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The purpose of the Agricultural Economics is to enable students to think the problems related to the agricultural sectors and solve them. Thinking like an economist involves using chains of deductive reasoning to help understand phenomena as well as problem-solving and creative skills in the agricultural sector.
Our goals are to increase understanding of economic behavior and improve students' ability to understand and predict agricultural economic phenomena.
The main subjects of the Department of Agricultural Economics are agricultural economics, farm management, agricultural product price analysis, farm statistics, and resource and environmental economics.
Objectives of EducationThe Department provides courses and conducts research in the following study areas: Agricultural Economics, Farm Management, Mathematics for Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Price, Resources and Environmental Economics, Rural Sociology, Micro-analysis of Agricultural Economics, Macro-analysis of Agricultural Economics, Regional Agricultural Economics, Statistics for Agricultural Economist, Agricultural Production Economics, Study of Korean Economy, Agricultural Extension Service, Agricultural Math Economics, Agricultural Project Appraisal, Agricultural Product Trade, Agricultural Econometrics, Farm Finance, Rural Survey, Cooperatives, Farm Management Analysis, Agricultural Development, Practice in Economics, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Information, Globalization and Food Security, Agribusiness Management, Food Consumption Economics, Introduction to Mathematical Programming, Understanding of Agricultural Economic Thouths, Farm Marketing Teaching Practicum, Practicing Material Preparation Skills for Teaching Farm Marketing.
Licenses availableSecondary School Teacher(Agricultural Marketing), Agricultural Products Quality Management Officer.
Jobs Available after GraduationPossible careers extend to a multitude of organizations including the Rural Develop- ment Administration, Agricultural Research and Extension Services, MIFAFF, KREI, Agricultural Cooperative Association, Agricultural Technology Center, and other private sector firms. It is also possible to enter graduate school or study abroad.
Faculty members- Suhk-Hyun Kim (Ph.D.) Resource and Environmental Economics
- Gue-Dae Cho (Ph.D.) Agricultural Policy
- Hye-Jung Kang (Ph.D.) Agribusiness and Production Economics
- In-Seck Kim (Ph.D.) Price Analysis and Agricultural Marketing
- Yoon-Hyung Kim (Ph.D.) Agricultural Economics and Environmental Economics