Overview
The components of the program are:
- Coursework
- Micro and Macro Economic Theory
- Introduction to the economics of Resources, Environment
and Agriculture
- Quantitative Methods and Mathematics
- Major Field courses (Agricultural Policy, Development or
Resources and Environment)
- Minor Field courses (chosen in consultation with your advisor)
- The Empirical Project
- An original empirical essay written with considerable
faculty guidance
- Departmental Exams
- Preliminary Exam (examines first year theory)
- Field Exam (on your major field)
- Oral Exam (on your thesis prospectus and readiness to
write a dissertation.)
- The Research Essay
- Your thesis prospectus (a paper outlining what will be in
part of your thesis.)
- The Thesis
Please see Course of Study for the Graduate Program for more information.
Sample Program
Here is a typical program for the first two years.
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Summer Before |
Year 1 Fall |
Year 1 Spring |
Summer |
Year 2 Fall |
Year 2 Spring |
| Math |
Econ 204 |
ARE 210 |
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| Intro to Res. Ag. & Env |
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ARE 201 |
ARE 202 |
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| Econ Theory |
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ECON 201A |
ECON 201B |
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| Econometrics |
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ARE 211 |
ARE 212 |
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ARE 213 |
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| Econometrics Project |
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Begin Project |
ARE 219A |
ARE 219B |
| Major Field |
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ARE field course |
ARE field course |
| Minor Field |
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minor field course |
minor field course |
| Macro |
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Econ 202 |
| Departmental Exams |
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Preliminary Exam
at end of Spring |
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Field Exam
at end of Spring |
Please see Course of Study for the Graduate Program for more information.
