Agricultural & Applied Economics, MS

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

The graduate program in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics is highly ranked nationally, with a focus on research skills and experience. The program is designed to prepare graduates for careers in academia, NGOs, government agencies, and private companies.The M.S. program in Agricultural and Applied Economics typically requires one and one-half to two years of course work and research. A minimum of 24 graduate semester hours of course work and 8 semester hours of thesis credit culminating in an acceptable thesis are required. Master's theses are developed in close consultation with a committee of faculty advisors selected by the student. Researching and writing the thesis generally takes six months to one year. The written thesis is then defended before a faculty committee and a seminar is presented to the department.

College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences