Why Study Agricultural Economics?

The Agricultural Economics major is an option in the B.Sc.(Agr.) program offered jointly by NSAC and Dalhousie University.

You learn professional decision-making skills applied to real-world problems. By learning to think like an economist you go beyond description to analysis…beyond considering possibilities to choosing the best practical alternative.

Building on the base of core courses, you have opportunities to deepen your expertise in specific fields of study…such as production, market, trade, policy, resource and environmental economics.
In the fourth-year research project you can take your interests and expertise to a higher level. Job ready…grad studies ready…a world of opportunity.

Graduates of this program meet the formal educational requirements for Professional Agrologists in the provincial Institutes of Agrologists of the Atlantic Provinces.

A degree in agricultural economics opens the door to many opportunities:

Business economist
Credit officer or bank economist

Marketing/market research

Natural resources economist

Trade economist

International development economist

Policy analyst advisor

As an economic student you could find yourself in a discussion on such issues as:

Should the Government Tax Junk Food?
Animal Waste and the Environment
Rural Development Issues
Coping with commodity price cycles
Economic Impacts of BSE in North America
The Cost of Obesity in Canada
Marketing Opportunities and Challenges for Organic Meat Food Safety
The effect of the Atkins Diet on Producer Potato prices

What About A Minor?

Economic students can broaden their career opportunities by choosing one of the following minors:

Agricultural Economics
Animal Science
Plant Science
Environmental Science
Pest Management
Agricultural Chemistry

Food Science & Technology

Aquaculture

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Mathematics

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