Pre-Requisites
The following is a list of pre-requisite courses that are required for each concentration of the MS in Agricultural Economics. Students are expected to have completed most of these pre-requisites before admission into the program. Up to six hours of pre-requisites can be completed during the first year of the program. Please direct questions to Dr. L. Lanier Nalley, Graduate Program Coordinator, at llnalley@uark.edu for domestic student applicants or Dr. Qiuqiong Huang, International Applicant Evaluator, at qqhuang@uark.edu for international student applicants.
The table below provides a summary of the pre-requisites to pursuing four of our five concentrations. Examples of University of Arkansas courses satisfying the pre-requisites are in parentheses.
Domestic Thesis |
Domestic Non-Thesis |
Atlantis Thesis |
International Agribusiness Non-Thesis |
Intermediate Micro Theory (ECON 3033) |
Principles Micro Econ (AGEC 1103) |
Three hours economic principles |
Principles Micro Econ (AGEC 1103) |
Intermediate Macro Theory (ECON 3133) |
Principles Macro Econ (AGEC 2103) |
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Principles Macro Econ (AGEC 2103) |
Survey of Calculus (MATH 2014) or a higher level Calculus |
Survey of Calculus (MATH 2014) or a higher level Calculus |
Six hours mathematics |
Survey of Calculus (MATH 2014) or a higher level Calculus |
Intro Statistics (AGEC 2403) |
Intro Statistics (AGEC 2403) |
Three hours statistics |
Intro Statistics (AGEC 2403) |
Upper level mgmt and mktg (AGEC 3403 and 3303) |
Upper level mgmt and mktg (AGEC 3403 and 3303) |
Six hours other courses in agri econ rural develop, soc sci, agbus, agriculture |
Upper level mgmt and mktg (AGEC 3403 and 3303) |
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Intro Accounting (AGEC 2142/2141) |
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Intro Accounting (AGEC 2142/2141) |
Students wishing to pursue the Dual MS/LLM program must meet the pre-requisites of
the respective MS program concentration chosen above.
Students are encouraged to complete all pre-requisites before beginning the program. Students may be approved to take up to six hours of pre-requisites their first semester in the program.