The Applied Economics (AEC) Course-Based Undergraduate Research option provides a systematic opportunity for undergraduates to engage in independent research with a faculty mentor. By design, this student research will build upon current course content from specific departmental upper division courses. An AEC faculty member will mentor students in their independent research which will result in a prepared research report. Students have flexibility to choose their specific research focus based on consultation with the supervising faculty, and within the bounds of the course. Completion of this research option can be used to fulfill required experiential learning credits for the major. This option is taken for 3 credits of AEC 401.
Courses that can currently be used as the basis for Course-Based Undergraduate Research:
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Introduction to Applied Econometrics (AEC 446)
- Organizer: David Lewis
- Term that course is offered: Winter
- Term that research credit is offered: Spring (after taking course)
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Examples of recent AEC 446 student research:
- “Climate change and cacao: A two-way fixed effect analysis of global yields”
- “An econometric analysis of outdoor recreation amenity migration in the western United States”
- “Will climate change impact wind energy generation in the United States?”
- “An econometric analysis of the effect of urban growth boundaries on public transit ridership”
- “Climate change impacts on western U.S. ski seasons”
- “An econometric analysis of the effect of wildfire risk in wildland urban interface zones on Oregon median housing values”
- “An econometric study of telecommuting and its connection to CO2 transportation emissions”
- “Climate variability impact on grape yield investments in Oregon, Washington, and California”
- “An econometric analysis of wetlands and median housing prices in Louisiana and Texas following Hurricane Harvey”
- “How pandemic era in-migration to rural areas affected farmland values in the inland northwest region of the United States”
- “Aquaculture’s infrastructure factors”
- “The impacts of renewable energy production on average housing values in the United States”
- “Cleaner air Oregon call-in facility impact on housing values”
- “Barriers to clean drinking water in Washington”
- “Renewable energy usage in the United States: Political and economic forces”
- “The impacts of air quality on asthma in California: An econometric analysis”
- “An analysis of food inflation on food insecurity in the U.S.”
- “Analyzing the impacts of food environments on housing prices”
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Agricultural and Food Policy Issues (AEC 461)
- Organizer: Penelope Diebel
- Term that course is offered: Spring
- Term that course-based research credit is offered: Summer or Fall (after taking course)
Guidelines
- Contact the organizer for the course-based undergraduate research in which you are interested.
- Complete the Faculty Research Experiential Learning (AEC 401) agreement form in coordination with the relevant experiential learning coordinator.
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Three components of Course-Based Research:
- A full term of independent research equivalent to a 3-credit course.
- A written research report documenting the research methods and findings.
- An oral presentation detailing your activities during your research (15 minutes presentation, 15 minutes discussion).
- A final grade (Pass/No Pass) is assigned after the completion of your oral presentation.