Agricultural and Applied Economics programs at the University of Georgia are located in Athens , Griffin , Statesboro and Tifton , Georgia . The primary teaching program is located in Athens , but the Department's faculty are involved in interdisciplinary teaching programs in Griffin and Tifton. Research programs are located in all four locations. Extension programs are located in Tifton, Athens and Statesboro, which are listed in order of the size of the extension programs.

In Athens , the Department is housed on the second and third floors of Conner Hall. The teaching and research components of the Department were relocated in Conner Hall in 1975. The Athens extension unit was moved from the Stegeman Coliseum to Conner Hall in 1999. The Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development moved to Lumpkin House in 1999 where it occupies most of the third floor. Classroom and office space in Athens are at capacity.

Offices for graduate students are clustered in six large rooms. A graduate student computer lab is located on the second floor of Conner Hall. The computer lab contains 10 computers, and each large office contains one general computer and several other computers on individual student desks. Graduate computers have access to email, the Internet and a wide variety of software packages, including Microsoft suite, SAS, GAMS, STATA, MATLAB, @Risk, etc. Undergraduate students have access to a departmental computer lab with 20 computers with access to Microsoft suite, Internet and a variety of software packages. The Department has received funds frin UGA student technology fees to buy new computers for the undergraduate and graduate computer labs and a classroom (204 Conner), replacing the computers every three years.

Conner Hall classrooms 104, 210 and 212 have been recently renovated. Renovations on the large lecture room, 104 Conner Hall, were completed in time for the beginning of classes for fall 2005. On the second floor of Conner Hall two Agricultural and Applied Economics lecture rooms were renovated in 2000. The new technology allows students to bring in their own laptop computers. Professors will be able to incorporate the ever-changing new technologies to further our students' educations. The stadium seating in 210 Conner allows everyone a good view of the professor and the visual aids. The other small classroom, 212 Conner, has flexible seating, which is designed for the use of case studies and student discussions. The third floor of Conner Hall includes a graduate classroom (311), a seminar room (310) and a lecture room (307) which has GSAMS technology for interface with multiple sites.

In Griffin , the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics occupies most of the second floor of the Stuckey Building at the Georgia Experiment Station. The Stuckey Building is the main administrative building for the Station. The first floor contains the academic program office, the Station Library and Business office, international programs, kitchen facilities, and a large auditorium. The second floor contains the offices for the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. It includes 14 offices for faculty, post docs and staff.

The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is beginning an interdisciplinary educational program with some Agricultural and Applied Economics courses at Griffin in fall 2005. In the future, several University of Georgia educational programs may be offered in Griffin . Renovations for classrooms and academic programs are planned. Some of these renovations may impact the Agricultural and Applied Economics programs.

In Tifton, the Agricultural and Applied Economics Department occupies 10 offices for faculty and staff in the Rural Development Center (RDC) on the Coastal Plains Experiment Station. One of the offices is used as a small conference room and another is used as a storage room. The Tifton staff of the National Center for Peanut Competitiveness was moved from the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL) Building to the RDC in 2004. The RDC was expanded in 2005 to include a large auditorium and conference rooms. The interdisciplinary educational program which includes some Agricultural and Applied Economics courses in Tifton is housed in the new Technology Development Center (TDC) Building and the adjacent NESPAL Building .

In Statesboro, the one part-time Agricultural and Applied Economics faculty member, George Shumaker, is located in the new Nessmith Lane Building on the Georgia Southern University campus. He retired in 2004 but has continued working in the Department.

For several years the Department has received matching funds from the state lottery to replace faculty and staff computers every three years. However, this source of funds has recently been eliminated. The Department has relied on CAES funds to replace faculty and staff computers every three years.

Related Links:

F1 - Summary of Room Types

F2 - Floor Plans

F3 - Maps of Department's Off-Campus Locations

F4 - Three Year Instructional Technology Plan