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Full-time students should expect to take at least two years to complete the master’s program once they have completed any deficiency coursework.

Each sequence has a thesis and non-thesis option. Required core courses for the degree program are: , , and .

Agribusiness Sequence

This 37-hour sequence requires:

• 7 hour required core: , , and
• 6 hours: and ;
• 12 hours: , , or
• Plus Option 1 or 2
• Students who completed a limited number of business courses as undergraduates may be required to take some or all of the following Pre-MBA courses in accounting, statistics, economics, management, marketing, finance, and business law. Foundation courses cannot be presented for use in the Agriculture degree program.

Students with non-business undergraduate degrees may have to complete Pre-MBA Program courses before enrolling in MBA core courses. The responsibility for demonstrating prior academic coverage of the material at the appropriate level rests with the student, and should be completed at least one month prior to the beginning of the first semester of course work.

Option I - Thesis

• the degree requirements listed above
• 6 hours of Master’s Thesis ()
• 6 hours of electives

Option II - Non-Thesis

• the degree requirements listed above
• a synthesizing experience consisting of 3 hours of Independent Study () under the direction of a major advisor and with the approval of an advisory committee OR an immersion-based professional training experience for 3 hours of Independent Study (AGR 400) approved by the graduate program coordinator and oral examination.
• 9 hours of electives

Elective Courses

The following Department of Agriculture courses are acceptable to satisfy the elective courses requirement of the Agribusiness Sequence: , , , ,Ìý, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ; , , , , ; , ; , , Ìýor coursework of interest from pertinent departments approved by the student’s committee.

Additional graduate electives may come from the Departments of Accounting; Finance, Insurance and Law; Management and Quantitative Methods; and Marketing. (Agribusiness students may earn no more than 12 credits from 400-level courses in the College of Business.) 400-level graduate electives may come from the Department of Economics (excluding ).

Agriscience Sequence

This 36-hour sequence requires:

• 7 hour required core: , , and
• 3 hours:
• plus Option I or II

Option I - Thesis

• the degree requirements listed above
• 6 hours of Master’s Thesis ()
• 20 hours of electives selected from the list below

Option II - Non-Thesis

• the degree requirements listed above
• a synthesizing experience consisting of 3 hours of Independent Study () under the direction of a major advisor and with the approval of an advisory committee OR an immersion-based professional training experience for 3 hours of Independent Study (AGR 400) approved by the graduate program coordinator and oral examination.
• 23 hours of electives selected from the list below

Elective Courses

The following courses are acceptable to satisfy the elective courses requirement of the Agriscience Sequence: , , , , , , , ; , Ìý; ,Ìý; , , , , , , , or coursework of interest from pertinent departments approved by the student’s committee.

Concentrations

Students selecting the Agriscience Sequence may elect an Animal Science, Agronomy, or Horticulture concentration. Students may choose courses from the following lists for each concentration.

• Animal Science: , , , , , , , ; ; , .
• Agronomy: , , , , , , , , ; ,, ; , , , , , , , .
• Horticulture: , , , , , , ; , , .

Agricultural Education and Leadership Sequence

Students who completed a limited number of Agricultural Education or education courses as undergraduates may be required to take undergraduate foundation courses as a prerequisite. Foundation courses cannot be presented for use in the Agricultural Education and Leadership degree program.

This 36-hour sequence requires:

• 7 hour required core: , , and
• 14 hours of agriculture electives
• 9 hours from Teaching and Learning, Technology, or other coursework identified by the students’ graduate committee as relevant to the area of interest
• plus Option I or II

Option I - Thesis

• the degree requirements listed above
• 6 hours of Master’s Thesis ()

Option II - Non-Thesis

• the degree requirements listed above
• a synthesizing experience consisting of 3 hours of Independent Study () under the direction of a major advisor and with the approval of an advisory committee OR an immersion-based professional training experience for 3 hours of Independent Study () approved by the graduate program coordinator and oral examination.
• 3 hours of electives from the list below

Elective Courses

The following Department of Agriculture courses are acceptable to satisfy the elective courses requirements of this sequence: , , , , , , , , , , , ,Ìý, , , , , . Additional graduate electives may come from Teaching and Learning (,Ìý, , , , , , , , , , ) and/or Technology (, , , , , , , ) or coursework of interest from pertinent departments approved by the student’s committee.