2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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Commodity Market Analytics (CMAM) Minor

Required Courses 112
Economics of the Food and Fiber System
Principles of Economics
Biological Statistics 2
Statistical Methods
Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling
Elementary Econometrics (Fall) 2
Analysis of Economic Data
Applied Economic Forecasting (Spring) 2
Subtotal12
Restricted Electives6
Commodity Investing by Students 2,3
Agricultural Futures and Options (Fall) 2
Agricultural Price and Market Analysis (Spring) 2
Energy Economics (Spring) 2
Subtotal6
Total Credits18
1

This minor is not available to students majoring in Agribusiness, Applied Economic Management, Environmental Economics, Management & Policy, International Trade and Development, or Food and Health Systems Economics. 

2

Pre-requisites: Some courses required for this major have pre-/co-requisites and/or enrollment requirements. Please refer to the Undergraduate Course Catalog or consult your advisor for information about pre-/co-requisites and enrollment requirements. 

3

AAEC 4434 Commodity Investing by Students: Restricted to COINS members. This may be repeated up to 8 credit hours. This course is offered Pass/Fail only. 

Graduation Requirements

A minimum GPA of 2.0 in all courses taken to fulfill the minor is required. A minimum  of 18 credits hours are required.