2025-2026 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Agricultural Economics (PHD)
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The Ph. D. program is offered through the Department of Agricultural Economics graduate program and is operated in cooperation with the Department of Economics. The program prepares students to work in academia, the public sector, or industry.
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Degree Requirements
The Ph. D. requires a total of 90 credit hours of graduate-level work beyond the bachelor’s degree, composed of 60 hours of coursework and 30 hours of research credits for the dissertation. Students who hold a master’s degree may count up to 30 hours from the master’s degree toward the doctoral degree. The credit received for writing an M. A. or M. S. thesis or report may be used to meet the 60 hour coursework requirement for the Ph. D. The number of hours accepted from (optional) the master’s degree depends on the relevance of the coursework to the doctoral degree. Students must also pass qualifying exams and the preliminary exam as described in the department’s graduate handbook. A student is advanced to candidacy after passing the preliminary exam. Economic Theory: 12 Credits
Quantitative Methods: 9 credit hours
Agricultural Economics Core Courses: 9 credit hours
Electives: 3 credit hours
AGEC or ECON (900 level or higher) Specialty Area: 6 credit hours
Courses for the specialty area must be approved by the student’s major professor. No course can be used to meet both the specialty and another program requirement. Any AGEC or ECON courses used for the specialty area must be 800 level or higher. Any courses from other programs used for the specialty area must be 700 level or higher. Any variances to these specialty area requirements must be approved by the major professor and the graduate committee. Dissertation: 30 credit hours
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If a student does not have a master’s degree, then an additional 21 credit hours of general electives are needed to meet the required 60 course hours, including the following M. S. level courses: AGEC 712 , AGEC 805 , and AGEC 823 . The following courses developed for the Masters of Agribusiness are not allowed on a student’s program of study: AGEC 700 , AGEC 701 , AGEC 710 , AGEC 713 , AGEC 720 , AGEC 730 , AGEC 740 , AGEC 760 , AGEC 761 , AGEC 770 , and AGEC 890 . Total Hours Required for Doctorate: 90
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