Solar panels and green roofs for stormwater management in sustainability economics (photo by Noelwah Netusil)
Program Requirements
Students must complete 32* credit hours of coursework, including the required core courses, in order to earn their Masters of Agricultural and Applied Economics degree. Students can download the Program Timelineand Program Requirements below to help plan their program of study.
REQUIREMENTS
CREDIT HOURS
Microeconomic Theory
ACE 500, Applied Economic Theory
4 hours
Quantitative Methods
Applied Econometrics:
ACE 562 Applied Regression Models I (2 hours)
ACE 564 Applied Regression Models II (2 hours)
Other Quantitative methods:
4 hours of approved graduate course work in quantitative methods
8 hours
Focus Area
12 hours of graduate coursework to define an approved focus area. See next section
Must include at least 8 total hours at the 500-level, and 8 total hours in ACE
12 hours
Professional/Research Internship Requirement
ACE 592 Graduate Internship
2 hours
Other:
Minimum hours required within unit: 20 at 500-level, not including ACE 566
Electives* (4+1 MAAE students will have completed during B.S.) See next section
6 hours*
Minimum 500-level hours: 20
Total MS Component
32 hours*
* Combined B.S.+ MAAE: 6 hours of upper level coursework will count jointly towards the total MAAE hours, fulfilling the “electives” hours and bringing the total required hours to 26.
Relevant Courses and Focus Area Electives
For specialty field area coursework table, go to “Focus Areas” page.
