The Master of Science degree in Applied Agricultural Economics (MAAE) prepares students for agricultural economics work, with emphasis on agricultural economics, food security, poverty reduction, and overall economic growth. The programme includes taught modules across microeconomics, macroeconomics, mathematics, statistics, econometrics, and production economics, plus options in areas such as environmental and natural resources, agricultural marketing and price analysis, agribusiness management, agricultural finance and risk management, and economics of climate change.
The degree includes taught modules spread over two teaching semesters, with at least nine taught modules, plus a dissertation at Level 2. The programme covers research methods and project planning, and assessment includes assignments throughout the course, and a final project report and presentation in Research Methods. The dissertation is a supervised scientific report presented to a panel of the Departmental Board.
Modules
- MAAE 701 Advanced Microeconomic Theory for Agriculture
- MAAE 702 Advance Macroeconomics for Agriculture
- MAAE 703 Mathematics for Agricultural Economics
- MAAE 704 Statistics for Agricultural Economists
- MAAE 705 Econometrics
- MAAE 706 Research Methods
- MAAE 707 Production Economics
- MAAE 711 Agricultural Trade and Policy
- MAAE 715 Dissertation
- MAAE 708 Environmental and Natural Resources
- MAAE 710 Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis
- MAAE 712 Agribusiness Management
