Two alternatives exist for satisfying the Master of Agriculture requirements: (1) 32 credit hours, including two credit hours of AGEC 5990 for a creative component, (2) 36 credit hours, including six hours of AGEC 5010 for a professional internship. A minimum of 21 credit hours must be earned at the 5000 level or above. A comprehensive final examination is required of all Master of Agriculture candidates. The prerequisites include one course in statistics, a working knowledge of computers, and nine additional semester credit hours in agricultural economics and economics.

• AGEC 5043 Advanced Farm and Ranch Management
• AGEC 5603 Advanced Agricultural Finance
• MGMT 5113 or MGMT 5533 Individual and Organization Theory OR Ideation, Creativity, and
• Innovation/Leadership Dynamics
• STAT 5543 or REMS 5953 Applied Regression Analysis OR Statistical Methods in Education
• ECON 5113 or AGEC 5103 Managerial Economics OR Mathematical Economics
• AGEC 5423 Agribusiness Management

*Minimum 12 hours in Agricultural Economics, not including AGEC 5000 or 5010.

Fall

• AGEC 5423 Advanced Agribusiness Management
• STAT 5013 or STAT 5543 or REMS 5953 Statistics for Experiments I OR Applied Regression Analysis OR Stat Methods in Economics
• AGEC 5033 Commodity Futures Markets
• ECON 5113 or AGEC 5103 Managerial Economics OR Mathematical Economics (prereq.)

Spring

• AGEC 5023 or AGEC 5043 or AGEC 5513 Quantitative Supply Chain Management In Agribusiness OR Advanced Farm and Ranch Management OR Farm Appraisal
• AGEC 5603 Advanced Agricultural Finance
• MGMT 5113 or EEE 5233 Individual and Organization Theory OR Entrepreneurial Marketing

Summer

• AGEC 5010 Professional Experience in Agricultural Economics (6 credit hours)
• AGEC 5000 Creative Component (2 credit hours)

Fall

• MKTG 5133 Marketing Management
• AGEC 5303 Agricultural Market Policy and Organization
• AGEC 5343 International Agricultural Markets and Trade
• EEE 5333 Launching a Business: First 100 Days

*Minimum 15 hours in Agricultural Economics, not including AGEC 5000 or 5010. *At least 9 hours outside of Agricultural Economics, including at least 3 hours of Statistics. An example plan of study for the Master of Agriculture degree with a major in Agribusiness under the internship alternative is:

*Students with no background in accounting should take ACCT 5183 MBA Financial Reporting. Students with strong skills in mathematics and statistics should take STAT 5543 in the fall instead of STAT 5013, and then take AGEC 5213, Econometric Methods, in the spring.

*Students with no upper-division training in microeconomics should take ECON 3113 Intermediate Microeconomics before taking ECON 5113 or AGEC 5103. Students who have had calculus should take AGEC 5103 instead of ECON 5113.

* The comprehensive final examination may be administered after the student has completed one year in the program.

Students who elect to pursue an internship are responsible for finding the internship. Students enroll in AGEC 5010. Enrollment will require permission from both the instructor and the student’s committee.

OSU’s approach is to auto-enroll you in 1 credit hour when you add that class. 3rd paragraph change under an advisor’s guidance.

Students who elect to pursue a creative component are responsible for identifying a topic under an advisor's guidance. Examples of creative components include writing a report, developing software, completing a case study, developing a marketing plan, creating fact sheets, implementing workshops, or other topics. The advisor must approve the topic. Students choosing this option must enroll in AGEC 5990.

Procedures for enrolling in MBA classes such as MGMT 5113, MKTG 5133, ACCT 5103, and FIN 5013 are as follows:

1. The student must request program permission to enroll in MBA courses. An email can be directed to MBA program manager Rodrigo Tello, rodrigo.tello@okstate.edu, which should include the student’s name, ID number, the prefix and class number.
2. The student will be put on a waiting list until it is determined whether space is available in the class.
3. After it has been determined that space is available, permission to enroll will be communicated to the student.

A certificate in entrepreneurship can be obtained by completing 12 hours of coursework in Entrepreneurship. See Entrepreneurship - Graduate Certificate for other course options.

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

• EEE 5233 Ideation, Creativity, and Innovation
• EEE 5333 Launching a Business: The First 100 Days

Suggested Electives (6 credit hours)

• EEE 5653 Venture Capital
• EEE 5993 Preparing an Effective Business Plan