Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Timeline

    1. 1897 Agricultural Economics curriculum established
    2. 1923 Agricultural Administration curriculum established A four-year program in Agricultural Administration is created within the department of Business Administration.
    3. 1927 Department of Agricultural Economics established Agricultural Administration curriculum becomes a full department, and is named the Department of Agricultural Economics.
    4. 1930 (circa) Rural Sociology Department merges with the Agricultural Economics Department The result of this merger was the creation of the Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department.
    5. 1949 Female faculty increases Twenty-two women are listed on the faculty, most at the instructor or laboratory technician level. Departments with more than one female member include English (six), Statistics (three), Textiles (three), and Modern Languages (two). Women are also on the faculty in Architecture, Agricultural Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies, Chemistry, Engineering, Research, and Agronomy.
    6. 1959 Jim Hunt graduates Hunt later earned an MS in 1962. He became the 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina (1977–1985, and 1993–2001), making him the state's longest service chief executive.
    7. 1965 Department of Economics The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology merges with the Department of Economics, keeping the latter name.
    8. 1990 Economics and Sociology programs split into separate departments
    9. 1990 Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics created New Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics created in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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