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MS & MAB Prerequisites

Students planning on entering the Master’s program in the Department of Agricultural Economics should prepare themselves by completing the following study:

MS & MAB Prerequisites
Math Requirements

Business Mathematics II (MATH 142)
Derivatives, curve sketching and optimization, techniques of derivatives, logarithms and exponential functions with applications, integrals, techniques and applications of integrals, multivariate calculus.

Statistical Methods (STAT 303)
Intended for undergraduates in the social sciences. Introduction to concepts of random sampling and statistical inference, estimation and testing hypotheses of means and variances, analysis of variance, regression analysis, chi-square tests.
Microeconomic Theory Requirements

ECON 323
Determination of prices and their role in directing consumption, production, and distribution under both competitive and non-competitive market situations.
Macroeconomic Theory Requirements

ECON 410
Theory of the determination of aggregate levels of national income, employment and prices; monetary and fiscal policy analysis, effects of government debt and deficits.

 

 

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