Resource Economics  

RECO 800 - Marketing Communications Research: Methodological Foundations
Credits: 4.00
Concepts, tools, and techniques to facilitate accurate product, service, and idea marketing communications. Specific applications to tourism and economic/community development initiatives are included. Prereq: Basic statistics course; or permission.

RECO 808 - Environmental Economics
Credits: 4.00
Environmental pollution, the market economy, and optimal resource allocation; alternative control procedures; levels of environmental protection and public policy; property right issues. Prereq: intermediate microeconomic theory; permission.

RECO 815 - Linear Programming and Quantitative Models
Credits: 4.00
Solving applied economic problems using linear and nonlinear techniques with emphasis on problem specification and interpretation of model results. The unit of analysis includes individuals, firms, or communities as they address contemporary problems in resource allocation, product distribution, and whole-firm organization. Computer applications on personal computers used for managerial decision making. Prereq: permission.

RECO 856 - Rural and Regional Economic Development
Credits: 4.00
Concepts and methods of delineating regional economies, methods of measuring activity, regional development, and public policies. Emphasis on empirical research studies. Prereq: intermediate economy theory or permission. (Offered every year.)

RECO 895 - Investigations
Credits: 2.00 to 4.00
A) Agricultural Marketing; B) Agricultural Production and Farm Management; C) Community Development; D) Economics of Human Resources; E) Economics of Population and Food; F) Land Economics; G) Marine Economics; H) Rural Economic Development; I) Regional Economics; J) Water Economics. Special assignments in readings, investigations, or field problems. Prereq: permission. May be repeated.

RECO 898 - Directed Research
Credits: 4.00 to 6.00
Hours and credits to be arranged. Not available if credit obtained for RECO 899. A year-long course; an IA grade continuous grading) given at the end of the first semester. Prereq: permission. Cr/F.

RECO 899 - Master's Thesis
Credits: 1.00 to 10.00
Cr/F.

RECO #903 - Approach to Research
Credits: 2.00
The meaning of science and the application of logic in the scientific method. Principles and techniques of scientific research. Survey of experimental design procedures. Organization of investigative work, problem analyses, working plans, and scientific writing. Prereq: permission. (Also offered as RAM 903.)

RECO 911 - Natural and Environmental Resource Management
Credits: 4.00
Fundamental economic, aesthetic, and ethical principles involved in the management of natural resources and ways to apply these principles in the formulation and evaluation of resource-management policies including the management of specific renewable resources, soils, water, forests, and wildlife. (Also offered as RAM 911.) Prereq: permission. (Offered every other year.)

RECO 993 - Natural and Environmental Resources Seminar
Credits: 1.00
Presentation and discussion of recent research, literature, and policy problems in the natural and social sciences influencing resource use. (Also offered as RAM 993.) Cr/F.