or AGRB391
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| AGRB480 - Senior project |
(4 credit hours) |
The course is a capstone course to be individually designed by the faculty advisor for each senior student to integrate all courses and training of the student, from all activities involved by the student, during his/her entire stay at UAEU. Research methods, analysis of data collected, interpretation, and hypothesis must be developed by the students on a specific topic. A written thesis is to be produced by the student at the end of the course.
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- AGRB391
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| AGRB480I - Senior Project |
(4 credit hours) |
The course is a capstone course to be individually designed by the faculty advisor for each senior student to integrate all courses and training of the student, from all activities involved by the student, during his/her entire stay at UAEU. Research methods, analysis of data collected, interpretation, and hypothesis must be developed by the students on a specific topic. A written thesis is to be produced by the student at the end of the course.
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- AGRB310
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| AGRB645 - Introduction to Financial Acco |
(2 credit hours) |
Introduction to the concepts, methods, and uses of accounting and financial reporting. Preparation of financial statements, including balance sheet and statements of income and cash flow, as well as their analysis by investors and managers.
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