Thesis

Program Description

Careers in government or public sector, policy analysis, researcher or analyst positions in industry or agribusiness
Preparation for Ph.D. degree
Conduct in-depth research and write results via thesis project
Completion time 21-24 months

Degree Requirements

Admission to program
Successful completion of the courses (31 credit hours which includes 6 thesis credit hours) included on an approved plan of study with a GPA of 2.85 or higher
Completion of the research necessary to prepare a M.S. thesis
Successfully passing a final oral comprehensive examination in defense of the thesis and successful deposit of final approved written thesis with the UA Graduate School and Library

Core Requirements

AGEC 051003 Agricultural Microeconomics
AGEC 54003 Quantitative Methods for Agribusiness
AGEC 56103 Econometrics
AGEC 5623 Quantitative Food and Agricultural Policy Analysis
AGEC 600V Thesis
AGEC 50101 Seminar

Suggested Elective Courses

AGEC 41403 Agricultural Finance
AGEC 41603 Agricultural and Rural Development
AGEC 43003 Advanced Agricultural Marketing Management
AGEC 43103 Agricultural Business Management
AGEC 43203 Agribusiness Entrepreneurship
AGEC 43703 Basis Trading: Advanced Price Risk Management
AGEC 43803 Basis Trading: Case Study

AGEC 44003 Advanced Farm Business Management
AGEC 46103 Political Economy of Agriculture and Food
AGEC 46203 International Agricultural Trade and Commercial Policy
AGEC 5030V Internship in Agricultural Economics
AGEC 51303 Agricultural and Environmental Resource Economics
AGEC 51403 Financial Management in Agriculture
AGEC 51503 The Economics of Public Policy
AGEC 53003 Agricultural Marketing Theory
AGEC 54103 Agribusiness Strategy
AGEC 57103 Food Safety Law
Any ACCT, ECON, FINN, ISYS, MBAD, MGMT, MKTG, OMGT, SCMT, or WCOB class.
Elective courses from other disciplines may be taken with approval from the student advisor.
A maximum of 9 hours of courses may be completed from a) graduate courses also offered as 4000-level or lower as undergraduate courses, and/or b) courses numbered at 4000-level or lower if approved for graduate credit by petition.

M.S. Thesis

All students in the thesis concentration are required to conduct original research and prepare a thesis document based on that research. Students must form an examination committee led by a major advisor from the AEAB Department. Upon approval from the major advisor, an oral examination will be administered by the candidate's examination committee. The thesis requirements are considered complete once 1) the student has satisfactorily passed the oral exam and 2) the hard and electronic copies of the final thesis have been accepted by and submitted to the Graduate School and Library.