PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR THE
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE DEGREE
WITH A CONCENTRATION IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, ANIMAL SCIENCE, PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE

Admission Requirements:

Students seeking admission into the Master of Science in Agriculture must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School and the specific program requirements.

Unconditional Admission Status:

Students seeking unconditional admission into the Master of Science in Agriculture with a concentration in agricultural business and economics, animal science, or plant and soil science must have a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 on a 4.00 scale   or a 3.0 on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work.

Conditional Admission Status:

Students seeking conditional admission must achieve a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.50 on a 4.00 scale or a 2.75 on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work. A student will not be considered for conditional admission until such time as the student completes 12 graduate semester hours, has a minimum 3.0 GPA on these 12 hours, has no more than one course in the 12 hours with a grade of “C”, and meets ASU graduate school admission requirements.

Core courses required of all candidates:

AGRI 5233, Experimental Agricultural Statistics OR
AGRI 6213, Experimental Designs OR
A graduate level statistics course approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee

PLUS one of the following three (to be determined by adviser and approved by graduate student committee):
PSSC 6803, Soil and Crop Production
AGEC 6003, Advanced Agricultural Marketing
AGRI 6203, Intermediary Metabolism

PLUS Graduate Seminars (must be taken in sequence)
AGRI 6351, Graduate Seminar, Research Orientation (must be taken during the first or Fall semester)
AGRI 6361 Graduate Seminar, Grant Proposals
AGRI 6371 Graduate Seminar, Final Research Project

Courses in the concentration area:

Each student, with the approval of the faculty adviser, may select courses leading to specialized training in agricultural business and economics, animal science or plant and soil science.

Thesis or Non-Thesis Option:

Three to six hours of the total hours required of a degree may be thesis or non-thesis credits
Thesis Option: Six hours of Thesis
Non-Thesis Option: Three hours of Non-Thesis Research Experience

Elective courses in the concentration area:

Each student, with the approval of the faculty adviser, may select courses leading to concentration in agricultural business and economics, animal science, plant and soil science.

Minimum hours required for this program: 30

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

For further information, you may contact our Graduate Committee Member:  

Dr. Bill Humphrey PO Box 1080 State University, AR  72467 (870)972-2087 Mail to: bhumph@astate.edu