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Agricultural and Resource Economics

Study Agricultural and Resource Economics

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Testimonials

Bachelor of Agricultural Economics with Honours

I completed my Bachelor of Agricultural Economics in 2004, following which I accepted a job at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) in Canberra. After completing a year in the graduate program, I was offered a scholarship from the Beef CRC to undertake my PhD back here at UNE, where I am also doing a spot of teaching and marking in the School of Economics.

Heidi Rodgers

Introduction

Agricultural and Resource Economics provides graduates with a solid core of knowledge but is also flexible. Students can customise their program to focus on aspects of agriculture, natural resources, business and law. Skills gained allow graduates to perform an effective professional role in a changing economic and social environment to deal with the complex issues facing the agricultural and resource sectors. Graduates take up professional, managerial or executive positions in such areas as banking, international agencies, agribusiness, education, agriculture or the public sector.

Why Study Agricultural and Resource Economics at UNE?

Training in agricultural and resource economics at the University of New England is designed to help students apply analytical, business and management skills to a range of activities in the rural and natural resource sectors. Graduates have exciting and varied career prospects and our graduates can be found working in senior positions all over the world:

  • Managing farm businesses, family properties and large corporate farming enterprises,
  • Pursuing marketing & management strategies for agribusiness firms, banks, pastoral houses and primary producer organisations,
  • Working with international agencies such United Nations, World Bank, Food & Agricultural Organisation and in other international research centres,
  • Helping Commonwealth and State governments formulate and implement policies to improve conditions in the Australian agricultural system and
  • Educating people in secondary schools, technical & agricultural colleges and Universities both in Australia and overseas.

Courses

Undergraduate
Bachelor of Agribusiness
Bachelor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Economics
Bachelor of Economics
Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws

Postgraduate
Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Economics
Graduate Diploma in Economics
Graduate Diploma in Econometrics
Master of Economics
Master of Economic Studies

Bachelor Honours
Bachelor of Agribusiness with Honours
Bachelor of Economics with Honours

Postgraduate Research
Master of Economics

Careers

Careers you may embark on and be competitive in with a Agricultural and Resource Economics or Agribusiness degree  from UNE include farm management of both small and large corporate farming enterprises; agribusiness roles in banks, firms, pastoral houses or primary producer organisations; agribusiness roles in international agencies and the public sector.

Units

UNE's schedule of units with up to date unit information, semester offered, intensive school dates and coordinators

AFM 232 Financial Instruments and Markets
AFM 332/432 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
ECON 121/221 Environment and Food: Economic Perspectives
ECON 223 Farm and Resource Management
ECON 224/324 Welfare Economics for Policy
ECON 226/326 Benefit-Cost Analysis
ECON 329/429 Natural Resource Economics
ECON 331/431 Introduction to Bioeconomics
ECON 334/434 Rural Finance and Risk Management
ECON 335/435 Commodity Markets
ECON 339 Professional Experience
ECON 496/536 Research Seminar / Research Methods
QM 265/365 Business Decision Making  

Intensive School dates and timetables are found at: http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/students/resschools/

Members who teach, research or publish are:

Associate Professor Oscar Cacho
Associate Professor Christie Chang - Honorary Fellow
Professor Euan Fleming
Adjunct Professor Garry Griffith
Emeritus Professor Brian Hardaker
Dr Robyn Hean
Dr Susan Hester
Associate Professsor Phil Simmons
Associate Professor Jack Sinden

 

Course/Degree Coordinators

Bachelor of Agribusiness and
Bachelor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Associate Professor Oscar Cacho
Ph: 02 6773 3215
Email: ocacho@une.edu.au

Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Economics (Hons)
Associate Professor Mahinda Siriwardana
Ph: 02 6773 2501
Email: asiriwar@une.edu.au

Masters
Professor Jack Sinden
Ph: 02 6673 2293
Email: jsinden@une.edu.au

PhD
Ph: 02 6773 2314
Email. psimmons@une.edu.au

Partnerships, Networks and Industry Links

Economics Society
http://www.une.edu.au/ues/

Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI)
http://abri.une.edu.au/

Institute for Rural Futures
http://www.ruralfutures.une.edu.au/

Department of Primary Industries
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/general/centres/armidale/

Meat & Livestock Australia
http://www.mla.com.au/default.htm

Sheep CRC
http://www.sheep.crc.org.au/

Carbon
http://www.une.edu.au/carbon/

NSW Agriculture
 http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture

World Agroforestry Centre
http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/

Research

2003-2006 Research Grants

Publications

Staff publications are found at: http://une.edu.au/economics/publications/

Contacts

Economics, including
Agricultural and Resource Economics, Econometrics and Economic History
Telephone: +(61 2) 6773 2432 or 3278 or 2781
Fax:  +(61 2) 6773 3596
E-mail: economics@une.edu.au

School Administration

Administrative Assistant:  Phone: 02 6773 3278 or 6773 2432 or 6773 2781

Email: bepp@une.edu.au