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Agricultural Economics Emphasis M.B.A.

CIP: 520201

The Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies, in conjunction with the Department of Agricultural Sciences, offers the Master of Business Administration degree with an Agricultural Economics emphasis 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 M.B.A. faculty, and one from the Department of Agricultural Sciences.

Requirements

Prerequisites

In addition to the general requirements prescribed by the Graduate School, all MBA students from non-business fields must take 54201: MBA Business Foundations.

For the area in Agricultural Economics, the following course prerequisites must be met before admission to the graduate program:

ECON 52151Principles of Microeconomics

3
OR
AGRI 03102 Introductory Agricultural Economics

3
 
AGRI 03130Plant Science

4
OR
AGRI 03232Crop Production

3
 
AGRI 03150Animal Science

4
AGRI 03302Agricultural Marketing

3
AGRI 03304 Farm Management and Records Analysis

3
AGRI 03234 Fundamentals of Soil Science

4
These courses cannot be taken for audit or pass/fail.

All M.B.A. students must complete the following courses at the graduate level:

(See the course descriptions for the appropriate prerequisite courses.)

ACCT 51646Managerial Accounting

3
 
ECON 52651Macroeconomics for Business Managers

3
OR
ECON 52654Managerial Economics

3
 
FIN 53621Financial Management

3
MGMT 54616Organizational Behavior in Administration

3
MGMT 54618Executive Seminar

3
MKTG 55630Strategic Marketing

3
CSIS 44623Information Technology Management

3
Agricultural Economics Electives

12

All M.B.A. students with an area in Agricultural Economics must complete four graduate-level courses (12 hours) in agricultural economics from those listed in this catalog. They are not permitted to take AGRI 03509 as part of their program.

Under ACBSP accreditation standards, graduate students pursuing M.B.A. degrees must complete at least 30 hours in courses reserved exclusively for graduate students (that is, 600-level courses) and that cover material beyond that contained in the undergraduate Common Professional Component (CPC) courses. (See the Northwest Undergraduate Academic Catalog for a list of CPC courses.) The Northwest M.B.A. degree requires 33 hours. Thus, graduate students may take up to three hours of approved electives at the 500 level. However, M.B.A. students who did not take International Business as an undergraduate student are required to take the graduate International Business (MKTG 55631) course for a total of 36 hours.

Comprehensive Examination for the Agricultural Economics Emphasis

Students will take the Graduate Management Business Exam (ETS) during their last semester of enrollment. The test will be scheduled early in the term. Students who wish to take the ETS exam must submit their application to take the comprehensive examination and their application to graduate to the Graduate Office no later than the end of the first week of the term in which they wish to sit for the exam.

Online students who live more than a two-hour drive from the Northwest Missouri State University campus in Maryville, or the Kansas City Center should contact the Office of the Dean for details about taking the exam.