Cooperatives
University:
North Dakota State University 
Course Number:
AGEC 474
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $448 per credit
Start/End Dates:
January 11, 2027 - May 14, 2027
Overview
Course Description
This course is intended to introduce students to cooperatives as a form of business enterprise. Cooperatives are important in many segments of the economy, both in the U.S. and elsewhere. Students will learn the role of cooperatives in market-oriented economies like the U.S. and will become familiar with cooperative principles, the economic theory of cooperatives, and the fundamentals of co-op operations including accounting principles, financing, decision making, and taxation. Focus will be primarily upon traditional agricultural cooperatives; however, other types of cooperatives will be examined in some detail during the second half of the course.
Contacts
Instructor
Frayne Olson
Office: 701-231-7377
frayne.olson@ndsu.edu
Campus Coordinator
For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
DirectoryDisability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Learn MoreTextbooks
TBD
Course Access
Approximately three weeks before the first day of class at North Dakota State University, campus coordinator Stacy Duffield will touch base with students via email. She will encourage students to look for an email the week before classes start that will include instructions for accessing courses at NDSU.
One week before NDSU classes begin, students will receive Stacy's email which includes their ID number, user ID name, and instructions for setting up their Blackboard account at NDSU. Students may then set their own password and security questions, choose to forward emails to a different account and activate their NDSU Live account.
Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of classes.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.
