Postgraduate

MSc, Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate in Agricultural Economics

Structure and Syllabus

MSc: 10 modules (4 compulsory, 4 optional plus 2 research)

Postgraduate Diploma: 8 modules (4 compulsory plus 4 optional)

Postgraduate Certificate: 4 modules (at least 3 compulsory plus up to one optional)

Compulsory modules

Either Economics and institutions for development (C116)
or Economic principles (C02) [This must be taken in the first year]

Agricultural trade & policy (C110)

Policy and reform in OECD and transition economies (C115)

Political economy of public policy (C127)

Optional modules

Applied econometrics (CO5)

Climate change and development (C124)

Marketing for small agribusinesses (C138)

Natural resource economics (C105)

Project planning and management (C134)

Rural development (C130)

Socioeconomics of rural livelihoods (C35)

Water resource management (C126)

One module selected from any other programme

Research modules (MSc only)

Either Research methods (C106)

Research report (R01)

Module to be selected from another programme

* C02 Economic principles
* C05 Applied econometrics
* C85 Sustainable forest management
* C100 Ecological science and management
* C104 Information and communication technologies for development
* C105 Natural resource economics
* C107 Environmental impact assessment
* C108 Environmental auditing
* C110 Agricultural trade and policy
* C114 International environmental law
* C116 Economics and institutions for development
* C119 Understanding poverty
* C121 Economics of environmental policy
* C122 Environmental valuation: theory, techniques and application
* C123 Managing knowledge and communication for development [expected 2011]
* C124 Climate change and development
* C125 Food security and social protection
* C126 Water resources management
* C127 Political economy of public policy
* C128 Rural finance [expected 2011]
* C129 Managing rural business organisations [expected 2011]
* C130 Rural development
* C131 Management in rural development
* C132 NGO management
* C134 Project planning and management
* C135 Socioeconomics of rural livelihoods
* C138 Marketing for small agribusinesses
* C140 Gender and social development
* C163 Ethics and environmental practice
* C167 Managing social and environmental responsibility
* C168 Sustainable land management
* C170 Introduction to environmental economics and policy
* C201 Understanding sustainable development
* R106 Research methods
* RR01 Research report

Short courses

Modules can also be taken as short courses for professional development or as a taster of the full degree, diploma or certificate programme. In 2009 the cost of taking a module as a short course is £925.