Accelerated Agricultural Economics - Farm Management (BS)/Agricultural Economics (MS)

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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The accelerated Accelerated Agricultural Economics - Farm Management (BS)/Agricultural Economics (MS) will provide high-performing undergraduates the opportunity to pursue an accelerated MS/Master of Science in Agricultural Economics degree with early admission to the graduate program as well as the ability to count nine credit hours of coursework in their graduate program toward their undergraduate degree.

Application Process

Applicants should follow the K-State Graduate School application process. The application form can be found on the Department’s website. Required elements of the application include:

The K-State graduate application form, which should be completed on-line with the appropriate application fee.
A brief cover letter and a 2-page statement of objectives for graduate study.
Three letters of reference.
Transcript(s) of all undergraduate work completed at the time of application.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required for admission to the graduate program.

Applicants without the GRE may be admitted on a probationary basis, but will be required to take the GRE.

Applications are evaluated by the Department’s Graduate Committee, which will provide a recommendation to the Director of Graduate Studies about an applicant’s suitability for the program.

Admission Requirements

Undergraduate students applying for the accelerated program are required to have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours towards their bachelor degree. The following requirements must be met for admission into the accelerated program:

The student must be seeking the bachelor’s degree.
The student must have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours toward the bachelor degree at the time of application for admission to the accelerated program.
The student’s cumulative undergraduate GPA must be at least 3.000.
The student must meet all other Graduate School admission criteria as outlined in the Graduate School Handbook and any graduate program specific requirements.
A student who has completed all coursework for the bachelor’s degree is not eligible for the accelerated program.

Program Specific Admission Requirements

The student must have completed the following three courses and six additional hours of agricultural economics courses. Applicants are encouraged to apply prior to entering their senior year.

AGEC 500 - Production Economics Credits: 3
AGEC 501 - Data Analysis and Optimization Credits: 3
AGEC 505 - Agricultural Market Structures Credits: 3

Course Requirements

Agricultural Economics (MS)

Overlapping Courses

Students may select up to 9 credits from the list of courses below to satisfy the requirements for both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. These courses should be listed at the 600-700 level.

AGEC 712 - Optimization Techniques for Agricultural Economics Credits: 3
ECON 730 - Applied Econometrics Credits: 3
ECON 735 - Mathematical Economics Credits: 3
STAT 610 - Introduction to Mathematical Statistics I Credits: 3

Graduation Requirements

After completion of all undergraduate program requirements, including the up to nine (9) overlapping graduate credit hours that are counted toward the bachelor’s degree, the student must apply to be awarded the bachelor’s degree.
After receiving the bachelor degree, the student is eligible to be fully admitted into the master program portion of the accelerated bachelor-master program.
To complete the second part of the accelerated program, the student must complete all master program requirements with a graduate cumulative GPA of at least 3.000.

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