Modern society faces a range of problems in terms of farming, food, resources and the environment. As the name suggests, the study of agricultural economics has an economic focus but is not limited to this area. Indeed, it is a very extensive field, and incorporates neighboring disciplines such as business administration, sociology, politics and other social sciences to try to solve pressing issues.
The goal of the Agricultural Economics Program is to use that academic foundation to produce graduates with a solid grounding in the basics of those social sciences, who bring global and historical perspectives to a broad array of problems, and who have the practical ability to seek out specific solutions to those issues.