The Resource Economics major places a high priority on program flexibility and individualized attention. In addition to meeting the general education requirements of the University of Connecticut and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, students majoring in Resource Economics are expected to take a common core of courses.
Catalog YearStudents enter the major at different times and may be subject to differing requirements based on their catalog year. To find your catalog year, go to PeopleSoft and My Academic Requirements.
Please click on the links below to find the requirements for your catalog year.
Catalog Year 2011-2012
Catalog Year 2010-2011
Catalog Year 2009-2010
Competency RequirementsAll Resource Economics majors must pass the following: ARE 1150 or ECON 1200 or ECON 1201. Students in Catalog Year 2011-2012 forward will also be required to take ARE 3150. These Courses may also fulfill the General Education requirements of the University. Students must take either ARE 3261W or 3440W to fulfill their writing in the major requirement. The advanced information literacy requirement is fulfilled with either ARE 3261W or 3440W. There are no advanced requirements for computer technology. For more information and plans of study, visit myagnr.uconn.edu
Concentrations in Resource EconomicsResource Economics majors may concentrate in one or more of the following areas: Marketing and Business Management, Environmental Economics and Policy, and International Development. Majors Choosing a concentration must take at least three courses from Group A and a sufficient number from Group B so that the total number of credits earned from both groups is at least 18.
Marketing and Business ManagementGroup A: ARE 3210, 3215, 3222, 3225, 4217, 4275
Group B: ARE 3221, 3260, 3434, 3450, 4279, 4464, 4981, 4991, 4993, 4995, 4999; ECON 2411
*With the approval of the advisor, additional courses in ARE or related fields can be used to fulfill the 36 credit requirements for the major with this area of concentration.
Environmental Economics and PolicyGroup A: ARE 3260, 3434, 4444, 4462, 4464
Group B: ARE 3210, 3235, 3436, 3437, 3450, 4217, 4305, 4438, 4981, 4991, 4993, 4995, 4999; GEOG 2100, NRME 3245
*With the approval of the advisor, additional courses in ARE or related fields can be used to fulfill the 36 credit requirements for the major with this area of concentration.
International DevelopmentGroup A: ARE 3260, 3434, 3437, 4305, 4444, 4464
Group B: ARE 3210, 3215, 4279, 4981, 4991, 4993, 4995, 4999; ANTH 3151; ECON 2456, 3421 or 3421W, 3473 or 3473W, GEOG 2100, 3100; POLS 3402, 3406, 3410; SOCI 3701; WS 3216, 3267
*With the approval of the advisor, additional courses in ARE or related fields can be used to fulfill the 36 credit requirements for the major with this area of concentration.
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