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The Department of Agriculture in the Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies offers the Master of Business Administration with an area in agricultural economics for those pursuing a career in the business aspect of agriculture or for those preparing for advanced graduate work. This program is a logical extension for students who have completed an undergraduate degree in agricultural business. The student must have two advisors for this program, one from the Department of Agriculture, and a general MBA advisor.
In addition to the prerequisite courses for the MBA, the candidate for the MBA-Agricultural Economics must also fulfill the following prerequisites:
| Number | Course Title |
| Econ 52-151 | General Economics II OR |
| Ag 03-110 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics |
| Ag 03-130 | Plant Science |
| Ag 03-150 | Animal Science |
| Ag 03-302 | Agricultural Marketing |
| Ag 03-304 | Farm Management and Records Analysis |
| Ag 03-334 | Soils |
Prerequisite courses cannot be taken by audit or pass/fail. A grade of "C" or better must be achieved.
Students with an undergraduate degree in business usually meet the course prerequisites listed above and can complete the MBA program with 33 hours of graduate courses. Those students from non-business fields can complete the prerequisites by taking the 34 hours of prerequisites from any accredited four-year institution. Students may then complete the program by taking the 33 graduate hours.
The candidate for the MBA with an area in Agricultural Economics must complete a total of 36 credit hours. Twenty-four of those credit hours will be taken from the courses for the general MBA. The student must take four graduate-level courses (12 hours) in agricultural economics from the courses listed below. Three of the MBA courses will be waived, with those courses determined by the student and MBA advisor.
| Number | Course Title |
| Ag 03-502 | Agricultural Prices |
| Ag 03-503 | Agricultural Law |
| Ag 03-504 | Futures Trading |
| Ag 03-505 | Agricultural Resource Economics |
| Ag 03-506 | Agricultural Production Economics |
| Ag 03-508 | Agriculture Policy |
| Ag 03-598 | Advanced Agricultural Applications of Electronic Data Processing |
| Ag 03-603 | Theory of Agricultural Markets |
| Ag 03-604 | Advanced Farm Management |
| Ag 03-608 | Seminar in Agricultural Economics |
| Ag 03-609 | Special Topics in Agricultural Economics |
* Under ACBSP accreditation standards, graduate students pursuing MBA degrees must complete at least 30 hours in courses reserved exclusively for graduate students (that is, 600-level courses). Students who have not completed a course in international business at the undergraduate level will be required to complete 55-631 International Business in addition to the II courses listed above.
Students must pass the Graduate Management Business Exam or the Booth College comprehensive Exam as a condition of graduation. The requirements for the Booth College Exam allow students to chose three essay questions for response from five general MBA areas with the following exception. If the student fails to earn at least a grade of a B in all accounting courses then two questions are responded to out of the five general MBA areas.
In addition to the above course requirements, a research component must be on file in the office of the dean, Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies, prior to applying for approval to take the comprehensive examination.
The research component may consist of any original individual or group research paper completed as a requirement for any MBA graduate course. A research component form may be obtained from the Graduate Office or from the Office of the Dean, Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies.
The student will complete the research component form, obtain the signature of the instructor of the course, and return the form and a copy of the research paper to the dean's office. The dean's office will forward the research component form to the Graduate Office and retain the copy of the research paper in the student's file.