Agricultural and Resource Economics (MS)

Requirements for the Degree

The total credits required for the degree are 30. Students are required to complete a minimum of 30 credit hours including either a thesis or a non-thesis option. All students must meet the following course requirements.

Agricultural and Resource Economics M.S. Core requirements

(4 courses for 12 credits)

ECON 801 - Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
ECON 802 - Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3
APEC 810 - International Agricultural Trade Special Topics Credit(s): 3
APEC 834 - Seminar in Resource Economics Credit(s): 3

Agricultural and Resource Economics M.S. Quantitative Requirement

(a minimum of 4 courses for 12 credits)

STAT 608 - Statistical Research Methods Credit(s): 3
ECON 803 - Applied Econometrics I Credit(s): 3
ECON 804 - Applied Econometrics II Credit(s): 3
STAT 675 - Logistic Regression Credit(s): 3

Other Requirements

Under the thesis option, students complete 24 hours of course work and 6 hours of thesis work (APEC 869 ). Under the non-thesis option, students complete 27 hours of course work and 3 hours of directed research (APEC 868 ).

The student plans a course program in consultation with the major professor, in order to attain competency in economics, quantitative methods, and agricultural and resource economics.

Students must achieve an overall index of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for all graduate course work taken. The student’s progress toward the degree will be monitored by the academic advisor and the department graduate committee.

A student choosing the thesis option is required to prepare a thesis that reflects a substantive analysis of a subject in the field of agricultural and resource economics. An oral examination covering both course work and thesis will be given to determine whether the student has a breadth of understanding of the field. A student selecting the non-thesis option is required to complete a directed research project to be presented at a department seminar.